Use this command to configure the router to advertise itself as a PIM candidate rendezvous point (RP) to the bootstrap router (BSR) for a specific multicast group range. The argument unit/slot/port corresponds to a physical routing interface or VLAN routing interface. The keyword vlan is used to specify the VLAN ID of the routing VLAN directly instead of in a unit/slot/port format.
Note: This command takes effect only when PIM-SM is configured as the PIM mode.
| Default | Disabled |
| Format | ip pim rp-candidate interface {unit/slot/port|vlan 1-4093} group-address group-mask [interval interval] |
| Mode | Global Config |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| unit/slot/port | The IP address associated with this interface type and number is advertised as a candidate RP address. This interface must be enabled with PIM. |
| group-address | The multicast group address that is advertised in association with the RP address. |
| group-mask | The multicast group prefix that is advertised in association with the RP address. |
| interval | [Optional] Indicates the RP candidate advertisement interval. The range is from 1 to 16383 seconds. The default value is 60 seconds. |
Example: The following shows examples of the command.
(Routing)(Config) #ip pim rp-candidate interface 1/0/1 224.1.2.0 255.255.255.0 (Routing)(Config) #ip pim rp-candidate interface 1/0/1 224.1.2.0 255.255.255.0 interval 200
