This command is used to configure the router to announce its candidacy as a bootstrap router (BSR). 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 | ipv6 pim bsr-candidate interface {unit/slot/port|vlan 1-4093} hash-mask-length [bsr-priority] [interval interval] |
| Mode | Global Config |
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
| unit/slot/port | Interface number on this router from which the BSR address is derived, to make it a candidate. This interface must be enabled with PIM. |
| hash-mask-length | Length of a mask (32 bits maximum) that is to be ANDed with the group address before the hash function is called. All groups with the same seed hash correspond to the same RP. For example, if this value was 24, only the first 24 bits of the group addresses matter. This allows you to get one RP for multiple groups. |
| bsr-priority | Priority of the candidate BSR. The range is an integer from 0 to 255. The BSR with the larger priority is preferred. If the priority values are the same, the router with the larger IPv6 address is the BSR. The default value is 0. |
| interval | [Optional] Indicates the BSR 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)#ipv6 pim bsr-candidate interface 0/1 32 5 (Routing) (Config)#ipv6 pim bsr-candidate interface 0/1 32 5 interval 100
