Administrator Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1603
Command Mode
Interface (VLAN) Configuration mode
User Guidelines
This command only has an effect if sparse mode is enabled.
Example
console(if-vlan-10)#ip pim bsr-border
ip pim bsr-candidate
The ip pim bsr-candidate command is used to configure the router to
advertise itself as a bootstrap router (BSR). Use the no form of this command
to return to the default configuration. This command replaces the ip pimsm
bsr-candidate, ip pimsm cbsrhaskmasklength and ip pimsm cbsrpreference
commands.
Syntax
ip pim bsr-candidate vlan {vlan-id hash-mask-length bsr-priority [interval
interval]}
no ip pim bsr-candidate vlan {vlan-id}
• vlan-id—A valid VLAN identifier with multicast routing enabled.
• hash-mask-length —Length of the BSR hash to be ANDed with the
multicast group address. (Range 0–32 bits). Default 0.
• bsr-priority—The advertised priority of the BSR candidate. Range 0-255.
Default 0.
• interval—(Optional) Indicates the RP candidate advertisement interval.
The range is from 1 to 16383 seconds. The default value is 60 seconds.
Default Configuration
None - the router does not advertise itself as a BSR candidate.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode