Configuring C-BSRs

About C-BSRs

You must configure C-BSRs when you configure dynamic RP election.

To prevent a legal BSR from being replaced by a malicious host, configure a BSR policy to filter BSR messages by using an ACL that specifies the legal BSR addresses.

Restrictions and guidelines

Configure C-BSRs on devices that reside in the backbone device.

Because the BSR and other devices exchange a large amount of information in the BIDIR-PIM domain, reserve a large bandwidth between the C-BSRs and other devices.

The C-BSR configuration on the devices in the BIDIR-PIM domain must be the same.

For C-BSRs interconnected through a GRE tunnel, configure static multicast routes to make sure the next hop to a C-BSR is a tunnel interface. For more information about static multicast routes, see "Configuring multicast routing and forwarding."

Procedure

  1. Enter system view.

    system-view

  2. Enter PIM view.

    pim [ vpn-instance vpn-instance-name ]

  3. Configure a C-BSR.

    c-bsr ip-address [ scope group-address { mask-length | mask } ] [ hash-length hash-length | priority priority ] *

  4. (Optional.) Configure a BSR policy.

    bsr-policy ipv4-acl-number

    By default, no BSR policy is configured. All bootstrap messages are regarded as legal.