Configuring BSRs and RPs for IPv6 PIM Sparse

After enabling IPv6 PIM SM globally and locally, you need to identify an interface on at least one device as a candidate IPv6 PIM Sparse Bootstrap Router (BSR) and candidate IPv6 PIM Sparse rendezvous point (RP).
This task assumes that you have configured IPv6 PIM SM globally and on local interfaces.
Note: It is possible to configure the device as a candidate for either BSR or RP, but it is recommended that you configure the same interface on the same device as both a BSR and an RP.
  1. Enter global configuration mode. 
    device# configure terminal
  2. Globally enable IPv6 PIM. 
    device(config)# ipv6 router pim
  3. Configure Ethernet interface 1/1/3 as the BSR candidate with a mask length of 32 and a priority of 64. 
    device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# bsr-candidate ethernet 1/1/3 32 64
  4. Set the IPv6 PIM BSR message interval timer. 
    device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# bsr-msg-interval 16
    The BSR message interval timer is set to 16 seconds.
  5. Configure the device as a candidate RP. 
    device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# rp-candidate ethernet 1/1/3
  6. (Optional) To add a group number range for which the device is a candidate RP, use the add option to explicitly add a range. 
    device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# rp-candidate add ff02::200:2 64
  7. (Optional) To delete a group number range for which the device is a candidate RP, use the delete option to explicitly remove a range that was previously added. 
    device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# rp-candidate delete ff02::200:1 128
    An address group is deleted from the devices for which it is a candidate RP.
  8. Specify how frequently the candidate RP configured on the device sends candidate RP advertisement messages to the BSR. 
    device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# rp-adv-interval 180
    The RP advertisement interval of is set to180.

The following example configures the IPv6 PIM Sparse interface on port 1/1/3 as a BSR candidate, with a hash mask length of 32 and a priority of 64. The same interface is also configured as an RP candidate. An explicit group address range is configured and the device is now a candidate RP for prefixes starting with ff02::200:2. The RP advertisement interval is set to 180 seconds. 

device# configure terminal
device(config)# ipv6 router pim
device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# bsr-candidate ethernet 1/1/3 32 64
device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# bsr-msg-interval 16
device(config-ipv6=pim-router)# rp-candidate ethernet 1/1/3
device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# rp-candidate add ff02::200:2 64
device(config-ipv6-pim-router)# rp-adv-interval 180
Parent topic: IPv6 PIM Sparse