Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series User Manual

ip pim send-rp-announce
To use Auto-RP to configure groups for which the switch will act as a rendezvous point (RP), use the ip pim
send-rp-announce command in global configuration mode. To unconfigure this switch as an RP, use the no
form of this command.
ip pim [vrf vrf-name] send-rp-announce interface-id scope ttl-value [group-list access-list-number] [interval
seconds]
no ip pim [vrf vrf-name] send-rp-announce interface-id
Syntax Description
(Optional) Uses Auto-RP to configure groups for which the switch will act as a
rendezvous point (RP) for the vrf-name argument.
vrf vrf-name
Enter the interface ID of the interface that identifies the RP address. Valid interfaces
include physical ports, port channels, and VLANs.
interface-id
Specifies the time-to-live (TTL) value in hops that limits the number of Auto-RP
announcements. Enter a hop count that is high enough so that the RP-announce
messages reach all mapping agents in the network. There is no default setting. The
range is 1 to 255.
scope ttl-value
(Optional) Specifies the standard IP access list number that defines the group
prefixes that are advertised in association with the RP address. Enter an IP standard
access list number from 1 to 99. If no access list is configured, the RP is used for
all groups.
group-list
access-list-number
(Optional) Specifies the interval between RP announcements in seconds. The total
holdtime of the RP announcements is automatically set to three times the value of
the interval. The default interval is 60 seconds. The range is 1 to 16383.
interval seconds
Command Default
Auto-RP is disabled.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
ModificationRelease
This command was introduced.Cisco IOS XE 3.3SE
Usage Guidelines
Enter this command on the switch that you want to be an RP. When you are using Auto-RP to distribute
group-to-RP mappings, this command causes the router to send an Auto-RP announcement message to the
Command Reference, Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1a (Catalyst 3650 Switches)
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ip pim send-rp-announce

Cisco Catalyst 3650 Series Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	Catalyst 3650 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English