A Candidate Rendezvous Point is a switch configured to advertise itself as a candidate RP for multicast groups. The Candidate RPs folder of the PIM-SM protocol folder shows the candidate RP nodes.
The following table describes the parts of the Candidate RPs folder.
Part
Description
Group address
The IP address of the multicast group. When combined with the group mask, it identifies the prefix that the local router uses to advertise itself as a Candidate RP.
Group mask
The address mask of the multicast group. When combined with the group address, it identifies the prefix that the local router uses to advertise itself as a Candidate RP.
Interface address
The IP address of the Candidate RP. This address has to be one of the local PIM-SM enabled interfaces.
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