Configure PIM Rendezvous Points

You can configure the threat defense device to serve as a RP to more than one group. The group range specified in the ACL determines the PIM RP group mapping. If an ACL is not specified, then the RP for the group is applied to the entire multicast group range (224.0.0.0/4). See Multicast Bidirectional PIM for more information about bidirectional PIM.

The following restrictions apply to RPs:

  • You cannot use the same RP address twice.

  • You cannot specify All Groups for more than one RP.

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Devices > Device Management, and edit the threat defense device.

Step 2

Choose Routing > Multicast Routing > PIM.

Step 3

On Rendezvous Points, click Add or Edit.

Use the Add Rendezvous Point dialog box to create a new entry to the Rendezvous Point table. Use the Edit Rendezvous Point dialog box to change existing parameters.

Step 4

Configure the following options:

  • From the Rendezvous Point IP address drop-down list, choose the IP address that you want to add as an RP or click Add (add icon) to create a new network object. See Creating Network Objects for the procedure.

  • Check the Use bi-directional forwarding check box if the specified multicast groups are to operate in bidirectional mode. In bidirectional mode, if the threat defense device receives a multicast packet and has no directly connected members or PIM neighbors present, it sends a prune message back to the source.

  • Click Use this RP for all Multicast Groups to use the specified RP for all multicast groups on the interface.

  • Click the Use this RP for all Multicast Groups as specified below to designate the multicast groups to use with the specified RP and then from the Standard Access List drop-down list, choose a standard ACL or click Add (add icon) to create a new standard ACL. See Configure Standard ACL Objects for the procedure.

Step 5

Click OK to save the rendezvous point configuration.