Layer 3 Routing Commands 1581ip pim rp-candidateUse the ip pim rp-candidate command in Global Configuration mode toconfigure the router to advertise itself to the bootstrap router (BSR) router asa PIM candidate rendezvous point (RP) for a specific multicast group range.Use the no form of this command to return to the default configuration. Thiscommand replaces the ip pimsm rp-candidate command.Syntaxip pim rp-candidate vlan {vlan-id group-address group-mask [intervalinterval]}no ip pim rp-candidate vlan vlan-id group-address group-mask}• vlan-id —A valid VLAN identifier with multicast routing enabled.• group-address— A valid multicast group address.• group-mask—A mask indicating the range of multicast groups for whichthe router should advertise itself as an RP-candidate.• interval—(Optional) Indicates the RP candidate advertisement interval.The range is from 1 to 16383 seconds. The default value is 60 seconds.Default ConfigurationNone - the router does not advertise itself as an RP candidate by default.Command ModeGlobal Configuration modeUser GuidelinesThere are no user guidelines for this command.Exampleconsole(config)#ip pim rp-candidate vlan 10 239.1.0.0 255.255.0.0 interval 30ip pim sparse-modeUse the ip pim sparse-mode command in Global Configuration mode toadministratively configure PIM sparse mode for IP multicast routing. Use theno form of this command to disable PIM.
