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Routing & Switching · Intermediate

Rendezvous Point (RP)

The PIM-SM router where sources and receivers meet; it roots the shared tree for a group.

Definition

RPs can be configured statically or learned via Auto-RP (Cisco) or BSR (standard). Anycast RP with MSDP or PIM provides redundancy and load sharing. RPs are not used in SSM.

Example

ip pim rp-address 10.255.0.10 ACL-GROUPS

Exam tip

Not needed in SSM; required in PIM-SM and Bidir-PIM.

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