Configure PIM rendezvous points

You can configure the Firewall 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). Refer to Multicast Bidirectional PIM for more information about bidirectional PIM.

These 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 Firewall 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 in the Rendezvous Point table. Use the Edit Rendezvous Point dialog box to modify existing parameters.

Step 4

Configure these 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. Refer to Creating Network Objects for the procedure.

  • Check the Use bi-directional forwarding check box to enable bidirectional mode for the specified multicast groups. In this mode, if the Firewall 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 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. Refer to Configure a standard ACL object for the procedure.

Step 5

Click OK to save the rendezvous point configuration.