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CONFIDENTIAL
26-Jan-04
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PIM Sparse-Mode :RP
•Allows Source Trees or Shared Trees
•Rendezvous Point (RP)
•Matches senders with receivers
•Provides network source discovery
•Root of shared tree
•Typically use shared tree to bootstrap source tree
•RP’s can be learned via:
•Static configuration – RECOMMENDED
•Auto-RP
•Bootstrap Router