peer(VPN instance MSDP view/MSDP view of a public network instance)

Function

The peer connect-interface command specifies a source interface from which BGP packets are sent, and a source address used for initiating a connection.

The undo peer connect-interface command restores the default setting.

By default, the outbound interface of a BGP packet serves as the source interface of a BGP packet.

Format

peer peer-address connect-interface { interface-type interface-number | port-name }

undo peer peer-address

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
peer-address	Specifies the address of a remote MSDP peer.	The address is in dotted decimal notation.
interface-type interface-number	Specifies the type and number of an interface. The local router uses the primary address of the interface as the source IP address to set up a TCP connection with the remote MSDP peer.	-

Parameter

Description

Value

peer-address

Specifies the address of a remote MSDP peer.

The address is in dotted decimal notation.

interface-type interface-number

Specifies the type and number of an interface. The local router uses the primary address of the interface as the source IP address to set up a TCP connection with the remote MSDP peer.

Views

VPN instance MSDP view, MSDP view of a public network instance

Default Level

2: Configuration level

Task Name and Operations

Task Name	Operations
msdp	write

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

To set up an MSDP peer relationship and a TCP connection between peers, run the peer connect-interface command.

Running the peer connect-interface command is the prerequisites for you to run other peer commands.

Prerequisites

The multicast routing function has been enabled using the multicast routing-enable command in the public network instance view or VPN instance view.

Configuration Impact

You can run the peer peer-address connect-interface port-type port-number command repeatedly to configure multiple MSDP peers for the local router.

You can specify the same interface for different parameter peer-address. That is, you can specify the same local interface for different remote peers.

Precautions

When configuring a static reverse path forwarding (RPF) peer, you must first run the peer connect-interface command to set the remote end as an MSDP peer and then the static-rpf-peer command to set the MSDP peer as a static RPF peer.

Running the undo peer peer-address command deletes all the configurations related to a specified peer.

Example

# Specify a source interface for sending MSDP packets and a source address for initiating a connection.

<HUAWEI> system-view
[~HUAWEI] multicast routing-enable
[*HUAWEI] msdp
[*HUAWEI-msdp] peer 10.10.7.6 connect-interface GigabitEthernet 0/1/0