Re: Multicast AnyCast + MSDP

I believe if you are working in the same PIM domain you can just configure
anycast. If you want inter-domain multicast then you would need to
configure MSDP as well.

Hope that helps,

-Marc

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Cisco Fanatic <ebay_products_at_hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Experts, I am really confused as when to configure AnyCast and when to
> configure MSDP.
>
> I have this lab setup where I have two RPs configured. I have 4 routers
> statically configured with these two RP addresses. The clients behind the
> routers are receiving multicast stream.
>
> As I have configured RPs statically on the 4 routes, I do not have any
> form of load balancing and Redundancy of RPs. Correct?
>
> I was reading Cisco documentation where I am getting confused ..
>
> a) Do I only need to configure AnyCast for load balancing and Redundancy
> of RPs?
> b) Do I only need to configure MSDP for load balancing and Redundancy of
> RPs?
> c) Do I need to configure AnyCast + MSDP for load balancing and Redundancy
> of RPs?
>
> Not clear on the concept as when do we need AnyCast vs Anycast + MSDP?
>
> Hoping some smart gents and women can clear my doubt.
>
> -yuri
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