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When an IPv6 multicast packet arrives on Vlan-interface 10 of Router C, as the interface is not the
incoming interface of the (S, G) entry, the router performs an RPF check on the packet: The router
searches its IPv6 unicast routing table and finds that the outgoing interface to Source (the RPF
interface) is Vlan-interface 20. This means the (S, G) entry is correct and packet arrived along a
wrong path. The RPF check fails and the packet is discarded.
Configuration Task List
Complete these tasks to configure IPv6 multicast routing and forwarding:
Task
Remarks
Enabling IPv6 Multicast Routing
Required
Configuring an IPv6 Multicast Routing Policy
Optional
Configuring an IPv6 Multicast Forwarding Range
Optional
Configuring IPv6 Multicast
Routing and Forwarding
Configuring the IPv6 Multicast Forwarding Table Size
Optional
Enabling IPv6 Multicast Routing
Before configuring any Layer 3 IPv6 multicast functionality, you must enable IPv6 multicast routing.
Follow these steps to enable IPv6 multicast routing:
To do…
Use the Command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
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Enable IPv6 multicast routing
multicast ipv6 routing-enable
Required
Disabled by default
Configuring IPv6 Multicast Routing and Forwarding
Configuration Prerequisites
Before configuring IPv6 multicast routing and forwarding, complete the following tasks:
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Configure an IPv6 unicast routing protocol so that all devices in the domain are interoperable at the
network layer.
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Configure IPv6 PIM-DM or IPv6 PIM-SM.
Before configuring IPv6 multicast routing and forwarding, prepare the following data:
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Maximum number of downstream nodes for a single entry in the IPv6 multicast forwarding table
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Maximum number of entries in the IPv6 multicast forwarding table
Configuring an IPv6 Multicast Routing Policy
You can configure the router to determine the RPF route based on the longest match principle. For
details about RPF route selection, refer to
RPF Check process
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By configuring per-source or per-source-and-group load splitting, you can optimize the traffic delivery
when multiple IPv6 multicast data streams are handled.