Multicast Packet Forwarding - Huawei S Series White Paper

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2.12.3 Multicast Packet Forwarding

Similar to broadcast packet forwarding, multicast packet forwarding within a stack requires
loop prevention based on the calculated topology on each device, as shown in Figure 2-28.
Multicast packets are forwarded as broadcast packets.
Figure 2-28 Multicast packet forwarding
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