HP FlexNetwork 7500 Series Configuration Manual page 69

The RPF route contains the RPF interface and RPF neighbor information.
If the RPF route is a unicast route or MBGP route, the outgoing interface is the RPF
interface and the next hop is the RPF neighbor.
If the RPF route is a static multicast route, the RPF interface and RPF neighbor are
specified in the route.
The router checks whether the packet arrived at the RPF interface. If yes, the RPF check
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succeeds and the packet is forwarded. If not, the RPF check fails and the packet is discarded.
RPF check implementation in multicast
Implementing an RPF check on each received multicast packet brings a big burden to the router. The
use of a multicast forwarding table is the solution to this issue. When the router creates a multicast
forwarding entry for an (S, G) packet, it sets the RPF interface of the packet as the incoming interface
of the (S, G) entry. After the router receives another (S, G) packet, it looks up the multicast
forwarding table for a matching (S, G) entry:
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If no match is found, the router first determines the RPF route back to the packet source and the
RPF interface. Then, it creates a forwarding entry with the RPF interface as the incoming
interface and makes the following judgments:
If the receiving interface is the RPF interface, the RPF check succeeds and the router
forwards the packet out of all the outgoing interfaces.
If the receiving interface is not the RPF interface, the RPF check fails and the router
discards the packet.
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If a match is found and the matching forwarding entry contains the receiving interface, the
router forwards the packet out of all the outgoing interfaces.
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If a match is found but the matching forwarding entry does not contain the receiving interface,
the router determines the RPF route back to the packet source. Then, the router performs one
of the following actions:
If the RPF interface is the incoming interface, it means that the forwarding entry is correct
but the packet traveled along a wrong path. The packet fails the RPF check, and the router
discards the packet.
If the RPF interface is not the incoming interface, it means that the forwarding entry has
expired. The router replaces the incoming interface with the RPF interface and matches the
receiving interface against the RPF interface. If the receiving interface is the RPF interface,
the router forwards the packet out of all outgoing interfaces. Otherwise, it discards the
packet.
Figure 22 RPF check process
IP Routing Table on Router C
Destination/Mask
192.168.0.0/24
Source
192.168.0.1/24
Interface
GE1/0/2
Router A
Multicast packets
Router B
GE1/0/1
GE1/0/1
GE1/0/2
Router C
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Receiver
Receiver