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Figure 46 DF election
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multicast packets from Route A, and they might both forward the packets to downstream routers on the
local subnet. As a result, the RP (Router E) receives duplicate multicast packets. With the DF election
mechanism, once receiving the RP information, Router B and Router C initiate a DF election process for
the RP:
Router B and Router C multicast DF election messages to all PIM routers (224.0.0.13). The election
1.
messages carry the RP's address, and the priority and metric of the unicast route, MBGP route, or
static multicast route to the RP.
The router with a route of the highest priority becomes the DF.
2.
In the case of a tie, the router with the route with the lowest metric wins the DF election.
3.
In the case of a tie in the metric, the router with the highest IP address wins.
4.
Bidirectional RPT building
A bidirectional RPT comprises a receiver-side RPT and a source-side RPT. The receiver-side RPT is rooted
at the RP and takes the routers directly connected to the receivers as leaves. The source-side RPT is also
rooted at the RP but takes the routers directly connected to the sources as leaves. The processes for
building these two parts are different.
Figure 46, without the DF election mechanism, both Router B and Router C can receive
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