Junos OS uses specific routing tables for handling multicast traffic to ensure loop prevention through Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF) checks:
Multicast RPF (Option C):Theinet.0table is the default unicast routing table. In most standard multicast deployments, Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) performs itsRPF checksagainst this table to determine the upstream interface toward the multicast source.
Topology Differences (Option A):Theinet.2table is specifically designed for multicast RPF lookups when themulticast forwarding topology differsfrom the unicast forwarding topology. This is common in environments using Multiprotocol BGP (MBGP) where you might want multicast traffic to follow a different path than standard data traffic.
inet.1 Role (Option B):Theinet.1table is themulticast forwarding cache. It stores (S,G) and (*,G) entries for actual packet forwarding. Routing protocols like MBGP or IS-IS do not place routesdirectlyinto inet.1; instead, PIM uses information from inet.0 or inet.2 to populate inet.1.
IS-IS and OSPFv3 (Option D):These protocols place their IPv4/IPv6 unicast routes into inet.0 or inet6.0. They do not place routes into inet.2 "directly" unless specific RIB-group configurations or address families are enabled to share those routes for multicast RPF purposes.
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