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EVPN Multi-Homing Extensions for Split Horizon Filtering
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draft-ietf-bess-evpn-mh-split-horizon-00
BESS Workgroup                                           J. Rabadan, Ed.
Internet-Draft                                                K. Nagaraj
Intended status: Standards Track                                   Nokia
Expires: April 12, 2021                                           W. Lin
                                                                 Juniper
                                                              A. Sajassi
                                                                   Cisco
                                                         October 9, 2020

        EVPN Multi-Homing Extensions for Split Horizon Filtering
                draft-ietf-bess-evpn-mh-split-horizon-00

Abstract

   Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is commonly used along with
   Network Virtualization Overlay (NVO) tunnels.  The EVPN multi-homing
   procedures may be different depending on the NVO tunnel type used in
   the EVPN Broadcast Domain.  In particular, there are two multi-homing
   Split Horizon procedures to avoid looped frames on the multi-homed
   CE: ESI Label based and Local Bias.  ESI Label based Split Horizon is
   used for MPLSoX tunnels, E.g., MPLSoUDP, whereas Local Bias is used
   for others, E.g., VXLAN tunnels.  The current specifications do not
   allow the operator to decide which Split Horizon procedure to use for
   tunnel encapsulations that could support both.  Examples of tunnels
   that may support both procedures are MPLSoGRE, MPLSoUDP, GENEVE or
   SRv6.  This document extends the EVPN Multi-Homing procedures so that
   an operator can decide the Split Horizon procedure for a given NVO
   tunnel depending on their own requirements.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
     1.1.  Conventions and Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   2.  BGP EVPN Extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.1.  The Split Horizon Type (SHT)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
     2.2.  Use of the Split Horizon Type In A-D Per ES Routes  . . .   8
     2.3.  ESI Label Value In A-D Per ES Routes  . . . . . . . . . .   9
     2.4.  Backwards Compatibility With [RFC8365] NVEs . . . . . . .  10
   3.  Procedures for NVEs Supporting Multiple Encapsulations  . . .  10
   4.  Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   5.  IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   6.  References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     6.1.  Normative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
     6.2.  Informative References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   Appendix A.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   Appendix B.  Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15

1.  Introduction

   Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is commonly used along with
   Network Virtualization Overlay (NVO) tunnels and specified in
   [RFC8365].  The EVPN multi-homing procedures may be different
   depending on the NVO tunnel type used in the EVPN Broadcast Domain.
   In particular, there are two Multi-Homing Split Horizon procedures to
   avoid looped frames on the multi-homed CE: ESI Label based and Local
   Bias.  ESI Label based Split Horizon is used for MPLSoX tunnels,
   E.g., MPLSoUDP [RFC7510], and its procedures described in [RFC7432].
   Local Bias is used by non-MPLS NVO tunnels, E.g., VXLAN tunnels, and
   it is described in [RFC8365].

   As a refresher:

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   o  ESI Label based Split-Horizon filtering [RFC7432]

      When EVPN is used for MPLS transport tunnels, an MPLS label
      enables the Split Horizon filtering capability to support All-
      Active multi-homing.  The ingress NVE adds a label corresponding
      to the source Ethernet Segment (aka an ESI label) when
      encapsulating the packet.  The egress NVE checks the ESI label
      when attempting to forward a multi-destination frame out of a
      local ES interface, and if the label corresponds to the same site
      identifier (ESI) associated with that ES interface, the packet is
      not forwarded.  This prevents the occurrence of forwarding loops
      for BUM traffic.

      The ESI Label Split Horizon filtering SHOULD also be used with
      Single-Active multi-homing to avoid transient loops for in-flight
      packets when the egress NVE takes over as DF for an Ethernet
      Segment.

   o  Local Bias for non-MPLS NVO tunnels [RFC8365]

      Since non-MPLS NVO tunnels (such as VXLAN or NVGRE) do not support
      the ESI label (or any MPLS label at all), a different Split
      Horizon filtering procedure must be used for All-Active multi-
      homing.  This mechanism is called Local Bias and relies on the NVO
      tunnel source IP address to decide whether to forward BUM traffic
      to a local ES interface at the egress NVE.

      In a nutshell, every NVE tracks the IP address(es) associated with
      the other NVE(s) with which it has shared multi-homed ESs.  When
      the egress NVE receives a BUM frame encapsulated in a non-MPLS NVO
      packet, it examines the source IP address in the tunnel header
      (which identifies the ingress NVE) and filters out the frame on
      all local interfaces connected to ESes that are shared with the
      ingress NVE.

      Due to this behavior at the egress NVE, the ingress NVE's behavior
      is also changed to perform replication locally to all directly
      attached Ethernet Segments (regardless of the DF election state)
      for all BUM ingress from the access ACs.  Because of this "local"
      replication at the ingress NVE, this approach is referred to as
      Local Bias.

      Local Bias cannot be used for Single-Active multi-homing, since
      the ingress NVE brings operationally down the ACs for which it is
      non-DF (hence local replication to non-DF ACs cannot be done).
      This means transient in-flight BUM packets may be looped back to
      the originating site by new elected DF egress NVEs.

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   [RFC8365] states that Local Bias is used only for non-MPLS NVO
   tunnels, and ESI Label based Split Horizon for MPLS NVO tunnels.
   However, MPLS NVO tunnels, such as MPLSoGRE or MPLSoUDP, can
   potentially support both procedures, since they can carry ESI Labels
   and they also use a tunnel IP header where the source IP address
   identifies the ingress NVE.

   Similarly, some non-MPLS NVO tunnels that carry an identifier of the
   source ES in the tunnel header, may potentially follow either
   procedure too.  Some examples are GENEVE or SRv6:

   o  In a GENEVE tunnel the source IP address identifies the ingress
      NVE therefore local bias is possible.  Also,
      [I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-geneve] defines an Ethernet option TLV (Type
      Length Value) to encode an ESI label value.

   o  In an SRv6 tunnel, the source IP address also identifies the
      ingress NVE, however, by default and as described in
      [I-D.ietf-bess-srv6-services] the ingress PE will add information
      in the SRv6 packet so that the egress PE can identify the source
      ES of the BUM packet.  That information is the ESI filtering
      argument of the service SID received on an A-D per ES route from
      the egress PE.

   Table 1 shows different tunnel encapsulations and their supported and
   default Split Horizon method.  In the case of GENEVE, the default
   Split Horizon Type (SHT) depends on whether the Ethernet Option with
   Source ID TLV is negotiated.  In the case of SRv6, the default SHT is
   listed as ESI label filtering in the Table, since the behavior is
   equivalent to that of ESI Label filtering.  In this document, ESI
   Label filtering refers to the Split Horizon filtering based on the
   existence of a source ES identifier in the tunnel header.

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   +---------------+------------------------+-------------+------------+
   | Tunnel        | Default Split Horizon  | Supports    | Supports   |
   | Encapsulation | Type (SHT)             | Local Bias  | ESI Label  |
   +---------------+------------------------+-------------+------------+
   | VXLAN         | Local Bias             | Yes         | No         |
   +---------------+------------------------+-------------+------------+
   | NVGRE         | Local Bias             | Yes         | No         |
   +---------------+------------------------+-------------+------------+
   | MPLS          | ESI Label filtering    | No          | Yes        |
   +---------------+------------------------+-------------+------------+
   | MPLSoGRE      | ESI Label filtering    | Yes         | Yes        |
   +---------------+------------------------+-------------+------------+
   | MPLSoUDP      | ESI Label filtering    | Yes         | Yes        |
   +---------------+------------------------+-------------+------------+
   | GENEVE        | Local Bias (no ESI Lb) | Yes         | Yes        |
   |               | ESI Label (if ESI lb)  |             |            |
   +---------------+------------------------+-------------+------------+
   | SRv6          | ESI Label filtering    | Yes         | Yes        |
   +---------------+------------------------+-------------+------------+

          Table 1: Tunnel Encapsulations and Split Horizon Types

   The ESI Label method works for All-Active and Single-Active, while
   Local Bias only works for All-Active.  In addition, the ESI Label
   method works across different network domains, whereas Local Bias is
   limited to networks with no next hop change between the NVEs attached
   to the same Ethernet Segment.  However, some operators prefer the
   Local Bias method, since it simplifies the encapsulation, consumes
   less resources on the NVEs and the ingress NVE always forwards
   locally to other interfaces, reducing the delay to reach multi-homed
   hosts.

   This document extends the EVPN Multi-Homing procedures so that an
   operator can decide the Split Horizon procedure for a given NVO
   tunnel depending on their own specific requirements.  The choice of
   Local Bias or ESI Label Split Horizon is now allowed for NVO tunnels
   that support both methods.  Non-MPLS NVO tunnels that do not support
   both methods, E.g., VXLAN or NVGRE, will keeo following [RFC8365]
   procedures.

1.1.  Conventions and Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14 [RFC2119] [RFC8174] when, and only when, they appear in all
   capitals, as shown here.

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   o  BUM: Broadcast, Unknown unicast and Multicast traffic.

   o  ES and ESI: Ethernet Segment and Ethernet Segment Identifier.

   o  A-D per ES route: refers to the EVPN Ethernet Auto-Discovery per
      Ethernet Segment route defined in [RFC7432].

   o  AC: Attachment Circuit.

   o  NVE: Network Virtualization Edge device.

   o  EVI and EVI-RT: EVPN Instance and EVI Route Target.  A group of
      NVEs attached to the same EVI will share the same EVI-RT.

   o  MPLS and non-MPLS NVO tunnels: refer to Multi-Protocol Label
      Switching (or the absence of it) Network Virtualization Overlay
      tunnels.  Network Virtualization Overlay tunnels use an IP
      encapsulation for overlay frames, where the source IP address
      identifies the ingress NVE and the destination IP address the
      egress NVE.

   o  MPLSoUDP: Multi-Protocol Label Switching over User Datagram
      Protocol, [RFC7510]

   o  MPLSoGRE: Multi-Protocol Label Switching over Generic Network
      Encapsulation, [RFC4023].

   o  MPLSoX: refers to MPLS over any IP encapsulation.  Examples are
      MPLSoUDP or MPLSoGRE.

   o  GENEVE: Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation,
      [I-D.ietf-nvo3-geneve].

   o  VXLAN: Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network, [RFC7348].

   o  NVGRE: Network Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation,
      [RFC7637].

   o  VNI: Virtual Network Identifier.  A 24-bit identifier used by
      Network Virtualization Overlay (NVO) over IP encapsulations.
      Examples are VXLAN (Virtual Extended Local Area Network) or GENEVE
      (Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation).

   o  Broadcast Domain (BD): an emulated ethernet, such that two systems
      on the same BD will receive each other's link-local broadcasts.
      In this document, BD also refers to the instantiation of a
      Broadcast Domain on an EVPN PE.  An EVPN PE can be attached to one
      or multiple BDs of the same tenant.

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   o  Designated Forwarder (DF): as defined in [RFC7432], an ethernet
      segment may be multi-homed (attached to more than one PE).  An
      ethernet segment may also contain multiple BDs, of one or more
      EVIs.  For each such EVI, one of the PEs attached to the segment
      becomes that EVI's DF for that segment.  Since a BD may belong to
      only one EVI, we can speak unambiguously of the BD's DF for a
      given segment.

   o  SHT: Split Horizon Type, it refers to the Split Horizon method
      that a PE intends to use and advertises in an A-D per ES route.

   This document also assumes familiarity with the terminology of
   [RFC7432] and [RFC8365].

2.  BGP EVPN Extensions

   EVPN extensions are needed so that NVEs can advertise their
   preference for the Split Horizon method to be used in the Ethernet
   Segment.  Figure 1 shows the ESI Label extended community that is
   always advertised along with the EVPN A-D per ES route.  All the NVEs
   attached to an Ethernet Segment advertise an A-D per ES route for the
   ES, including this extended community that conveys the information
   for the multi-homing mode (All-active or Single-Active), as well as
   the ESI Label to be used (if needed).

   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   | Type=0x06     | Sub-Type=0x01 | Flags(1 octet)|  Reserved=0   |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
   |  Reserved=0   |          ESI Label                            |
   +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                  Figure 1: ESI Label extended community

   [RFC7432] defines the low-order bit of the Flags octet (bit 0) as the
   "Single-Active" bit:

   o  A value of 0 means that the multi-homed Ethernet Segment is
      operating in All-Active mode.

   o  A value of 1 means that the multi-homed Ethernet Segment is
      operating in Single-Active mode.

2.1.  The Split Horizon Type (SHT)

   [RFC8365] does not add any explicit indication about the Split
   Horizon method in the A-D per ES route.  In this document, the
   [RFC8365] Split Horizon procedure is the default behavior and assumes

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   that Local Bias is used only for non-MPLS NVO tunnels, and ESI Label
   based Split Horizon for MPLS NVO tunnels.  This document defines the
   two high-order bits in the Flags octet (bits 6 and 7) as the "Split
   Horizon Type" (SHT) field, where:

   SHT bit 7 6
   -----------
           0 0  --> Default SHT. Backwards compatible with [RFC8365]
           0 1  --> Local Bias
           1 0  --> ESI Label based filtering
           1 1  --> reserved for future use

   o  SHT = 00 is backwards compatible with [RFC8365] and indicates that
      the advertising NVE intends to use the default or native SHT.  The
      default SHT is shown in Table 1 for each NVO encapsulation.  An
      egress NVE that follows the [RFC8365] behavior and does not
      support this specification will ignore the SHT bits (which is
      equivalent to process them as value of 00).

   o  SHT = 01 indicates that the advertising NVE intends to use Local
      Bias procedures in the Ethernet Segment for which the AD per-ES
      route is advertised.

   o  SHT = 10 indicates that the advertising NVE intends to use the ESI
      Label based Split Horizon method procedures in the Ethernet
      Segment for which the AD per-ES route is advertised.

2.2.  Use of the Split Horizon Type In A-D Per ES Routes

   The following must be observed:

   o  An SHT value of 01 or 10 MUST NOT be used with encapsulations that
      support only one SHT in Table 1, and MAY be used by encapsulations
      that support the two SHTs in Table 1.

   o  An SHT value different than 00 expresses the intend to use a
      specific Split Horizon method, but does not reflect the actual
      operational SHT used by the advertising NVE, unless all the NVEs
      attached to the ES advertise the same SHT.

   o  In case of inconsistency in the SHT value advertised by the NVEs
      attached to the same ES for a given EVI, all the NVEs MUST revert
      to the [RFC8365] behavior, and use the default SHT in Table 1,
      irrespective of the advertised SHT.

   o  An SHT different from 00 MUST NOT be set if the Single-Active bit
      is set.  A received A-D per ES route where Single-Active and SHT
      bits are different from zero MUST be treat-as-withdraw [RFC7606].

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   o  The SHT MUST have the same value in each Ethernet A-D per ES route
      that an NVE advertises for a given ES and a given encapsulation
      (see Section 3 for NVEs supporting multiple encapsulations).

   As an example, egress NVEs that support MPLS NVO tunnels, E.g.,
   MPLSoGRE or MPLSoUDP, will advertise A-D per ES route(s) for the ES
   along with the [RFC5512] BGP Encapsulation extended community
   [I-D.ietf-idr-tunnel-encaps]indicating the encapsulation (MPLSoGRE or
   MPLSoUDP) and MAY use the SHT = 01 or 10 to indicate the intend to
   use Local Bias or ESI Label, respectively.

   An egress NVE MUST NOT use an SHT value different from 00 when
   advertising an A-D per ES route with encapsulation VXLAN, NVGRE, MPLS
   or no [I-D.ietf-idr-tunnel-encaps] BGP tunnel encapsulation extended
   community.  We assume that, in all these cases, there is no Split
   Horizon method choice, and therefore the SHT value MUST be 00.  A
   received route with one of the above encapsulation options and SHT
   value different from 00 SHOULD be treat-as-withdraw.

   An egress NVE advertising A-D per ES route(s) for an ES with
   encapsulation GENEVE MAY use an SHT value of 01 or 10.  A value of 01
   indicates the intend to use Local Bias, irrespective of the presence
   of an Ethernet option TLV with a non-zero Source-ID
   [I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-geneve].  A value of 10 indicates the intend to
   use ESI Label based Split Horizon.  A value of 00 indicates the
   default behavior in Table 1, that is, use Local Bias if no ESI-Label
   exists in the Ethernet option TLV or no Ethernet option TLV
   whatsoever.  Otherwise the ESI Label Split Horizon method is used.

   The above procedures assume a single encapsulation supported in the
   egress NVE.  Section 3 describes additional procedures for NVEs
   supporting multiple encapsulations.

2.3.  ESI Label Value In A-D Per ES Routes

   This document also updates [RFC8365] in the value that is advertised
   in the ESI Label field of the ESI Label extended community, as
   follows:

   o  The A-D per ES route(s) for an ES MAY have an ESI Label value of
      zero if the SHT value is 01.  Section 2.2 specifies the cases
      where the SHT can be 01.  An ESI Label value of zero avoids the
      allocation of Labels in the cases where they are not used (Local
      Bias).

   o  The A-D per ES route(s) for an ES MAY have an ESI Label value of
      zero for VXLAN or NVGRE encapsulations.

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2.4.  Backwards Compatibility With [RFC8365] NVEs

   As discussed in Section 2.2 this specification is backwards
   compatible with the Split Horizon filtering behavior in [RFC8365] and
   a non-upgraded NVE can be attached to the same ES as other NVEs
   supporting this specification.

   An NVE has an administrative SHT value for an ES (the one that is
   advertised along with the A-D per ES route) and an operational SHT
   value (the one that is actually used irrespective of what the NVE
   advertised).  The administrative SHT matches the operational SHT if
   all the NVEs attached to the ES have the same administrative SHT.

   This document assumes that an [RFC7432] or [RFC8365] implementation
   that does not support this document, ignores the value of all the
   Flags in the ESI Label extended community except for the Single-
   Active bit.  Based on this assumption, a non-upgraded NVE will ignore
   an SHT different from 00.  As soon as an upgraded NVE receives at
   least one A-D per ES route for the ES with SHT value of 00, it MUST
   revert its operational SHT to the default Split Horizon method, as in
   Table 1, and irrespective of its administrative SHT.

   As an example, consider an NVE attached to Ethernet Segment N that
   receives two A-D per ES routes for N from different NVEs, NVE1 and
   NVE2.  If the route from NVE1 has SHT = 00 and the one from NVE2 an
   SHT = 01, the NVE MUST use the default Split Horizon method in
   Table 1 as operational SHT, irrespective of its administrative SHT.

   All the NVEs attached to an ES with operational SHT value of 10 MUST
   advertise a valid non-zero ESI Label.  If the operational SHT value
   is 01, the ESI Label MAY be zero.  If the operational SHT value is
   00, the ESI Label MAY be zero only if the default encapsulation
   supports Local Bias only and the NVEs do not check the presence of a
   valid non-zero ESI Label.

   If an NVE changes its operational SHT value from 01 to 00 (as a
   result of a new non-upgraded NVE present in the ES) and it previously
   advertised a zero ESI Label, it MUST send an update with a non-zero
   valid ESI Label, unless all the non-upgraded NVEs in the ES support
   Local Bias only.

3.  Procedures for NVEs Supporting Multiple Encapsulations

   As specified by [RFC8365], an egress NVE that supports multiple data
   plane encapsulations (I.e., VXLAN, NVGRE, MPLS, MPLSoUDP, GENEVE)
   needs to indicate all the supported encapsulations using BGP
   Encapsulation extended communities defined in
   [I-D.ietf-idr-tunnel-encaps] with all EVPN routes.  This section

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   clarifies the multi-homing Split Horizon behavior for NVEs
   advertising and receiving multiple BGP Encapsulation extended
   communities along with the A-D per ES routes.  This section uses a
   notation of {x,y} to indicate the encapsulations advertised in
   [I-D.ietf-idr-tunnel-encaps] BGP Encapsulation extended communities,
   with x and y being different encapsulation values.

   It is important to remember that an NVE MAY advertise multiple A-D
   per ES routes for the same ES (and not only one), each route
   conveying a number of Route Targets (RT).  We refer to the total
   number of Route Targets in a given ES as RT-set for that ES.  Any of
   the EVIs represented in the RT-set will have its RT included in one
   (and only one) A-D per ES route for the ES.  When multiple A-D per ES
   routes are advertised for the same ES, each route MUST have a
   different Route Distinguisher.

   As per [RFC8365], an NVE that advertises multiple encapsulations in
   the A-D per ES route(s) for an ES, MUST advertise encapsulations that
   use the same Split Horizon filtering method in the same route.  For
   example:

   o  An A-D per ES route for ES-x may be advertised with {VXLAN, NVGRE}
      encapsulations.

   o  An A-D per ES route for ES-y may be advertised with {MPLS,
      MPLSoUDP, MPLSoGRE} encapsulations (or a subset).

   o  But an A-D per ES route for ES-z MUST NOT be advertised with
      {MPLS, VXLAN} encapsulations.

   This document extends this behavior as follows:

   a.  An A-D per ES route for ES-x may be advertised with multiple
       encapsulations where some support a single Split Horizon method.
       In this case, the SHT value MUST be 00.  As an example, {VXLAN,
       NVGRE}, {VXLAN, GENEVE} or {MPLS, MPLSoGRE, MPLSoUDP} can be
       advertised in an A-D per ES route.  In all those cases SHT MUST
       be 00.

   b.  An A-D per ES route for ES-y may be advertised with multiple
       encapsulations where all of them support both Split Horizon
       methods.  In this case the SHT value MAY be 01 if the desired
       method is Local Bias, or 10 if ESI Label based.  For example,
       {MPLSoGRE, MPLSoUDP, GENEVE} (or a subset) may be advertised in
       an A-D per ES route with SHT value of 01.  The ESI Label value in
       this case MAY be zero.

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   c.  If ES-z with RT-set composed of (RT1, RT2, RT3.. RTn) supports
       multiple encapsulations that require a different Split Horizon
       method, a different A-D per ES route (or group of routes) per
       Split Horizon method MUST be advertised.  For example, consider n
       RTs in ES-z and:

       o  the EVIs corresponding to (RT1..RTi) support VXLAN,

       o  the ones for (RTi+1..RTm) (with i<m) support MPLSoUDP with
          Local Bias,

       o  and the ones for (RTm+1..RTn) (with m<n) support GENEVE with
          ESI Label based Split Horizon.

       In this case, three groups of A-D per ES routes MUST be
       advertised for ES-z:

       o  A-D per ES route group 1, including (RT1..RTi), with
          encapsulation {VXLAN}, SHT = 00.  The ESI Label MAY be zero.

       o  A-D per ES route group 2, including (RTi+1..RTm), with
          encapsulation {MPLSoUDP}, SHT = 01.  The ESI Label MAY be
          zero.

       o  A-D per ES route group 3, including (RTm+1..RTn), with
          encapsulation {GENEVE}, SHT = 10.  The ESI Label MUST have a
          valid value, different from zero, and the Ethernet option
          [I-D.ietf-nvo3-geneve] MUST be advertised.

   As per [RFC8365], it is the responsibility of the operator of a given
   EVI to ensure that all of the NVEs in that EVI support a common
   encapsulation.  If this condition is violated, it could result in
   service disruption or failure.

4.  Security Considerations

   The same security considerations described in [RFC7432] relevant to
   Multi-Homing apply to this document.

   In addition, this document modifies the [RFC8365] procedures for
   Split Horizon filtering, providing the operator with a choice between
   Local Bias and ESI Label based filtering for the tunnels that support
   both methods.  A misconfiguration of the desired SHT to be used may
   result in a forwarding behavior that is different from the intended
   one.  Other than that, this document describes procedures so that all
   the PEs or NVEs attached to the same ES agree on a common SHT method,
   therefore an attacker changing the configuration of the SHT should

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   not cause traffic disruption, only a change in the forwarding
   behavior.

5.  IANA Considerations

   IANA is requested to allocate the SHT bits (6 and 7) in the Flags
   Octet of the EVPN ESI Label extended community.  This field is called
   "Split Horizon Type" bits.

6.  References

6.1.  Normative References

   [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

   [RFC8174]  Leiba, B., "Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC
              2119 Key Words", BCP 14, RFC 8174, DOI 10.17487/RFC8174,
              May 2017, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8174>.

   [RFC7432]  Sajassi, A., Ed., Aggarwal, R., Bitar, N., Isaac, A.,
              Uttaro, J., Drake, J., and W. Henderickx, "BGP MPLS-Based
              Ethernet VPN", RFC 7432, DOI 10.17487/RFC7432, February
              2015, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7432>.

   [RFC8365]  Sajassi, A., Ed., Drake, J., Ed., Bitar, N., Shekhar, R.,
              Uttaro, J., and W. Henderickx, "A Network Virtualization
              Overlay Solution Using Ethernet VPN (EVPN)", RFC 8365,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8365, March 2018,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8365>.

6.2.  Informative References

   [I-D.ietf-bess-evpn-geneve]
              Boutros, S., Sajassi, A., Drake, J., Rabadan, J., and S.
              Aldrin, "EVPN control plane for Geneve", draft-ietf-bess-
              evpn-geneve-01 (work in progress), June 2020.

   [RFC7348]  Mahalingam, M., Dutt, D., Duda, K., Agarwal, P., Kreeger,
              L., Sridhar, T., Bursell, M., and C. Wright, "Virtual
              eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN): A Framework for
              Overlaying Virtualized Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3
              Networks", RFC 7348, DOI 10.17487/RFC7348, August 2014,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7348>.

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   [RFC5512]  Mohapatra, P. and E. Rosen, "The BGP Encapsulation
              Subsequent Address Family Identifier (SAFI) and the BGP
              Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute", RFC 5512,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5512, April 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5512>.

   [RFC4023]  Worster, T., Rekhter, Y., and E. Rosen, Ed.,
              "Encapsulating MPLS in IP or Generic Routing Encapsulation
              (GRE)", RFC 4023, DOI 10.17487/RFC4023, March 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4023>.

   [RFC7637]  Garg, P., Ed. and Y. Wang, Ed., "NVGRE: Network
              Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation",
              RFC 7637, DOI 10.17487/RFC7637, September 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7637>.

   [RFC7510]  Xu, X., Sheth, N., Yong, L., Callon, R., and D. Black,
              "Encapsulating MPLS in UDP", RFC 7510,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC7510, April 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7510>.

   [I-D.ietf-nvo3-geneve]
              Gross, J., Ganga, I., and T. Sridhar, "Geneve: Generic
              Network Virtualization Encapsulation", draft-ietf-
              nvo3-geneve-16 (work in progress), March 2020.

   [I-D.ietf-idr-tunnel-encaps]
              Patel, K., Velde, G., Sangli, S., and J. Scudder, "The BGP
              Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute", draft-ietf-idr-tunnel-
              encaps-19 (work in progress), September 2020.

   [RFC7606]  Chen, E., Ed., Scudder, J., Ed., Mohapatra, P., and K.
              Patel, "Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages",
              RFC 7606, DOI 10.17487/RFC7606, August 2015,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7606>.

   [I-D.ietf-bess-srv6-services]
              Dawra, G., Filsfils, C., Raszuk, R., Decraene, B., Zhuang,
              S., and J. Rabadan, "SRv6 BGP based Overlay services",
              draft-ietf-bess-srv6-services-04 (work in progress), July
              2020.

Appendix A.  Acknowledgments

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Appendix B.  Contributors

Authors' Addresses

   Jorge Rabadan (editor)
   Nokia
   777 Middlefield Road
   Mountain View, CA  94043
   USA

   Email: jorge.rabadan@nokia.com

   Kiran Nagaraj
   Nokia
   701 Middlefield Road
   Mountain View, CA  94043
   USA

   Email: kiran.nagaraj@nokia.com

   Wen Lin
   Juniper Networks

   Email: wlin@juniper.net

   Ali Sajassi
   Cisco Systems, Inc.

   Email: sajassi@cisco.com

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