Applicability of Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) to Network Virtualization over Layer 3 (NVO3) Networks
draft-ietf-nvo3-evpn-applicability-06

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Subject: Document Action: 'Applicability of EVPN to NVO3 Networks' to Informational RFC (draft-ietf-nvo3-evpn-applicability-06.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'Applicability of EVPN to NVO3 Networks'
  (draft-ietf-nvo3-evpn-applicability-06.txt) as Informational RFC

This document is the product of the Network Virtualization Overlays Working
Group.

The IESG contact persons are Jim Guichard, Andrew Alston and John Scudder.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-nvo3-evpn-applicability/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

    In Network Virtualization Over Layer-3 (NVO3) networks, Network
   Virtualization Edge devices (NVEs) sit at the edge of the underlay
   network and provide Layer-2 and Layer-3 connectivity among Tenant
   Systems (TSes) of the same tenant.  The NVEs need to build and
   maintain mapping tables so that they can deliver encapsulated packets
   to their intended destination NVE(s).  While there are different
   options to create and disseminate the mapping table entries, NVEs may
   exchange that information directly among themselves via a control-
   plane protocol, such as Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN).
   EVPN provides an efficient, flexible and unified control-plane option
   that can be used for Layer-2 and Layer-3 Virtual Network (VN) service
   connectivity.  This document describes the applicability of EVPN to
   NVO3 networks and how EVPN solves the challenges in those networks.
   This document does not introduce any new procedures in EVPN.


Working Group Summary

   The consensus for this document within the working group seemed strong.  No controversy was observed.

Document Quality

  Document quality is good.  The number of acronyms in this document was substantial,
  but with the updated -05 document and the clean up of the glossary etc, I found this
  relatively easy to work through.  My thanks for all the detailed reviews.  The authors
  showed a willingness to deal with issues raised in the directorate reviews and did a
  solid job addressing the issues that came up during last call.  

Personnel

   Document Shepard: Sam Aldrin
   Responsible Ad: Andrew Alston

RFC Editor Note