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EVPN Anycast Aliasing For Multi-Homing
draft-rabnag-bess-evpn-anycast-aliasing-00

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Authors Jorge Rabadan , Kiran Nagaraj , Alex Nichol , Nick Morris
Last updated 2024-01-11 (Latest revision 2023-07-10)
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Abstract

The current Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) all-active multi- homing procedures in Network Virtualization Over Layer-3 (NVO3) networks provide the required Split Horizon filtering, Designated Forwarder Election and Aliasing functions that the network needs in order to handle the traffic to and from the multi-homed CE in an efficent way. In particular, the Aliasing function addresses the load balacing of unicast packets from remote Network Virtualization Edge (NVE) devices to the NVEs that are multi-homed to the same CE, irrespective of the learning of the CE's MAC/IP information on the NVEs. This document describes an optional optimization of the EVPN multi-homing Aliasing function - EVPN Anycast Aliasing - that is specific to the use of EVPN with NVO3 tunnels (i.e., IP tunnels) and, in typical Data Center designs, may provide savings in terms of data plane and control plane resources in the routers.

Authors

Jorge Rabadan
Kiran Nagaraj
Alex Nichol
Nick Morris

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