Usage and Applicability of BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN
RFC 8388
| Document | Type | RFC - Informational (May 2018; No errata) | |
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| Authors | Jorge Rabadan , Senad Palislamovic , Wim Henderickx , Ali Sajassi , Jim Uttaro | ||
| Last updated | 2018-05-17 | ||
| Replaces | draft-rp-l2vpn-evpn-usage | ||
| Stream | Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) | ||
| Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized (tools) htmlized bibtex | ||
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| Stream | WG state | Submitted to IESG for Publication | |
| Document shepherd | Martin Vigoureux | ||
| Shepherd write-up | Show (last changed 2017-08-28) | ||
| IESG | IESG state | RFC 8388 (Informational) | |
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| Consensus Boilerplate | Yes | ||
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| Responsible AD | Alvaro Retana | ||
| Send notices to | aretana.ietf@gmail.com | ||
| IANA | IANA review state | IANA OK - No Actions Needed | |
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Rabadan, Ed.
Request for Comments: 8388 S. Palislamovic
Category: Informational W. Henderickx
ISSN: 2070-1721 Nokia
A. Sajassi
Cisco
J. Uttaro
AT&T
May 2018
Usage and Applicability of BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN
Abstract
This document discusses the usage and applicability of BGP MPLS-based
Ethernet VPN (EVPN) in a simple and fairly common deployment
scenario. The different EVPN procedures are explained in the example
scenario along with the benefits and trade-offs of each option. This
document is intended to provide a simplified guide for the deployment
of EVPN networks.
Status of This Memo
This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is
published for informational purposes.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents
approved by the IESG are candidates for any level of Internet
Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 7841.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at
https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8388.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. Use Case Scenario Description and Requirements . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Service Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.2. Why EVPN Is Chosen to Address This Use Case . . . . . . . 7
4. Provisioning Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1. Common Provisioning Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.1. Non-Service-Specific Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.1.2. Service-Specific Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4.2. Service-Interface-Dependent Provisioning Tasks . . . . . 9
4.2.1. VLAN-Based Service Interface EVI . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2.2. VLAN Bundle Service Interface EVI . . . . . . . . . . 10
4.2.3. VLAN-Aware Bundling Service Interface EVI . . . . . . 10
5. BGP EVPN NLRI Usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. MAC-Based Forwarding Model Use Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6.1. EVPN Network Startup Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.2. VLAN-Based Service Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
6.2.1. Service Startup Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.2.2. Packet Walk-Through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
6.3. VLAN Bundle Service Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.3.1. Service Startup Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
6.3.2. Packet Walk-Through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.4. VLAN-Aware Bundling Service Procedures . . . . . . . . . 18
6.4.1. Service Startup Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
6.4.2. Packet Walk-Through . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7. MPLS-Based Forwarding Model Use Case . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
7.1. Impact of MPLS-Based Forwarding on the EVPN Network
Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
7.2. Impact of MPLS-Based Forwarding on the VLAN-Based Service
Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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