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Virtual Ethernet Segments for EVPN and Provider Backbone Bridge EVPN
RFC 9784

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Date By Action
2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['vES', 'Virtual ES']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "J. Rabadan": changed name from "Jorge Rabadan" to "J. Rabadan"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "J. Drake": changed name from "John Drake" to "J. Drake", changed affiliation from "Juniper" to "Independent"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "R. Schell": changed name from "Rick Schell" to "R. Schell", changed affiliation from "Verizon" to "Independent"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "P. Brissette": changed name from "Patrice Brissette" to "P. Brissette"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "A. Sajassi": changed name from "Ali Sajassi" to "A. Sajassi"
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2025-06-27
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9784, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-bess-evpn-virtual-eth-segment and RFC 9784, set title to 'Virtual …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9784, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-bess-evpn-virtual-eth-segment and RFC 9784, set title to 'Virtual Ethernet Segments for EVPN and Provider Backbone Bridge EVPN', set abstract to 'Ethernet VPN (EVPN) and Provider Backbone Bridge EVPN (PBB-EVPN) introduce a comprehensive suite of solutions for delivering Ethernet services over MPLS/IP networks.  These solutions offer advanced multihoming capabilities.  Specifically, they support Single-Active and All-Active redundancy modes for an Ethernet Segment (ES), which is defined as a collection of physical links connecting a multihomed device or network to a set of Provider Edge (PE) devices.  This document extends the concept of an ES by allowing an ES to be associated with a set of Ethernet Virtual Circuits (EVCs), such as VLANs, or other entities, including MPLS Label Switched Paths (LSPs) or pseudowires (PWs).  This extended concept is referred to as virtual Ethernet Segments (vESes).  This document lists the requirements and specifies the necessary extensions to support vES in both EVPN and PBB-EVPN.', set pages to 20, set standardization level to Proposed Standard, added RFC published event at 2025-06-27)
2025-06-27
(System) RFC published