RFC 7432: BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN

This document describes procedures for BGP MPLS-based Ethernet VPNs (EVPN). The procedures described here meet the requirements specified in RFC 7209 --…

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Outgoing relationships (19 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 4271: A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)
Normative reference — RFC 4364: BGP/MPLS IP Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Normative reference — RFC 4760: Multiprotocol Extensions for BGP-4
Normative reference — RFC 4762: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) Signaling
Normative reference — RFC 4360: BGP Extended Communities Attribute
Normative reference — RFC 4761: Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) Using BGP for Auto-Discovery and Signaling
Normative reference — RFC 7153: IANA Registries for BGP Extended Communities
Informative reference — RFC 5226: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Informative reference — RFC 5925: The TCP Authentication Option
Informative reference — RFC 6514: BGP Encodings and Procedures for Multicast in MPLS/BGP IP VPNs
Informative reference — RFC 4385: Pseudowire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Control Word for Use over an MPLS PSN
Informative reference — RFC 4272: BGP Security Vulnerabilities Analysis
Informative reference — RFC 4664: Framework for Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks (L2VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 6790: The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding
Informative reference — RFC 6952: Analysis of BGP, LDP, PCEP, and MSDP Issues According to the Keying and Authentication for Routing Protocols (KARP) Design Guide
Informative reference — RFC 4684: Constrained Route Distribution for Border Gateway Protocol/MultiProtocol Label Switching (BGP/MPLS) Internet Protocol (IP) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Informative reference — RFC 7117: Multicast in Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS)
Informative reference — RFC 7209: Requirements for Ethernet VPN (EVPN)

Incoming relationships (41 related RFCs)

Updated by — RFC 8584: Framework for Ethernet VPN Designated Forwarder Election Extensibility
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9572: Updates to EVPN Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, or Multicast (BUM) Procedures
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9161: Operational Aspects of Proxy ARP/ND in Ethernet Virtual Private Networks
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9573: MVPN/EVPN Tunnel Aggregation with Common Labels
Updated by — RFC 9746: BGP EVPN Multihoming Extensions for Split-Horizon Filtering
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8365: A Network Virtualization Overlay Solution Using Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 7623: Provider Backbone Bridging Combined with Ethernet VPN (PBB-EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9136: IP Prefix Advertisement in Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9251: Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) and Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) Proxies for Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9291: A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 2 VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9135: Integrated Routing and Bridging in Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9252: BGP Overlay Services Based on Segment Routing over IPv6 (SRv6)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9574: Optimized Ingress Replication Solution for Ethernet VPNs (EVPNs)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9785: Preference-Based EVPN Designated Forwarder (DF) Election
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8317: Ethernet-Tree (E-Tree) Support in Ethernet VPN (EVPN) and Provider Backbone Bridging EVPN (PBB-EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9014: Interconnect Solution for Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Overlay Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9047: Propagation of ARP/ND Flags in an Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9469: Applicability of Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) to Network Virtualization over Layer 3 (NVO3) Networks
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9541: Flush Mechanism for Customer MAC Addresses Based on Service Instance Identifier (I-SID) in Provider Backbone Bridging EVPN (PBB-EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9624: EVPN Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, or Multicast (BUM) Using Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9625: EVPN Optimized Inter-Subnet Multicast (OISM) Forwarding
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9722: Fast Recovery for EVPN Designated Forwarder Election
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9784: Virtual Ethernet Segments for EVPN and Provider Backbone Bridge EVPN
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9062: Framework and Requirements for Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9489: Label Switched Path (LSP) Ping Mechanisms for EVPN and Provider Backbone Bridging EVPN (PBB-EVPN)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9721: Extended Mobility Procedures for Ethernet VPN Integrated Routing and Bridging (EVPN-IRB)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9786: EVPN Port-Active Redundancy Mode
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9856: Multicast Source Redundancy in EVPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 10018: Multicast and Ethernet VPN with Segment Routing Point-to-Multipoint (P2MP) and Ingress Replication
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7606: Revised Error Handling for BGP UPDATE Messages
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8294: Common YANG Data Types for the Routing Area
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8929: IPv6 Backbone Router
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8283: An Architecture for Use of PCE and the PCE Communication Protocol (PCEP) in a Network with Central Control
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9408: A YANG Network Data Model for Service Attachment Points (SAPs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9181: A Common YANG Data Model for Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8151: Use Cases for Data Center Network Virtualization Overlay Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9790: IANA Registry and Processing Recommendations for the First Nibble Following a Label Stack
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9938: A Framework for the Deterministic Networking (DetNet) Controller Plane
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9689: Use Cases for a PCE as a Central Controller (PCECC)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9837: The IPv6 VPN Service Destination Option
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9889: A Realization of Network Slices for 5G Networks Using Current IP/MPLS Technologies