Aruba FlexFabric 5940 Switch Series EVPN Configuration Guide

HPE FlexFabric 5940 Switch Series

EVPN Configuration Guide

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Contents

EVPN overview ······························································································ 1

EVPN solutions ·················································································································································· 1

EVPN VXLAN ············································································································································· 1

EVPN benefits ···················································································································································· 1

Layered transport network ································································································································· 2

MP-BGP extension for EVPN····························································································································· 2

RD and route target selection of BGP EVPN routes ·························································································· 3

EVPN VXLAN overview ················································································· 5

Network model ··················································································································································· 5

Configuration automation ··································································································································· 6

Assignment of traffic to VXLANs ························································································································ 6

Traffic from the local site to a remote site ·································································································· 6

Traffic from a remote site to the local site ·································································································· 7

Layer 2 forwarding ············································································································································· 7

MAC learning ············································································································································· 7

Unicast ······················································································································································· 7

Flood ·························································································································································· 8

Centralized EVPN gateway deployment ············································································································ 9

Distributed EVPN gateway deployment ··········································································································· 10

About distributed EVPN gateway deployment ························································································· 10

Symmetric IRB ········································································································································· 11

Asymmetric IRB ······································································································································· 14

EVPN VXLAN multihoming ······························································································································ 15

About EVPN multihoming ························································································································· 15

DF election ··············································································································································· 16

Split horizon ············································································································································· 17

Redundancy mode ··································································································································· 18

IP aliasing ················································································································································· 18

EVPN VXLAN multicast ··································································································································· 18

Multicast in single-homed sites ················································································································ 19

Multicast in multihomed sites ··················································································································· 19

ARP and ND flood suppression ······················································································································· 20

MAC mobility ···················································································································································· 21

EVPN DRNI······················································································································································ 21

About EVPN DRNI ··································································································································· 22

VM reachability information synchronization ···························································································· 22

Virtual VTEP address ······························································································································· 22

Independent BGP neighbor relationship establishment ··········································································· 22

Site-facing link redundancy ······················································································································ 23

Configuring EVPN VXLAN ··········································································· 24

EVPN VXLAN tasks at a glance ······················································································································ 24

Restrictions and guidelines: EVPN VXLAN configuration ················································································ 25

Setting the VXLAN hardware resource mode ·································································································· 27

Configuring a VXLAN on a VSI ························································································································ 27

Restrictions and guidelines for VXLAN configuration on a VSI ································································ 27

Creating a VXLAN on a VSI ····················································································································· 27

Configuring VSI parameters ····················································································································· 28

Configuring an EVPN instance ························································································································ 28

About EVPN instance configuration ········································································································· 28

Restrictions and guidelines for EVPN instance configuration ·································································· 28

Configuring an EVPN instance created in system view ··········································································· 28

Configuring an EVPN instance created in VSI view ················································································· 29

Configuring EVPN multihoming························································································································ 30

Restrictions and guidelines for EVPN multihoming ·················································································· 30

Assigning an ESI to an interface ·············································································································· 30

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Setting the DF election delay ··················································································································· 30

Configuring FRR for EVPN VXLAN ·········································································································· 31

Disabling advertisement of EVPN multihoming routes············································································· 31

Configuring BGP to advertise BGP EVPN routes ···························································································· 31

Restrictions and guidelines for BGP EVPN route advertisement ····························································· 31

Enabling BGP to advertise BGP EVPN routes ························································································· 31

Configuring BGP EVPN route settings ····································································································· 32

Enabling the device to ignore default routes in route recursion ······························································· 35

Maintaining BGP sessions ······················································································································· 36

Mapping ACs to a VSI ······································································································································ 36

Mapping a static Ethernet service instance to a VSI ················································································ 36

Mapping dynamic Ethernet service instances to VSIs ············································································· 37

Configuring a centralized EVPN gateway ········································································································ 39

Restrictions and guidelines for centralized EVPN gateway configuration ················································ 39

Prerequisites for centralized EVPN gateway configuration ······································································ 39

Configuring a centralized gateway interface ···························································································· 39

Setting the static flag for the MAC addresses of centralized gateway interfaces ····································· 39

Configuring a distributed EVPN gateway ········································································································· 40

Restrictions and guidelines for distributed EVPN gateway configuration ················································· 40

Prerequisites for distributed EVPN gateway configuration······································································· 40

Configuring the traffic forwarding mode for EVPN VXLAN ······································································ 41

Configuring a VSI interface ······················································································································ 41

Configuring an L3 VXLAN ID for a VSI interface······················································································ 42

Configuring IP prefix route advertisement ································································································ 45

Configuring BGP route exchange between the public instance and VPN instances ······························· 46

Configuring the EVPN global MAC address····························································································· 48

Disabling generation of IP prefix advertisement routes for the subnets of a VSI interface ······················ 48

Enabling a distributed EVPN gateway to send RA messages over VXLAN tunnels ································ 49

Enabling traffic statistics for the VSIs automatically created for L3 VXLAN IDs ······································ 50

Enabling the device to advertise ARP information for the distributed EVPN gateway interfaces through

MAC/IP advertisement routes ·················································································································· 50

Managing remote MAC address entries and remote ARP or ND learning ······················································· 51

Disabling remote MAC address learning and remote ARP or ND learning ·············································· 51

Disabling MAC address advertisement ···································································································· 51

Enabling MAC mobility event suppression ······························································································· 52

Disabling learning of MAC addresses from ARP or ND information ························································ 52

Disabling ARP information advertisement ································································································ 53

Enabling ND information advertisement··································································································· 54

Disabling the VSI interface on a centralized EVPN gateway from learning ARP or ND information across

subnets ····················································································································································· 54

Enabling ARP mobility event suppression ······························································································· 55

Enabling ND mobility event suppression ·································································································· 56

Enabling ARP request proxy ···················································································································· 56

Enabling ND request proxy ······················································································································ 57

Enabling conversational learning for forwarding entries ·················································································· 58

About conversational learning for forwarding entries ··············································································· 58

Restrictions and guidelines for enabling conversational learning for forwarding entries·························· 58

Enabling conversational learning for remote MAC address entries ························································· 59

Enabling conversational learning for host route FIB entries····································································· 59

Configuring BGP EVPN route redistribution and advertisement ······································································ 60

Redistributing MAC/IP advertisement routes into BGP unicast routing tables ········································· 60

Setting the metric of BGP EVPN routes added to a VPN instance's routing table ··································· 61

Enabling BGP EVPN route advertisement to the local site ······································································ 61

Disabling flooding for a VSI ······························································································································ 62

Enabling ARP or ND flood suppression ··········································································································· 63

Enabling packet statistics for VXLAN tunnels ·································································································· 63

Testing the connectivity of a VXLAN tunnel ····································································································· 64

Enabling overlay OAM ····························································································································· 64

Pinging a VXLAN tunnel destination ········································································································ 64

Tracing the path to a VXLAN tunnel destination ······················································································ 65

Enabling SNMP notifications for EVPN ············································································································ 66

Configuring EVPN DRNI ·································································································································· 66

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About this task ·········································································································································· 66

Restrictions and guidelines ······················································································································ 67

Prerequisites ············································································································································ 68

Procedure (IPv4) ······································································································································ 69

Procedure (IPv6) ······································································································································ 70

Display and maintenance commands for EVPN ······························································································ 70

EVPN VXLAN configuration examples ············································································································ 73

Example: Configuring a centralized EVPN gateway ················································································ 73

Example: Configuring distributed EVPN gateways in symmetric IRB mode (IPv4 underlay network) ····· 81

Example: Configuring distributed EVPN gateways in symmetric IRB mode (IPv6 underlay network) ····· 90

Example: Configuring distributed IPv4 EVPN gateways in asymmetric IRB mode ·································· 99

Example: Configuring communication between EVPN networks and the public network ······················ 109

Example: Configuring IPv4 EVPN DRNI with a direct IPL ····································································· 117

Example: Configuring IPv4 EVPN DRNI with a tunnel IPL ···································································· 130

Example: Configuring IPv4 EVPN multihoming ····················································································· 142

Example: Configuring EVPN multicast ··································································································· 150

Configuring EVPN-DCI ·············································································· 158

About EVPN-DCI············································································································································ 158

EVPN-DCI network model ······················································································································ 158

Working mechanisms ····························································································································· 158

EVPN-DCI dual-homing ························································································································· 158

EVPN-DCI DRNI ···································································································································· 159

Restrictions and guidelines: EVPN-DCI configuration ··················································································· 160

EVPN-DCI tasks at a glance ·························································································································· 160

Prerequisites for EVPN-DCI ··························································································································· 161

Enabling DCI ·················································································································································· 161

Configuring an ED to modify BGP EVPN routes ···························································································· 162

Enabling route nexthop replacement and route router MAC replacement ············································· 162

Enabling an ED to replace the L3 VXLAN ID, RD, and route targets of BGP EVPN routes ·················· 163

Suppressing BGP EVPN route advertisement ······························································································· 164

Configuring VXLAN mapping ························································································································· 164

Configuring the BGP EVPN address family and the BGP VPNv4 or VPNv6 address family to exchange routes

······································································································································································· 166

About route exchange ···························································································································· 166

Enabling BGP VPNv4 or VPNv6 route advertisement for the BGP EVPN address family ···················· 166

Enabling BGP EVPN route advertisement for the BGP VPNv4 or VPNv6 address family ···················· 167

Configuring EVPN-DCI dual-homing ·············································································································· 167

Configuring EVPN-DCI DRNI ························································································································· 168

Enabling EVPN-DCI support for cross-VXLAN Layer 2 multicast ·································································· 168

EVPN-DCI configuration examples ················································································································ 169

Example: Configuring a basic EVPN-DCI network ················································································· 169

Example: Configuring EVPN-DCI Layer 3 communication (IPv4 underlay network) ····························· 175

Example: Configuring EVPN-DCI dual-homing ······················································································ 182

Example: Configuring EVPN-DCI DRNI ································································································· 191

MVXLAN overview ····················································································· 202

Restrictions and guidelines: MVXLAN configuration ······················································································ 202

MVXLAN modes············································································································································· 202

Ingress replication MVXLAN ·························································································································· 202

Network model ······································································································································· 202

Working mechanism ······························································································································· 203

MDT MVXLAN················································································································································ 204

Benefits ·················································································································································· 204

Network model ······································································································································· 204

Basic concepts ······································································································································· 204

MP-BGP extension for MVXLAN ············································································································ 205

Automatic MVXLAN tunnel establishment and assignment ··································································· 205

Default MDT establishment ···················································································································· 205

Default MDT-based transmission ··········································································································· 206

MDT switchover ····································································································································· 207

Layer 3 multicast in DCI scenarios········································································································· 208

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Layer 3 multicast in DCI multihoming scenarios ···················································································· 211

Configuring ingress replication MVXLAN ··················································· 212

Restrictions and guidelines: Multicast source location ··················································································· 212

Ingress replication MVXLAN tasks at a glance ······························································································ 212

Enabling IP multicast routing for a VPN instance··························································································· 212

Creating an MVXLAN ····································································································································· 213

Configuring a VSI interface as a distributed designated router interface ······················································· 213

Ingress replication MVXLAN configuration examples ···················································································· 214

Example: Configuring an ingress replication MVXLAN ·········································································· 214

Configuring MDT-based MVXLAN ····························································· 219

MDT-based MVXLAN tasks at a glance········································································································· 219

Restrictions: IGMP proxying configuration ····································································································· 219

Enabling IP multicast routing for a VPN instance··························································································· 220

Creating an MVXLAN ····································································································································· 220

Configuring a default group ···························································································································· 220

Specifying the MVXLAN source interface ······································································································ 221

Configuring MDT switchover parameters ······································································································· 222

Configuring a VSI interface as a distributed designated router interface ······················································· 222

Configuring an MVXLAN extranet RPF selection policy ················································································ 223

Configuring DRNI in MVXLAN ······················································································································· 225

Configuring DCI Layer 3 multicast ················································································································· 226

About this task ········································································································································ 226

Restrictions and guidelines ···················································································································· 226

Configuring an ED ·································································································································· 227

Configuring a VTEP ······························································································································· 227

Configuring an ED group for DCI Layer 3 multicast ······················································································· 228

Display and maintenance commands for MDT-based MVXLAN ··································································· 229

MDT-based MVXLAN configuration examples······························································································· 230

Example: Configuring intra-VPN MVXLAN Layer 3 multicast forwarding (IPv4 site network) ················ 230

Example: Configuring intra-VPN MVXLAN Layer 3 multicast forwarding (IPv6 site network) ················ 242

Example: Configuring MVXLAN extranet on the receiver VPN instance for symmetrically configured

extranet ·················································································································································· 254

Example: Configuring MVXLAN extranet on the receiver VPN instance for asymmetrically configured

extranet ·················································································································································· 268

Example: Configuring MVXLAN extranet with receivers on both VPNs and the public network ············ 281

Example: Configuring DRNI in MVXLAN with an Ethernet aggregate link as the IPL···························· 294

Example: Configuring DCI Layer 3 multicast without L3 VXLAN ID mapping ········································ 321

Example: Configuring DCI Layer 3 multicast with multiple L3 VXLAN IDs mapped to the same intermediate

L3 VXLAN ID ·········································································································································· 335

Example: Configuring DCI Layer 3 multicast with multiple L3 VXLAN IDs mapped to different intermediate

L3 VXLAN IDs ········································································································································ 358

Example: Configuring Layer 3 multicast without L3 VXLAN ID mapping in a DCI multihoming scenario

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Document conventions and icons ······························································ 422

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EVPN overview

Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is a Layer 2 VPN technology that provides both Layer 2 and

Layer 3 connectivity between distant network sites across an IP or MPLS network. EVPN uses

MP-BGP in the control plane and Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) or MPLS in the data plane. EVPN

is typically used in data centers for multitenant services.

EVPN solutions

EVPN provides the EVPN VXLAN solution.

EVPN VXLAN

As shown in Figure 1, EVPN VXLAN uses the VXLAN technology for traffic forwarding in the data

plane. The transport edge devices assign VMs to different VXLANs, and then forward traffic at Layer

2 between sites for VMs by using VXLAN tunnels. The transport edge devices are VXLAN tunnel

endpoints (VTEPs). All EVPN VXLAN processing is performed on VTEPs

To provide Layer 3 connectivity between subnets of a tenant and between the EVPN VXLAN network

and external networks, you can deploy EVPN gateways.

For more information about EVPN VXLAN, see "Configuring EVPN VXLAN."

Figure 1 EVPN VXLAN network model

EVPN benefits

EVPN provides the following benefits:

•

Configuration automation—MP-BGP automates VTEP discovery, VXLAN tunnel

establishment, and VXLAN tunnel assignment to ease deployment.

•

Separation of the control plane and the data plane—EVPN uses MP-BGP to advertise host

reachability information in the control plane and uses VXLAN to forward traffic in the data plane.

•

Integrated routing and bridging (IRB)—MP-BGP advertises both Layer 2 and Layer 3 host

reachability information to provide optimal forwarding paths and minimize flooding in an EVPN

VXLAN network.

VXLAN tunnel

VTEP

Server Server

Site 1 Site 2

VM

VSI/VXLAN 10

VSI/VXLAN 20

VSI/VXLAN 30

VM

VSI/VXLAN 10

VSI/VXLAN 20

VSI/VXLAN 30

Transport

network

P

ES ES

VTEP

2

•

Point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connection—Layer 2 frames are transmitted

transparently across the IP transport network between sites after they are encapsulated into

VXLAN packets packets.

Layered transport network

As shown in Figure 2, typically the EVPN transport network uses a layered structure. On the

transport network, leaf nodes act as VTEPs or PEs to provide VXLAN services, and spine nodes

perform forwarding for VXLAN traffic based on the outer IP header. If all VTEPs and transport

network devices of an EVPN network belong to the same AS, the spine nodes can act as route

reflectors (RRs) to reflect routes between the VTEPs. In this scenario, the spine nodes advertise and

receive BGP EVPN routes, but do not perform VXLAN encapsulation and de-encapsulation.

Figure 2 Layered transport network

MP-BGP extension for EVPN

To support EVPN, MP-BGP introduces the EVPN subsequent address family under the L2VPN

address family and the following network layer reachability information (BGP EVPN routes):

•

Ethernet auto-discovery route—Advertises ES information in multihomed sites and

advertises service ID information in an EVPN VPWS network.

•

MAC/IP advertisement route—Advertises MAC reachability information and host route

information (host ARP or ND information).

•

Inclusive multicast Ethernet tag (IMET) route—Advertises VTEP and VXLAN mappings for

automating VTEP discovery, VXLAN tunnel establishment, and VXLAN tunnel assignment in an

EVPN VXLAN network. Advertises PE information for automating PE discovery and PW

establishment in an EVPN VPLS network.

•

Ethernet segment route—Advertises ES and VTEP mappings.

•

IP prefix advertisement route—Advertises BGP IPv4 or IPv6 unicast routes as IP prefixes.

•

Selective multicast Ethernet tag (SMET) route—Advertises IGMP multicast group

information among VTEPs in an EVPN network. A VTEP advertises an SMET route only when

receiving a membership report for an IGMP multicast group for the first time. The VTEP does

not advertise an SMET route if subsequent membership reports for the multicast group use the

same IGMP version as the first membership report.

VTEP

Server Server

Site 1 Site 2

Transport

network

VTEP

RR RR

Leaf

Spine

3

•

IGMP join synch route—Advertises IGMP membership reports among redundant VTEPs for

an ES.

•

IGMP leave synch route—Advertises IGMP leave group messages for withdrawal of IGMP

join synch routes among redundant VTEPs for an ES.

MP-BGP uses the route distinguisher (RD) field to differentiate BGP EVPN routes of different VSIs or

cross-connect groups and uses route targets to control the advertisement and acceptance of BGP

EVPN routes. MP-BGP supports the following types of route targets:

•

Export target—A VTEP or PE sets the export targets for BGP EVPN routes learned from the

local site before advertising them to remote VTEPs or PEs.

•

Import target—A VTEP or PE checks the export targets of BGP EVPN routes received from

remote VTEPs or PEs. The VTEP or PE imports the BGP EVPN routes only when their export

targets match the local import targets.

RD and route target selection of BGP EVPN

routes

As shown in Table 1, you can configure RDs and route targets for BGP EVPN routes in multiple

views.

Table 1 Supported views for RD and route target configuration

Item

Views

RD

• VSI EVPN instance view

• VPN instance view

• Public instance view

Route targets

• EVPN instance view

• VSI EVPN instance view

• VPN instance view

• VPN instance IPv4 address family view

• VPN instance IPv6 address family view

• VPN instance EVPN view

• Public instance view

• Public instance IPv4 address family view

• Public instance IPv6 address family view

• Public instance EVPN view

NOTE:

Route targets configured in VPN instance view apply to IPv4 VPN, IPv6 VPN, and

EVPN. Route targets configured in IPv4 address family view apply only to IPv4 VPN.

Route targets configured in IPv6 address family view apply only to IPv6 VPN. Route

targets configured in VPN instance EVPN view apply only to EVPN. Route targets

configured in IPv4 address family view, IPv6 address family view, or VPN instance

EVPN view take precedence over those in VPN instance view. The precedence order

for different views of a VPN instance also applies to the views of the public instance.

The device selects RDs and route targets for BGP EVPN routes by using the following rules:

•

IMET routes and MAC/IP advertisement routes that contain only MAC addresses—The

device uses the RD and route targets configured in VSI EVPN instance view when advertising

and accepting the routes.

•

MAC/IP advertisement routes that contain ARP or ND information—The device uses the

following settings when advertising the routes:

 RD and export route targets configured in VSI EVPN instance view.

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 Export route targets configured for EVPN on a VPN instance or the public instance (VPN

instance view, EVPN view of a VPN instance or the public instance, and public instance

view).

The device uses the import route targets configured for EVPN on a VPN instance or the public

instance when accepting the routes.

•

IP prefix advertisement routes—The device uses the route targets configured for the IPv4 or

IPv6 address family on a VPN instance or the public instance when advertising and accepting

the routes.

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EVPN VXLAN overview

EVPN VXLAN uses EVPN routes for automatic VXLAN tunnel establishment and assignment and

MAC reachability information advertisement in the control plane and uses VXLAN for forwarding in

the data plane.

Network model

As shown in Figure 3, EVPN uses the VXLAN technology for traffic forwarding in the data plane. The

transport edge devices assign user terminals to different VXLANs, and then forward traffic between

sites for user terminals by using VXLAN tunnels. The transport edge devices are VXLAN tunnel

endpoints (VTEPs).

Supported user terminals include PCs and VMs on servers.

NOTE:

This document uses VMs as examples to describe the mechanisms of EVPN. The mechanisms do

not differ between different kinds of user terminals.

A VTEP uses ESs, VSIs, and VXLAN tunnels to provide VXLAN services:

•

Ethernet segment (ES)—An ES is a link that connects a site to a VTEP. Each ES is uniquely

identified by an Ethernet segment identifier (ESI).

•

VSI—A virtual switch instance is a virtual Layer 2 switched domain. Each VSI provides

switching services only for one VXLAN. VSIs learn MAC addresses and forward frames

independently of one another. User terminals in different sites have Layer 2 connectivity if they

are in the same VXLAN. A VXLAN is identified by a 24-bit VXLAN ID which is also called the

virtual network identifier (VNI). A VXLAN corresponds to an EVPN instance.

•

VXLAN tunnel—Logical point-to-point tunnels between VTEPs over the transport network.

Each VXLAN tunnel can trunk multiple VXLANs.

All VXLAN processing is performed on VTEPs. The ingress VTEP encapsulates VXLAN traffic in the

VXLAN, outer UDP, and outer IP headers, and forwards the traffic through VXLAN tunnels. The

egress VTEP removes the VXLAN encapsulation and forwards the traffic to the destination.

Transport network devices (for example, the P device in Figure 3) forward VXLAN traffic only based

on the outer IP header of VXLAN packets.

Figure 3 EVPN network model

VXLAN tunnel

VTEP

Terminal

VSI/VXLAN 10

VSI/VXLAN 20

VSI/VXLAN 30

Terminal

VSI/VXLAN 10

VSI/VXLAN 20

VSI/VXLAN 30

Transport

network

P

ES ES

VTEP

Site 1 Site 2

6

Configuration automation

If EVPN is used for Layer 2 forwarding, VTEPs use the following BGP EVPN routes to discover

VTEP neighbors, establish VXLAN tunnels, and assign the tunnels to VXLANs:

•

IMET route—VTEPs advertise the VXLAN IDs they have through IMET routes. If two VTEPs

have the same VXLAN ID, they automatically establish a VXLAN tunnel and assign the tunnel

to the VXLAN.

•

MAC/IP advertisement route—VTEPs advertise local MAC addresses and VXLAN IDs

through MAC/IP advertisement routes. If two VTEPs have the same VXLAN ID, they

automatically establish a VXLAN tunnel and assign the tunnel to the VXLAN.

If EVPN is used for Layer 3 forwarding, VTEPs use the following BGP EVPN routes to discover

VTEP neighbors, establish VXLAN tunnels, and assign the tunnels to VXLANs:

•

IMET route—VTEPs advertise the VXLAN IDs they have through IMET routes. If two VTEPs

have the same VXLAN ID, they automatically establish a VXLAN tunnel and assign the tunnel

to the VXLAN.

•

MAC/IP advertisement route and IP prefix advertisement route—In the EVPN gateway

deployment, VTEPs advertise MAC/IP advertisement routes or IP prefix advertisement routes

with the export targets. When a VTEP receives a route, it compares the export targets of the

route with the local import targets. If the route targets match, the VTEP establishes a VXLAN

tunnel with the remote VTEP and associates the tunnel with the L3 VXLAN ID of the

corresponding VPN instance. For more information about the L3 VXLAN ID, see "Distributed

EVPN gateway deployment."

Assignment of traffic to VXLANs

Traffic from the local site to a remote site

The VTEP uses an Ethernet service instance to match customer traffic on a site-facing interface. The

VTEP assigns customer traffic to a VXLAN by mapping the Ethernet service instance to a VSI.

An Ethernet service instance is identical to an attachment circuit (AC) in L2VPN. An Ethernet service

instance matches a list of VLANs on a Layer 2 Ethernet interface by using a frame match criterion.

The frame match criterion specifies the characteristics of traffic from the VLANs, such as tagging

status and VLAN IDs.

As shown in Figure 4, Ethernet service instance 1 matches VLAN 2 and is mapped to VSI A (VXLAN

10). When a frame from VLAN 2 arrives, the VTEP assigns the frame to VXLAN 10, and looks up VSI

A's MAC address table for the outgoing interface.

Figure 4 Identifying traffic from the local site

Server

Service instance 1:

VLAN 2 VSI A

VXLAN 10

VLAN 2

VM 1

VM 2

VM 3

Service instance 2:

VLAN 3

Service instance 3:

VLAN 4

VLAN 3

VLAN 4

VSI B

VXLAN 20

VSI C

VXLAN 30

VTEP

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Traffic from a remote site to the local site

When a VXLAN packet arrives at a VXLAN tunnel interface, the VTEP uses the VXLAN ID in the

packet to identify its VXLAN.

Layer 2 forwarding

MAC learning

The VTEP performs Layer 2 forwarding based on a VSI's MAC address table. The VTEP learns MAC

addresses by using the following methods:

•

Local MAC learning—The VTEP automatically learns the source MAC addresses of frames

sent from the local site. The outgoing interfaces of local MAC address entries are site-facing

interfaces on which the MAC addresses are learned.

•

Remote MAC learning—The VTEP uses MP-BGP to advertise local MAC reachability

information to remote sites and learn MAC reachability information from remote sites. The

outgoing interfaces of MAC address entries advertised from a remote site are VXLAN tunnel

interfaces.

Unicast

As shown in Figure 5, the VTEP performs typical Layer 2 forwarding for known unicast traffic within

the local site.

Figure 5 Intra-site unicast

As shown in Figure 6, the following process applies to a known unicast frame between sites:

1. The source VTEP encapsulates the Ethernet frame in the VXLAN/UDP/IP header.

In the outer IP header, the source IP address is the source VTEP's VXLAN tunnel source IP

address. The destination IP address is the VXLAN tunnel destination IP address.

2. The source VTEP forwards the encapsulated packet out of the outgoing VXLAN tunnel

interface found in the VSI's MAC address table.

3. The intermediate transport devices (P devices) forward the packet to the destination VTEP by

using the outer IP header.

VXLAN tunnel

VTEP 1 VTEP 2

Transport

network

P

Server 1

VM 1

VM 2

VM 3

Server 3

VM 7

VM 8

VM 9

MAC table on VTEP 1

VXLAN/VSI MAC Interface

VXLAN 10/VSI A MAC 1 Interface A, VLAN 2

VXLAN 10/VSI A MAC 4 Interface B, VLAN 3

Server 2

VM 4

VM 5

VM 6

Interface A

Interface B

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4. The destination VTEP removes the headers on top of the inner Ethernet frame. It then performs

MAC address table lookup in the VXLAN's VSI to forward the frame out of the matching

outgoing interface.

Figure 6 Inter-site unicast

Flood

As shown in Figure 7, a VTEP floods a broadcast, multicast, or unknown unicast frame to all

site-facing interfaces and VXLAN tunnels in the VXLAN, except for the incoming interface. The

source VTEP replicates the flood frame, and then sends one replica to the destination IP address of

each VXLAN tunnel in the VXLAN. Each destination VTEP floods the inner Ethernet frame to all the

site-facing interfaces in the VXLAN. To avoid loops, the destination VTEPs do not flood the frame to

VXLAN tunnels.

VTEP 1 VTEP 2

Transport

network

P

Server 1

VM 1

VM 2

VM 3

Server 3

VM 7

VM 8

VM 9

MAC table on VTEP 1

VXLAN/VSI MAC Interface

VXLAN 10/VSI A MAC 1 Interface A, VLAN 2

VXLAN 10/VSI A MAC 7 Tunnel 1

Server 2

VM 4

VM 5

VM 6

Interface A

Interface B

MAC table on VTEP 2

VXLAN/VSI MAC Interface

VXLAN 10/VSI A MAC 1 Tunnel 1

VXLAN 10/VSI A MAC 7 Interface A, VLAN 3

Interface A

VXLAN tunnel 1

9

Figure 7 Forwarding of flood traffic

Centralized EVPN gateway deployment

IMPORTANT:

A centralized EVPN gateway can provide services only for IPv4 sites.

Centralized EVPN gateway deployment uses one VTEP to provide Layer 3 forwarding for VXLANs.

The VTEP uses virtual Layer 3 VSI interfaces as gateway interfaces for VXLANs. Typically, the

gateway-collocated VTEP connects to other VTEPs and the external network. To use this design,

make sure the gateway has sufficient bandwidth and processing capability.

As shown in Figure 8, a VTEP acts as a gateway for VMs in the VXLANs. The VTEP both terminates

the VXLANs and performs Layer 3 forwarding for the VMs. The network uses the following process

to forward Layer 3 traffic from a VM to the destination:

1. The VM sends an ARP request to obtain the MAC address of the VSI interface that acts as the

gateway, and then sends the Layer 3 traffic to the centralized EVPN gateway.

2. The local VTEP looks up the matching VSI's MAC address table and forwards the traffic to the

centralized EVPN gateway through a VXLAN tunnel.

3. The centralized EVPN gateway removes the VXLAN encapsulation and forwards the traffic at

Layer 3.

4. The centralized EVPN gateway forwards the replies sent by the destination node to the VM

based on the ARP entry for the VM.

VTEP 1 VTEP 2

Transport network

P

Server 1

VM 1

VM 2

VM 3

Server 3

VM 7

VM 8

VM 9

Server 2

VM 4

VM 5

VM 6

VXLAN tunnel

VTEP 3

VXLAN tunnel

Server 4

VM 10

VM 11

VM 12

Replicate and

encapsulate

10

Figure 8 Example of centralized EVPN gateway deployment

Distributed EVPN gateway deployment

IMPORTANT:

A distributed EVPN gateway can provide services for

IPv4 and IPv6 sites. This section uses IPv4

sites as examples to describe the Layer 3 forwarding process of EVPN networks.

The Layer 3

forwarding process does not differ between IPv4 and IPv6 sites.

About distributed EVPN gateway deployment

As shown in Figure 9, each site's VTEP acts as a gateway to perform Layer 3 forwarding for the

VXLANs of the local site. A VTEP acts as a border gateway to the Layer 3 network for the VXLANs.

VXLAN tunnel

VTEP 1 VTEP 2

Server Server

Site 1 Site 2

VM

VSI/VXLAN 10

VSI/VXLAN 20

VSI/VXLAN 30

VM

VSI/VXLAN 10

VSI/VXLAN 20

VSI/VXLAN 30

Transport

network

P

10.1.1.11

20.1.1.11

30.1.1.11

10.1.1.12

20.1.1.12

30.1.1.12

VXLAN tunnel

VTEP 3/Centralized EVPN gateway

VSI/VXLAN 10

VSI/VXLAN 20

VSI/VXLAN 30

VSI-interface10

10.1.1.1/24

VSI-interface20

20.1.1.1/24

VSI-interface30

30.1.1.1/24

L3 network

11

Figure 9 Distributed EVPN gateway placement design

A distributed EVPN gateway supports the following traffic forwarding modes:

•

Asymmetric IRB—The ingress gateway performs Layer 2 and Layer 3 lookups and the egress

gateway performs only Layer 2 forwarding.

•

Symmetric IRB—Both the ingress and egress gateways perform Layer 2 and Layer 3 lookups.

Symmetric IRB

Basic concepts

Symmetric IRB introduces the following concepts:

•

L3 VXLAN ID—Also called L3 VNI. An L3 VXLAN ID identifies the traffic of a routing domain

where devices have Layer 3 reachability. An L3 VXLAN ID is associated with one VPN instance.

Distributed EVPN gateways use VPN instances to isolate traffic of different services on VXLAN

tunnel interfaces.

•

Router MAC address—Each distributed EVPN gateway has a unique router MAC address

used for inter-gateway forwarding. The MAC addresses in the inner Ethernet header of VXLAN

packets are router MAC addresses of distributed EVPN gateways.

VSI interfaces

As shown in Figure 10, each distributed EVPN gateway has the following types of VSI interfaces:

•

VSI interface as a gateway interface of a VXLAN—The VSI interface acts as the gateway

interface for VMs in a VXLAN. The VSI interface is associated with a VSI and a VPN instance.

On different distributed EVPN gateways, the VSI interface of a VXLAN use the same IP address

to provide services.

•

VSI interface associated with an L3 VXLAN ID—The VSI interface is associated with a VPN

instance and assigned an L3 VXLAN ID. VSI interfaces associated with the same VPN instance

share an L3 VXLAN ID.

A border gateway only has VSI interfaces that are associated with an L3 VXLAN ID.

VXLAN tunnel

VTEP

Server

Site 1

L3 network

VXLAN tunnel VXLAN tunnel

Server

Site 2

Server

Site 3

Server

Site 4

Server

Site 5

Server

Site 6

VTEP/Distributed

EVPN gateway

Border gateway

VTEP/Distributed

EVPN gateway

VTEP/Distributed

EVPN gateway

12

Figure 10 Example of distributed EVPN gateway deployment

Layer 3 forwarding entry learning

A distributed EVPN gateway forwards Layer 3 traffic based on FIB entries generated from BGP

EVPN routes and ARP information.

A VTEP advertises an external route imported in the EVPN address family through MP-BGP. A

remote VTEP adds the route to the FIB table of a VPN instance based on the L3 VXLAN ID carried in

the route. In the FIB entry, the outgoing interface is a VXLAN tunnel interface, and the next hop is the

peer VTEP address in the NEXT_HOP attribute of the route.

A VTEP has the following types of ARP information:

•

Local ARP information—ARP information of VMs in the local site. The VTEP snoops GARP

packets, RARP packets, and ARP requests for the gateway MAC address to learn the ARP

information of the senders and generates ARP entries and FIB entries. In an ARP or FIB entry,

the outgoing interface is the site-facing interface where the packet is received, and the VPN

instance is the instance associated with the corresponding VSI interface.

•

Remote ARP information—ARP information of VMs in remote sites. Each VTEP uses

MP-BGP to advertise its local ARP information with L3 VXLAN IDs in routes to remote sites. A

VTEP generates only FIB entries for the remote ARP information. A FIB entry contains the

following information:

 Outgoing interface: VSI interface associated with the L3 VXLAN ID.

 Next hop: Peer VTEP address in the NEXT_HOP attribute of the route.

 VPN instance: VPN instance associated with the L3 VXLAN ID.

The VTEP then creates an ARP entry for the next hop in the FIB entry.

Traffic forwarding

A distributed EVPN gateway can work in one of the following mode:

VXLAN tunnel

GW 1 GW 2

Server Server

Site 1 Site 2

VM 1

VM 2

VSI/VXLAN 10

VSI/VXLAN 20

VM 4

VM 5

VSI/VXLAN 10

VSI/VXLAN 20

P

10.1.1.11

20.1.1.11

10.1.1.12

20.1.1.12

VXLAN tunnel

Border

gateway

L3 network

VSI-interface10

10.1.1.1/24

VPN instance: vpna

VSI-interface20

20.1.1.1/24

VPN instance: vpna

VSI-interface1

VPN instance: vpna

L3VNI: 1000

VSI-interface1

VPN instance: vpna

L3VNI: 1000

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•

Switching and routing mode—Forwards Layer 2 traffic based on the MAC address table and

forwards Layer 3 traffic based on the FIB table. In this mode, you need to enable ARP flood

suppression on the distributed EVPN gateway to reduce flooding.

•

Routing mode— Forwards both Layer 2 and Layer 3 traffic based on the FIB table. In this

mode, you need to enable local proxy ARP on the distributed EVPN gateway.

For more information about MAC address table-based Layer 2 forwarding, see "Unicast."

Figure 11 shows the intra-site Layer 3 forwarding process.

1. The source VM sends an ARP request to obtain the MAC address of the destination VM.

2. The gateway replies to the source VM with the MAC address of the VSI interface associated

with the source VM's VSI.

3. The source VM sends a Layer 3 packet to the gateway.

4. The gateway looks up the FIB table of the VPN instance associated with the source VM's VSI

and finds the matching outgoing site-facing interface.

5. The gateway processes the Ethernet header of the Layer 3 packet as follows:

 Replaces the destination MAC address with the destination VM's MAC address.

 Replaces the source MAC address with the VSI interface's MAC address.

6. The gateway forwards the Layer 3 packet to the destination VM.

Figure 11 Intra-site Layer 3 forwarding

Figure 12 shows the inter-site Layer 3 forwarding process.

1. The source VM sends an ARP request to obtain the MAC address of the destination VM.

2. The gateway replies to the source VM with the MAC address of the VSI interface associated

with the source VM's VSI.

3. The source VM sends a Layer 3 packet to the gateway.

4. The gateway looks up the FIB table of the VPN instance associated with the source VM's VSI

and finds the matching outgoing VSI interface.

5. The gateway processes the Ethernet header of the Layer 3 packet as follows:

 Replaces the destination MAC address with the destination gateway's router MAC address.

 Replaces the source MAC address with its own router MAC address.

6. The gateway adds VXLAN encapsulation to the Layer 3 packet and forwards the packet to the

destination gateway. The encapsulated VXLAN ID is the L3 VXLAN ID of the corresponding

VPN instance.

7. The destination gateway identifies the VPN instance of the packet based on the L3 VXLAN ID

and removes the VXLAN encapsulation. Then the gateway forwards the packet based on the

matching ARP entry.

GW 1

DATA

Server 1

VM 1

IP 1

MAC 1

Server 2

VM 2

IP 2

MAC 2

GW IP

GW MAC (VSI interface MAC)

SIP: IP 1

DIP: IP 2

SMAC: MAC 1

DMAC: GW MAC

DATA

SIP: IP 1

DIP: IP 2

SMAC: GW MAC

DMAC: MAC 2

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Figure 12 Inter-site Layer 3 forwarding

Communication between private and public networks

A distributed EVPN gateway uses the public instance to perform Layer 3 forwarding for the public

network and to enable communication between private and public networks. The public instance is

similar to a VPN instance. A distributed EVPN gateway processes traffic of the public instance in the

same way it does for a VPN instance. For the public instance to work correctly, you must configure

an RD, an L3 VXLAN ID, and route targets for it. If a VSI interface is not associated with any VPN

instance, the VSI interface belongs to the public instance.

Asymmetric IRB

VSI interfaces

Asymmetric IRB uses the same distributed EVPN gateway deployment as symmetric IRB.

As shown in Figure 10, each distributed EVPN gateway has the following types of VSI interfaces:

•

VSI interface as a gateway interface of a VXLAN—The VSI interface is associated with a VSI

and a VPN instance. On different distributed EVPN gateways, the VSI interface of a VXLAN

must use different IP addresses to provide services.

•

VSI interface associated with an L3 VXLAN ID—The VSI interface acts as the gateway for

VMs in a VXLAN to communicate with the external network through the border gateway. The

VSI interface is associated with a VPN instance and assigned an L3 VXLAN ID. VSI interfaces

associated with the same VPN instance share an L3 VXLAN ID.

A border gateway only has VSI interfaces that are associated with an L3 VXLAN ID.

Layer 3 forwarding

Asymmetric IRB supports only Layer 3 forwarding in the same VXLAN on distributed EVPN

gateways.

After a distributed EVPN gateway learns ARP information about local VMs, it advertises the

information to other distributed EVPN gateways through MAC/IP advertisement routes. Other

distributed EVPN gateways generate FIB entries based on the advertised ARP information.

As shown in Figure 13, VM 1 and VM 2 belong to VXLAN 10 and they can reach each other at Layer

3 through the distributed EVPN gateways. The distributed EVPN gateways use the following process

to perform Layer 3 forwarding in asymmetric IRB mode when VM 1 sends a packet to VM 2:

GW 1 P GW 2

DATA

Transport

network

Server 1

VM 1

IP 1

MAC 1

Server 2

VM 2

IP 2

MAC 2

GW IP

GW MAC (VSI interface MAC)

GW MAC 1 (Router MAC of GW 1)

VTEP IP 1

L3VNI 100

GW IP

GW MAC (VSI interface MAC)

GW MAC 2 (Router MAC of GW 2)

VTEP IP 2

L3VNI 100

SIP: IP 1

DIP: IP 2

SMAC: MAC 1

DMAC: GW MAC

DATA

SIP: IP 1

DIP: IP 2

SMAC: GW MAC 1

DMAC: GW MAC 2

VNI: 100

SIP: VTEP IP 1

DIP: VTEP IP 2

DATA

SIP: IP 1

DIP: IP 2

SMAC: GW MAC

DMAC: MAC 2

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