RFC 9721

Extended Mobility Procedures for Ethernet VPN Integrated Routing and Bridging (EVPN-IRB), April 2025

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Status:
PROPOSED STANDARD
Authors:
N. Malhotra, Ed.
A. Sajassi
A. Pattekar
J. Rabadan
A. Lingala
J. Drake
Stream:
IETF
Source:
bess (rtg)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9721

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Abstract

This document specifies extensions to the Ethernet VPN Integrated Routing and Bridging (EVPN-IRB) procedures specified in RFCs 7432 and 9135 to enhance the mobility mechanisms for networks based on EVPN-IRB. The proposed extensions improve the handling of host mobility and duplicate address detection in EVPN-IRB networks to cover a broader set of scenarios where a host's unicast IP address to Media Access Control (MAC) address bindings may change across moves. These enhancements address limitations in the existing EVPN-IRB mobility procedures by providing more efficient and scalable solutions. The extensions are backward compatible with existing EVPN-IRB implementations and aim to optimize network performance in scenarios involving frequent IP address mobility.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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