RFC 8584: Framework for Ethernet VPN Designated Forwarder Election Extensibility

An alternative to the default Designated Forwarder (DF) selection algorithm in Ethernet VPNs (EVPNs) is defined. The DF is the Provider Edge (PE) router…

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Outgoing relationships (2 related RFCs)

Updates — RFC 7432: BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN
Informative reference — RFC 4456: BGP Route Reflection: An Alternative to Full Mesh Internal BGP (IBGP)

Incoming relationships (9 related RFCs)

Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9785: Preference-Based EVPN Designated Forwarder (DF) Election
Updated by, Normatively referenced by — RFC 9722: Fast Recovery for EVPN Designated Forwarder Election
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9291: A YANG Network Data Model for Layer 2 VPNs
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9572: Updates to EVPN Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, or Multicast (BUM) Procedures
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9625: EVPN Optimized Inter-Subnet Multicast (OISM) Forwarding
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9786: EVPN Port-Active Redundancy Mode
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9856: Multicast Source Redundancy in EVPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9469: Applicability of Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) to Network Virtualization over Layer 3 (NVO3) Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9784: Virtual Ethernet Segments for EVPN and Provider Backbone Bridge EVPN