RFC 9785: Preference-Based EVPN Designated Forwarder (DF) Election

The Designated Forwarder (DF) in Ethernet Virtual Private Networks (EVPNs) is defined as the Provider Edge (PE) router responsible for sending Broadcast,…

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Outgoing relationships (8 related RFCs)

Updates, Normative reference — RFC 8584: Framework for Ethernet VPN Designated Forwarder Election Extensibility
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 7432: BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN
Normative reference — RFC 9784: Virtual Ethernet Segments for EVPN and Provider Backbone Bridge EVPN
Informative reference — RFC 8365: A Network Virtualization Overlay Solution Using Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
Informative reference — RFC 7623: Provider Backbone Bridging Combined with Ethernet VPN (PBB-EVPN)
Informative reference — RFC 8214: Virtual Private Wire Service Support in Ethernet VPN

Incoming relationships (2 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9786: EVPN Port-Active Redundancy Mode
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9856: Multicast Source Redundancy in EVPNs