BGP EVPN VPLS

HLE uses standard BGP EVPN VPLS services to extend the BD to the remote network. A BGP EVPN VPLS service is automatically created when a BD is created on the ISA.

HLE only supports VXLAN as a BGP EVPN data plane. When the next-hop field of the MP_REACH_NLRI is the VXLAN VTEP, it supports the following BGP EVPN route types:

• Type 2 MAC or IP advertisement route:

  • ESI: 0

  • Ethernet-tag: 0

  • IP address field:

    • sending: not used

    • receiving: used to populate the BD’s ARP/neighbor table

  • Label-1: VNI

    Label-2: not used

  • BGP encapsulation extended community with tunnel type set to VXLAN

  • MAC mobility extended community: seq=0, sticky=1 (only when MAC NAT is enabled)

• Type 3 inclusive multicast Ethernet tag route: originating router address: system interface address

• BGP encapsulation extended community route with tunnel type set to VXLAN

PMSI tunnel attributes include:

• flags: 0

• tunnel type: ingress replication

• MPLS label:

  • sending: local VNI

  • receiving: remote VNI

• tunnel ID: VXLAN VTEP

  • sending: VTEP of the corresponding ISA

  • receiving: remote flooding destination

The VXLAN packet is forwarded in the base routing instance