E-Tree service


E-Line service provides dedicated point-to-point connectivity between two sites. For scenarios where a central location, such as a headquarter, must connect to multiple branch offices, a point-to-multipoint service is required. E-Tree service addresses this requirement by enabling a single root node to connect to multiple leaf nodes, as many as the customer requires. Its key distinction is that the root can communicate with all other roots and its own leaves, whereas leaves can communicate only with the defined root.
In our test, we followed the scenarios 1 and 2 described in RFC 8317, section 3, namely “leaf or root site per PE” and “leaf or root per AC”.  In the leaf or root site per PE scenario, a PE may receive traffic from either Root ACs or Leaf ACs for a given MAC-VRF/bridge table, but not both. Whereas in the leaf or root site per AC scenario, a PE can receive traffic from both Root ACs and Leaf ACs for a given EVI.
The following 2 topologies show the minimum topology we used in our test.

Figure 11

Figure 11:  leaf or root site per PE scenario

Figure 12

Figure 12:   leaf or root site per AC scenario

We tested both unicast and broadcast traffic and confirmed that root PE/AC isolates traffic between leaves but not from root to leaf.

Leaf or root site per ACLeaf or root site per PE
Cisco 8711-48Z-M
HPE MX304
Ribbon NPT-2507
Nokia 7750 SR-1
Ciena 5164
Ciena 8192
ZTE ZXCTN 6120H-E
ZTE ZXCTN 6120H-S
ZTE ZXR10 M6000-2S16
ZTE ZXR10 M6000-3S Plus
ZTE ZXR10 M6000-4SE

Table 1: E-Tree participants list

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