EVPN

Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is a well-established technology used in data centers (DC) and across service provider networks. EVPN was invented in 2015, and we have accompanied its evolution with interoperability tests since the same year. EVPN has become the dominant solution in the data center and data center interconnect (DCI) market due to its performance, redundancy, multi-service integration, and ability to interwork across various transport domains. The Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) feature enables Layer 3 routing functionality, accommodating complex Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing scenarios.

EANTC has divided our EVPN test coverage into three transport domains: EVPN over SR-MPLS, EVPN over SRv6, and EVPN over VXLAN:

Arista, Arrcus, Ciena, Ericsson, H3C, Huawei, Juniper, Nokia, and Ribbon participated in the EVPN-SR-MPLS tests.
Arista, H3C, Juniper, and Nokia participated in the EVPN-VXLAN test bed.
Spirent TestCenter was used as the traffic generator for all test cases in the EVPN SR-MPLS and EVPN VXLAN testbeds.
EVPN over SRv6 results are documented in the SRv6 section (further below).

This year, new tests included LSP Ping mechanisms for EVPN, EVPN auto-Ethernet Segment Identifier (ESI), and D-path attributes with gateway interworking. We also performed several essential legacy test cases, such as E-Line service, E-LAN service, Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB) interface, MAC mobility, EVPN IP-VPN gateway, and interoperability testing between EVPN-VXLAN and EVPN-SR-MPLS gateways.

The following test cases have been executed for this test area:

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