L3VPN over SRv6
Traffic testing was performed across all nodes to ensure proper forwarding in a multi-vendor environment. This validation included verifying that each PE had routes installed with the next-hop set as an SRv6 SID. In addition, every PE was to have assigned SRv6 Locators and Function SIDs (End.DT4 with NEXT-CSID, End.DT6 with NEXT-CSID, End.DT46 with NEXT-CSID) for L3VPN services. With stable IS-IS adjacencies checked, SRv6 locators were also validated for proper advertisement and reachability. The presence of VPN prefixes in the RIB was confirmed, ensuring end-to-end connectivity.
As part of our interoperability validation, apart from uSID (NEXT-CSID compression flavor), we included as well G-SID (Generalized SID - REPLACE-CSID compression flavor) testing for the first time in an SRv6 L3VPN deployment.
To verify the control-plane behavior, we first checked that IS-IS properly advertised SRv6 G-SIDs in TLVs, ensuring correct locator propagation across the network. We also examined BGP VPNv4/VPNv6 routes, confirming that VPN prefixes were advertised with an SRv6 G-SID as the next-hop .
Finally, we conducted end-to-end traffic testing between VPN endpoints, verifying that traffic was correctly forwarded.

Figure 91: L3VPN over SRv6
ABR | PE | Traffic Generator |
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Ericsson Router6671, | Arista 7280R3, | Keysight IxNetwork |
Table 41: L3VPN over SRv6 - µSID-End.DT4 with NEXT-CSID + End.DT6 with NEXT-CSID
ABR | PE | Traffic Generator | Transit Node |
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Ericsson Router6671, | Arrcus S9600-72XC, | Keysight IxNetwork | Arista 7280R3 |
Table 42: L3VPN over SRv6 - µSID-End.DT46 with CSID
PE | Traffic Generator |
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H3C CR16000-M1A, | Keysight IxNetwork |
Table 43: L3VPN over SRv6 - End.DT4 with REPLACE-CSID, End.DT6 with REPLACE-CSID
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