The IESG has received a request from the BGP Enabled ServiceS WG (bess) to consider the following document: - 'VPWS support in EVPN' <draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws-12.txt> as Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2017-04-28. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document describes how EVPN can be used to support Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) in MPLS/IP networks. EVPN enables the following characteristics for VPWS: single-active as well as all- active multi-homing with flow-based load-balancing, eliminates the need for traditional way of Pseudowire (PW) signaling, and provides fast protection convergence upon node or link failure. The file can be obtained via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws/ IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-bess-evpn-vpws/ballot/ The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2635/ https://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2125/ The document contains these normative downward references. See RFC 3967 for additional information: rfc7348: Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN): A Framework for Overlaying Virtualized Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks (Informational - Independent Submission Editor stream)
