A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7209 Title: Requirements for Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Author: A. Sajassi, R. Aggarwal, J. Uttaro, N. Bitar, W. Henderickx, A. Isaac Status: Informational Stream: IETF Date: May 2014 Mailbox: sajassi@cisco.com, raggarwa_1@yahoo.com, uttaro@att.com, nabil.n.bitar@verizon.com, wim.henderickx@alcatel-lucent.com, aisaac71@bloomberg.net Pages: 15 Characters: 34040 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-l2vpn-evpn-req-07.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7209.txt The widespread adoption of Ethernet L2VPN services and the advent of new applications for the technology (e.g., data center interconnect) have culminated in a new set of requirements that are not readily addressable by the current Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) solution. In particular, multihoming with all-active forwarding is not supported, and there's no existing solution to leverage Multipoint-to-Multipoint (MP2MP) Label Switched Paths (LSPs) for optimizing the delivery of multi-destination frames. Furthermore, the provisioning of VPLS, even in the context of BGP-based auto-discovery, requires network operators to specify various network parameters on top of the access configuration. This document specifies the requirements for an Ethernet VPN (EVPN) solution, which addresses the above issues. This document is a product of the Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks Working Group of the IETF. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC