EVPN-VXLAN 2

Question 1

What is EVPN?

Answer 1

Ethernet VPN – a control plane for VXLAN that uses MP-BGP to advertise MAC and IP information.

Question 2

What is MP-BGP?

Answer 2

Multiprotocol BGP – an extension of BGP that supports additional address families like EVPN.

Question 3

What are the common EVPN route types used in VXLAN?

Answer 3

• Type 1 (auto-discovery)
• Type 2 (MAC/IP)
• Type 3 (multicast)
• Type 5 (IP prefix)

Question 4

What does EVPN Type 2 advertise?

Answer 4

MAC and IP bindings for Layer 2 bridging.

Question 5

What does EVPN Type 5 advertise?

Answer 5

IP prefixes for Layer 3 routing between VXLAN segments.