Abstract: Packet processing in a EVPN L2 MPLS deployment includes performing tag editing operations in the egress pipeline. More particularly, tag manipulation is based on the egress port. Packet processing further includes performing ESI label selection in the egress pipeline, and includes selecting the ESI label based on the ingress port where the ingress port can be a physical port or a subinterface configured on a physical port.

Abstract: Packet processing in a EVPN L2 MPLS deployment includes performing tag editing operations in the egress pipeline. More particularly, tag manipulation is based on the egress port. Packet processing further includes performing ESI label selection in the egress pipeline, and includes selecting the ESI label based on the ingress port where the ingress port can be a physical port or a subinterface configured on a physical port.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for allocating the same ESI label on multihomed peers for a given ES. In some embodiments, each network device that provides multihoming to a host using an ES, advertises EVPN AD per ES routes to each other, wherein the EVPN AD per ES routes comprise an ESI label associated with the ES. Because the network devices advertise the same ESI label for the ES, a first network device generates a bitmap. The first network device uses the bitmap to include the advertised ESI label in replicated packets that the first network device forwards to the other network devices that provide multihoming to the host via the ES. The network devices that consider themselves non-DF devices will drop the packet. The network devices that consider themselves the DF device will not forward the packet to the host via the ES because of the ESI label.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein for allocating the same ESI label on multihomed peers for a given ES. In some embodiments, each network device that provides multihoming to a host using an ES, advertises EVPN AD per ES routes to each other, wherein the EVPN AD per ES routes comprise an ESI label associated with the ES. Because the network devices advertise the same ESI label for the ES, a first network device generates a bitmap. The first network device uses the bitmap to include the advertised ESI label in replicated packets that the first network device forwards to the other network devices that provide multihoming to the host via the ES. The network devices that consider themselves non-DF devices will drop the packet. The network devices that consider themselves the DF device will not forward the packet to the host via the ES because of the ESI label.