Fast Recovery for EVPN Designated Forwarder Election
RFC 9722, “Fast Recovery for EVPN Designated Forwarder Election”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2025 by P. Brissette, A. Sajassi, LA. Burdet, J. Drake, J. Rabadan. It updates RFC 8584. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
The Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) solution in RFC 7432 provides Designated Forwarder (DF) election procedures for multihomed Ethernet Segments. These procedures have been enhanced further by applying the Highest Random Weight (HRW) algorithm for DF election to avoid unnecessary DF status changes upon a failure. This document improves these procedures by providing a fast DF election upon recovery of the failed link or node associated with the multihomed Ethernet Segment. This document updates RFC 8584 by optionally introducing delays between some of the events therein.
The solution is independent of the number of EVPN Instances (EVIs) associated with that Ethernet Segment, and it is performed via a simple signaling in BGP between the recovered node and each of the other nodes in the multihoming group.
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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