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A service provider wants to use a controller to automate the provisioning of service function chaining. Which two overlay technologies can be used with EVPN MP-BGP to create the service chains in the
The correct answer is D. VXLAN E. Provider Backbone Bridging EVPN. EVPN MP-BGP requires a compatible data plane overlay to create service chains in the data center; VXLAN and PBB-EVPN are the two standard options that integrate with EVPN's control plane for this purpose.
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A service provider wants to use a controller to automate the provisioning of service function chaining. Which two overlay technologies can be used with EVPN MP-BGP to create the service chains in the data center? (Choose 2)
Options
- AMPLS L2VPN
- B802.1Q
- CMPLSoGRE
- DVXLAN
- EProvider Backbone Bridging EVPN
How the community answered
(33 responses)- A24% (8)
- B6% (2)
- C12% (4)
- D58% (19)
Why each option
EVPN MP-BGP requires a compatible data plane overlay to create service chains in the data center; VXLAN and PBB-EVPN are the two standard options that integrate with EVPN's control plane for this purpose.
MPLS L2VPN is a separate VPN service type that uses MPLS as its transport, but it is not an overlay technology paired with EVPN MP-BGP for data center service function chaining.
802.1Q is a VLAN tagging standard for Layer 2 segmentation within a single domain and lacks the tunneling and scalability properties required for an EVPN overlay.
MPLSoGRE encapsulates MPLS within GRE tunnels but is not an EVPN-integrated overlay and is not used as the data plane for EVPN-based service function chaining in data centers.
VXLAN is a primary overlay encapsulation for EVPN-based data center fabrics, defined in RFC 8365, where EVPN MP-BGP serves as the control plane and VXLAN provides the data plane tunneling needed to stitch service functions together across the fabric.
Provider Backbone Bridging EVPN (PBB-EVPN, RFC 7623) combines 802.1ah MAC-in-MAC encapsulation with the EVPN control plane, forming a recognized overlay technology that supports service chaining by isolating and transporting tenant traffic across the data center.
Concept tested: EVPN MP-BGP overlay data plane options for service chaining
Source: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8365
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