> Default Gateway responds to ARP request for the default gateway,
> not to an ARP request for any host.
> 
> An EVPN PE should respond to an ARP request if it knows
> that the IP address being requested exists on a different
> ethernet segment than the one on which the ARP request arrived.
[Lizhong] Yes, and the precondition is the PE knows that the IP address 
being requested exists on a different ethernet segment. This is the 
different schema with current practice. And I agree this issue could be 
solved. Let's see if this is the case Lucy refers to.

Lizhong


> -- 
> Jakob Heitz.
> 
> 
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 5:39 PM
> To: Jakob Heitz; [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Multi-subnet VNs - should be a new service type?

> 
> Does Lucy refer to the scenario that, if host_A requests MAC of 
> host_B which resides in the same switched network, the default 
> gateway should not reply such ARP request, otherwise host_A will 
> receive ARP reply both from host_B and default gateway. 
> 
> Lizhong 
> 
> > 
> > Re: [nvo3] Multi-subnet VNs - should be a new service type? 
> > 
> > Certainly. But how it that an issue? 
> > -- 
> > Jakob Heitz. 
> > 
> > 
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of 
> > Lucy yong
> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:20 PM
> > To: Jakob Heitz; Black, David
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [nvo3] Multi-subnet VNs - should be a new service type?
> 
> > A host may get an arp request via the switched network and reply 
> > with its MAC address if IP address matches. 
> > This is current host be behavior. 
> > Lucy 
> > 
> > From: Jakob Heitz [mailto:[email protected]] 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 5:18 PM
> > To: Lucy yong; Black, David
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: Multi-subnet VNs - should be a new service type? 
> > 
> > Multicast traffic is not at issue. 
> > You said: 
> > This will have an issue if VAP of EVPN are via a switched network 
> > What is the issue? 
> > -- 
> > Jakob Heitz 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > From: Lucy yong [mailto:[email protected]] 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:04 PM
> > To: Jakob Heitz; Black, David
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: Multi-subnet VNs - should be a new service type? 
> > 
> > 
> > From: Jakob Heitz [mailto:[email protected]] 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 3:25 PM
> > To: Lucy yong; Black, David
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: Multi-subnet VNs - should be a new service type? 
> > 
> > What is the issue? 
> > 
> > Are you referring to the case where a network 
> > is connected to multiple EVPN PEs in a multihoming 
> > arrangement? 
> > [Lucy] no, for multihoming case, there is designated forwarder to 
> > forward multicast traffic. 
> > 
> > If that is the case, then I think the EVPN draft is 
> > not clear. It should point out that an EVI acting as 
> > standby in an active-standby topology can not act 
> > as Default Gateway. 
> > -- 
> > Jakob Heitz. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > From: Lucy yong [mailto:[email protected]] 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:06 AM
> > To: Jakob Heitz; Black, David
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: Multi-subnet VNs - should be a new service type? 
> > This will have an issue if VAP of EVPN are via a switched network. 
> > Need to modify the ARP response schema. 
> > 
> > Lucy 
> > 
> > From: Jakob Heitz [mailto:[email protected]] 
> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 12:58 PM
> > To: Lucy yong; Black, David
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: RE: Multi-subnet VNs - should be a new service type? 
> > 
> > The Default Gateway feature of EVPN helps to avoid tromboning. 
> > http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-l2vpn-evpn-02, Sec. 11.1. 
> > Every PE responds to the ARP request for the default router 
> > and every PE will route packets with the destination MAC of the 
> > default router. 
> > -- 
> > Jakob Heitz. x25475. 510-566-2901 
> > 
> > 
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