On 8/8/25 3:55 PM, Dumitru Ceara wrote:
> On 8/8/25 3:36 PM, Ilya Maximets wrote:
>>>> - There is a TODO item for learning FDB from evpn tunnels, but isn't
>>>>   the whole point of EVPN is having MAC/IP learning via BGP control
>>>>   plane instead of traditional broadcast that doesn't scale well?
>>>
>>> Maybe the TODO item is not explicit enough.  If the remote MAC is
>>> advertised through BGP-EVPN (i.e., there's a type-2 EVPN route
>>> advertised by the remote side for that MAC) FRR will install an
>>> extern_learn neighbor entry for it on the bridge ovn-controller
>>> monitors.  In that case we'll learn it and use it (so no broadcast).
>>>
>>> However, if traffic enters OVN through an EVPN VXLAN tunnel and the
>>> source MAC of the inner packet is not advertised through a type-2 OVN
>>> will not dynamically learn that MAC address (yet).
>> I guess, the question is: is it normal for the MAC to not be advertised
>> while we see traffic with this MAC?  i.e. is it a misconfig/malfanction
>> on the other end if this MAC is not advertised or is it a common thing
>> to have in a properly configured EVPN setup?
> 
> I guess it depends on the configuration of the remote side.  FWIW I do
> see it as a functionality we need to have before we can remove the
> "experimental" label of the OVN feature.

OK, sure.  Wouldn't hurt either way.

Best regards, Ilya Maximets.
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