[ovs-discuss] BGP EVPN support

[Ben Pfaff]

I'm not arguing against it, I just don't know of anyone working on it.

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 12:23:31AM +0300, Sergey Chekanov wrote:
> I mean why not use EVPN to extend OVN logical switch (with current VTEP
> Gateway functionality)?
> Is it a good Idea to implement it as a BGP daemon which will takes records
> from vtep database?
> The reason is: not all switches support vtep schema, but almost all support
> EVPN.
> 
> Maybe it is bad idea... We just start use OVN, so I am not sure, will be
> happy to listen your opinions.
> 
> On 10.03.2021 00:11, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 01:40:58PM +0300, Sergey Chekanov wrote:
> > > Is there are any plans for support BGP EVPN for extending virtual networks
> > > to ToR hardware switches?
> > > Or why it is bad idea?
> > I haven't heard anyone mention such plans.