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(Optional) Configuring NS Multicast Suppression

Context

On an IPv6 overlay network, IPv6 host neighbor discovery is implemented through NS multicast. When a gateway receives an NS message for IPv6 address resolution, it forwards the message in a multicast way in its BD. If the number of received NS messages within a period is large and all of them need to be forwarded, too many VXLAN network resources will be consumed, affecting proper service running. To address this issue, NS multicast suppression needs to be implemented. After this function is enabled, when receiving an NS message, the gateway checks whether it can obtain the destination user information in the NS message. If the gateway can obtain the destination user information, it performs multicast-to-unicast processing to reduce or suppress NS message flooding.

Procedure

  1. Configure BGP EVPN on Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN gateways to advertise host information.

    1. Run system-view

      The system view is displayed.

    2. Run bgp as-number

      The BGP view is displayed.

    3. Run l2vpn-family evpn

      The BGP-EVPN address family view is displayed.

      By default, the BGP-EVPN address family view is disabled.

    4. By default, a device does not advertise ND or IRBv6 routes to a BGP EVPN peer. Configure advertisement of ND or IRBv6 routes to implement NS multicast suppression. The following two configurations cannot coexist.

      • Run peer ipv4-address advertise nd

        ND route advertisement is configured.

      • Run peer ipv4-address advertise irbv6

        IRBv6 route advertisement is configured.

  2. Enable BGP EVPN on a Layer 3 VXLAN gateway to collect host IPv6 information.

    1. Run system-view

      The system view is displayed.

    2. Run interface vbdif bd-id

      The VBDIF interface view is displayed.

    3. Run ipv6 nd collect host enable

      BGP EVPN is enabled to collect host IPv6 information.

      By default, BGP EVPN is disabled from collecting host IPv6 information.

  3. Enable NS multicast suppression on a Layer 2 VXLAN gateway.

    1. Run system-view

      The system view is displayed.

    2. Run bridge-domain bd-id

      The BD view is displayed.

    3. Run ipv6 nd multicast-suppress [ mismatch-discard ] enable

      NS multicast suppression is enabled.

      By default, NS multicast suppression is disabled.

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