iFIT Applications on an EVPN L3VPN

On an EVPN L3VPN, you can configure iFIT measurement points, in end-to-end or hop-by-hop mode, to monitor network performance. You can deploy iFIT on an EVPN L3VPN as follows:

  1. Deploy an EVPN L3VPN, and import private network traffic to the ingress.
  2. Configure the ingress as an iFIT measurement point from which the measurement starts.
  3. Set other measurement points based on the statistics collection mode.
    • End-to-end statistics collection: Only the egress is configured as the iFIT measurement point to collect performance statistics.
    • Hop-by-hop measurement: iFIT measurement points are configured on each node that traffic passes through to collect performance statistics.
  4. Each measurement point reports the statistics to the NMS. Users can view the statistics on the GUI.

Figure 1 shows the typical networking of iFIT end-to-end performance measurement on an EVPN L3VPN. iFIT measurement points are deployed on the ingress and egress of the EVPN L3VPN to monitor network performance in real time.

Figure 1 Application of iFIT end-to-end performance measurement on an EVPN L3VPN

Figure 2 shows the typical networking of iFIT hop-by-hop performance measurement on an EVPN L3VPN. iFIT measurement points are deployed on nodes through which traffic passes on the EVPN L3VPN to monitor network performance in real time.

Figure 2 Application of iFIT hop-by-hop performance measurement on an EVPN L3VPN

After iFIT is deployed, it measures the packet loss and delay of end-to-end and hop-by-hop service packets on the EVPN L3VPN in real time. This allows customers to promptly adjust services when network performance deteriorates.

Table 1 shows the iFIT measurement granularity on an EVPN L3VPN.
Table 1 iFIT measurement granularity on an EVPN L3VPN

Service Type

Tunnel Type

Measurement Granularity

EVPN L3VPNv4/EVPN L3VPNv6

MPLS (TE/LDP/BGP LSP/SR-MPLS BE/SR-MPLS TE/SR-MPLS TE Policy)

Measurement based on 5-tuple and DSCP or based on peer IP

SRv6 (SRv6 BE/SRv6 TE Policy)

Measurement based on 5-tuple and DSCP or based on peer locator

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