A municipal standard mandates EVPN for VXLAN signaling across the city’s leaf-spine pods. Which statement correctly identifies that control plane?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
When the city says “EVPN for VXLAN,” they mean BGP carrying EVPN routes—the shared phone book for MAC/IP and membership. STP pinouts and PIM-by-itself are not that phone book, and telemetry watching the network is not the same as signaling reachability. MP-BGP EVPN is the modern control plane the standard is pointing at.
Full Explanation
EVPN-VXLAN uses Multiprotocol BGP with the EVPN address family so VTEPs advertise MAC/IP bindings, Ethernet Segment information, and related overlay state. That BGP EVPN control plane is what municipal standards typically mean when they mandate EVPN for VXLAN signaling. Spanning Tree is not an overlay MAC distribution protocol for VXLAN, PIM alone does not advertise EVPN MAC/IP routes, and telemetry/observability does not substitute for control-plane route exchange. Operators should ensure leaves participate in the EVPN AFI/SAFI and consistent route-target policy.