Creating an EVPN Instance

A Layer 2 Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) instance can be created so that a device enters EVPN EVI configuration mode. After the device enters EVPN EVI configuration mode, you can configure a variety of EVPN options. Perform the following steps to enter EVPN EVI configuration mode.

The following task enables BGP L2VPN EVPN address family configuration mode.

  1. Enter global configuration mode. 
    device# configure terminal
  2. Enter EVPN configuration mode. 
    device(config)# l2vpn evpn
  3. Create an EVPN instance.
    device(config-evpn)# evpn-instance 1 vlan-based
device(config-evpn-evi)#
    An EVPN instance with ID 1 is created and a VLAN-based VXLAN service model is configured.

The following example creates an EVPN instance with ID 1 and specifies that a VLAN-based service model is used.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# l2vpn evpn
device(config-evpn)# evpn-instance 1 vlan-based
Parent topic: BGP EVPN VXLAN