RFC 7432
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RFC 7432 is an IETF standard that defines Ethernet VPN (EVPN), a BGP-based control plane for multipoint Layer 2 VPN services over IP/MPLS networks.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| RFC 7432 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7835865 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 7432 Context triple: [EVPN, standardizedIn, RFC 7432]
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A.
RFC 8332
RFC 8332 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that updates and replaces earlier SSH protocol specifications to enhance security and functionality.
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B.
RFC 7143
RFC 7143 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that defines the updated core specification for the iSCSI (Internet Small Computer Systems Interface) protocol used for block-level storage over IP networks.
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C.
RFC 7320
RFC 7320 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) document that provided guidelines and best practices for the use and management of URI registries in Internet protocols.
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D.
RFC 7144
RFC 7144 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards-track document that updates and replaces the original iSCSI protocol specification defined in RFC 3720.
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E.
RFC 7296
RFC 7296 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2 (IKEv2) used to set up secure IPsec-based VPN connections.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: RFC 7432 Target entity description: RFC 7432 is an IETF standard that defines Ethernet VPN (EVPN), a BGP-based control plane for multipoint Layer 2 VPN services over IP/MPLS networks.
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A.
RFC 8332
RFC 8332 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that updates and replaces earlier SSH protocol specifications to enhance security and functionality.
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B.
RFC 7143
RFC 7143 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that defines the updated core specification for the iSCSI (Internet Small Computer Systems Interface) protocol used for block-level storage over IP networks.
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C.
RFC 7320
RFC 7320 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) document that provided guidelines and best practices for the use and management of URI registries in Internet protocols.
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D.
RFC 7144
RFC 7144 is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standards-track document that updates and replaces the original iSCSI protocol specification defined in RFC 3720.
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E.
RFC 7296
RFC 7296 is the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard that specifies the Internet Key Exchange Protocol version 2 (IKEv2) used to set up secure IPsec-based VPN connections.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | IETF Request for Comments ⓘ |
| appliesToLayer | Layer 2 ⓘ |
| area | Routing ⓘ |
| category | Standards Track ⓘ |
| controlPlaneType | BGP-based ⓘ |
| dataPlaneType | MPLS-based ⓘ |
| defines |
BGP MPLS-based Ethernet VPN
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BGP-based control plane for Ethernet VPN ⓘ BGP-based control plane for multipoint Layer 2 VPN services ⓘ EVPN NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethernet VPN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| definesConcept |
EVPN Ethernet Tag
ⓘ
EVPN Ethernet segment ⓘ EVPN Ethernet segment route ⓘ EVPN IP prefix route ⓘ EVPN MAC address learning ⓘ EVPN MAC/IP advertisement route ⓘ EVPN inclusive multicast Ethernet tag route ⓘ EVPN route types ⓘ |
| definesMechanism |
ARP/ND suppression in EVPN
ⓘ
MAC mobility handling in EVPN ⓘ aliasing for multi-homed Ethernet segments ⓘ all-active multi-homing ⓘ loop prevention for EVPN ⓘ mass-withdraw for EVPN ⓘ multi-homing for EVPN ⓘ per-EVI service interface ⓘ per-VLAN and per-VLAN bundle service interfaces ⓘ single-active multi-homing ⓘ split-horizon for EVPN ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| obsoletedBy | none ⓘ |
| obsoletes | none ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
IETF
Internet Engineering Task Force ⓘ |
| serviceType |
Ethernet VPN service
ⓘ
multipoint Layer 2 VPN ⓘ |
| standardizes | interoperable EVPN control plane ⓘ |
| status | Proposed Standard ⓘ |
| stream |
Internet Engineering Task Force
ⓘ
surface form:
IETF
|
| title | BGP MPLS-Based Ethernet VPN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesProtocol |
BGP
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Border Gateway Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesTransportNetwork |
IP
ⓘ
IP/MPLS NERFINISHED ⓘ MPLS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workingGroup | L2VPN Working Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: RFC 7432 Description of subject: RFC 7432 is an IETF standard that defines Ethernet VPN (EVPN), a BGP-based control plane for multipoint Layer 2 VPN services over IP/MPLS networks.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.