@misc{rfc8214, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 8214, howpublished = {RFC 8214}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC8214}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8214}, author = {Sami Boutros and Ali Sajassi and Samer Salam and John Drake and Jorge Rabadan}, title = {{Virtual Private Wire Service Support in Ethernet VPN}}, pagetotal = 17, year = 2017, month = aug, abstract = {This document describes how Ethernet VPN (EVPN) can be used to support the Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) in MPLS/IP networks. EVPN accomplishes the following for VPWS: provides Single-Active as well as All-Active multihoming with flow-based load-balancing, eliminates the need for Pseudowire (PW) signaling, and provides fast protection convergence upon node or link failure.}, }