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df-election-type

Syntax

Hierarchy Level

Description

Choose how the device elects the designated forwarder (DF) for an Ethernet segment among the multihoming peer provider edge (PE) devices in an Ethernet VPN (EVPN) network.

Note:

If you configure the df-election-granularity per-evi option, you must also configure the df-election-type mod option without configuring a df-election-type preference option to prevent an error when committing the configuration.

Options

mod

Use MOD-based DF election.

The device uses MOD-based DF election by default if you don't configure the df-election-type statement at all.

See CLI Explorer.

Required Privilege Level

interface—To view this statement in the configuration.

interface-control—To add this statement to the configuration.

Release Information

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 17.3 for MX Series Routers with MPC and MIC interfaces.

Support added in Junos OS Release 20.3R1 at the [edit protocols evpn interconnect esi] and [edit routing-instances routing-instance-name protocols evpn interconnect esi] hierarchy levels.