Advertising non-VPN routes with a route distinguisher and a route target

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network device, cause the network device to:
• receive an advertisement that includes an address prefix, a route distinguisher (RD), and a route target (RT), wherein the RD is a universally unique identifier, wherein the advertisement is a border gateway protocol (BGP) advertisement message or an interior gateway protocol (IGP) advertisement message, and wherein:
• the RD indicates that the address prefix is a non-virtual private network (non-VPN) address prefix associated with a non-VPN edge network device, and the RT indicates that the address prefix is to be included in a global routing and forwarding table of the network device;
• and
• determine, based on the RD and the RT, that the address prefix is to be stored in the global routing and forwarding table of the network device.

A first network device, comprising:

• one or more memories;
• and
• one or more processors to:
• send, to a second network device, an advertisement that includes a route distinguisher (RD) and a route target (RT), wherein the RD is a universally unique identifier, and wherein the advertisement is a border gateway protocol (BGP) advertisement message or an interior gateway protocol (IGP) advertisement message, and wherein:
• the RT indicates that an address prefix of the advertisement is to be included in a global routing and forwarding table of the second network device, and the RD indicates that the address prefix is a non-virtual private network (non-VPN) address prefix associated with a non-VPN edge network device.