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14 VXLAN Configuration
This chapter provides instructions for:
 Configuring VXLAN in Linux
 “Configuring VXLAN in VMware” on page 249
 “Configuring VXLAN in Windows Server 2016” on page 250
Configuring VXLAN in Linux
To configure VXLAN in Linux:
1. Download, extract, and configure the openvswitch (OVS) tar ball.
a. Download the appropriate openvswitch release from the following
location:
http://www.openvswitch.org/download/
b. Extract the tar ball by navigating to the directory where you
downloaded the openvswitch release, and then issue the following
command:
./configure;make;make install (compilation)
c. Configure openvswitch by issuing the following commands:
modprobe -v openvswitch
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/share/openvswitch/scripts
ovs-ctl start
ovs-ctl status
When running ovs-ctl status, the ovsdb-server and ovs-vswitchd
should be running with pid. For example:
[root@localhost openvswitch-2.11.1]# ovs-ctl status
ovsdb-server is running with pid 8479
ovs-vswitchd is running with pid 8496