Deployment Guide

Chapter 1: VXLAN .........................................................................................................................6
VXLAN concepts..................................................................................................................................................................7
VXLAN as NVO solution.....................................................................................................................................................8
Configure VXLAN................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Configure source IP address on VTEP..................................................................................................................... 8
Configure a VXLAN virtual network..........................................................................................................................9
Configure VLAN-tagged access ports......................................................................................................................9
Configure untagged access ports............................................................................................................................ 10
Enable overlay routing between virtual networks.................................................................................................11
Advertise VXLAN source IP address ...................................................................................................................... 13
Configure VLT............................................................................................................................................................... 13
L3 VXLAN route scaling .................................................................................................................................................. 14
DHCP relay on VTEPs ......................................................................................................................................................16
View VXLAN configuration.............................................................................................................................................. 16
VXLAN MAC addresses....................................................................................................................................................18
Example: VXLAN with static VTEP............................................................................................................................... 20
Controller-provisioned VXLAN....................................................................................................................................... 33
Configure controller-provisioned VXLAN.............................................................................................................. 33
Configure and control VXLAN from VMware vCenter....................................................................................... 37
Example: VXLAN with a controller configuration................................................................................................ 40
VXLAN Controller commands...................................................................................................................................44
BGP EVPN for VXLAN.....................................................................................................................................................49
BGP EVPN compared to static VXLAN................................................................................................................. 50
VXLAN BGP EVPN operation...................................................................................................................................50
Configure BGP EVPN for VXLAN............................................................................................................................52
BGP EVPN with VLT.................................................................................................................................................. 56
VXLAN BGP EVPN routing....................................................................................................................................... 58
Example: VXLAN with BGP EVPN........................................................................................................................... 61
Example: VXLAN BGP EVPN — Multiple AS topology .....................................................................................82
Example: VXLAN BGP EVPN — Centralized L3 gateway............................................................................... 103
Example: VXLAN BGP EVPN — Border leaf gateway with asymmetric IRB..............................................105
Example: VXLAN BGP EVPN—Symmetric IRB..................................................................................................109
Example - VXLAN BGP EVPN symmetric IRB with unnumbered BGP peering..........................................132
Example - Route leaking across VRFs in a VXLAN BGP EVPN symmetric IRB topology........................ 147
Example: Migrating from Asymmetric IRB to Symmetric IRB.........................................................................155
VXLAN MAC commands................................................................................................................................................ 158
clear mac address-table dynamic nve remote-vtep..........................................................................................158
clear mac address-table dynamic virtual-network.............................................................................................158
show mac address-table count extended............................................................................................................159
show mac address-table count nve...................................................................................................................... 159
show mac address-table count virtual-network................................................................................................ 160
show mac address-table extended........................................................................................................................ 161
show mac address-table nve................................................................................................................................... 161
show mac address-table virtual-network............................................................................................................ 162
VXLAN BGP commands................................................................................................................................................. 163
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