Administrator Guide

Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)

Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) is supported on Dell EMC Networking OS.

Overview

The switch acts as the VXLAN gateway and performs the VXLAN Tunnel End Point (VTEP) functionality. VXLAN is a technology

where in the data traffic from the virtualized servers is transparently transported over an existing legacy network.

Figure 154. VXLAN Gateway

NOTE:

In a stack setup, the Dell EMC Networking OS does not support VXLAN. In a VLT setup, you can configure both

static and NSX controller-based VXLAN.

Topics:

• Components of VXLAN network

• Functional Overview of VXLAN Gateway

• VXLAN Frame Format

• Limitations on VXLAN

• Configuring and Controlling VXLAN from the NSX Controller GUI

• Configuring and Controling VXLAN from Nuage Controller GUI

• Configuring VxLAN Gateway

• Displaying VXLAN Configurations

• VXLAN Service nodes for BFD

• Static Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)

• Preserving 802.1 p value across VXLAN tunnels

• VXLAN Scenario

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