Service Manual

Configuring VxLAN Gateway
To configure the VxLAN gateway on the switch, follow these steps:
1. Connecting to NVP controller
2. Advertising VXLAN access ports to controller
Connecting to an NVP Controller
To connect to an NVP controller, use the following commands.
1. feature vxlan
CONFIGURATION mode
feature vxlan
You must configure feature VXLAN to configure vxlan-instance.
2. vxlan-instance
CONFIGURATION mode
vxlan-instance instance ID
The platform supports only the instance ID 1 in the initial release.
3. controller
VxLAN INSTANCE mode
controller controller IDip address port port-number tcp|ptcp|pssl|ssl
The port number range is from 1 to 6632. The default port number is 6632. The default connection
type is ssl.
4. gateway-ip
VxLAN INSTANCE mode
gateway-ip IP address
5. max-back off (Optional)
VxLAN INSTANCE mode
max_backoff time
The range is from 1000-180000. The default value is 30000 milliseconds.
6. fail-mode (Optional)
VxLAN INSTANCE mode
fail-mode secure
If the local VTEP loses connectivity with the controller, it will delete all its database and hardware
flows/resources.
7. no shut
VxLAN INSTANCE mode
Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
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