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Figure 8-3. ACME Enterprise implements a VXLAN virtual wire
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Once John Admin builds a VXLAN virtual wire across the two clusters, he can vMotion virtual machines across
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Figure 8-4. vMotion on a VXLAN virtual wire
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Let us walk through the steps that John Admin follows to build a VXLAN virtual wire at ACME Enterprise.
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