VXLAN configuration task list

Tasks at a glance

Remarks

(Required.) Setting the VXLAN hardware resource mode

Set the VXLAN hardware resource mode based on the role of the device in the network.

(Required.) Creating a VXLAN on a VSI

N/A

(Required.) Configuring a VXLAN tunnel

N/A

(Required.) Assigning VXLAN tunnels to a VXLAN

To extend a VXLAN to remote sites, you must assign VXLAN tunnels to the VXLAN.

(Required.) Assigning customer frames to a VSI

Perform this task to assign customer traffic to VXLANs.

(Optional.) Managing MAC address entries

N/A

(Optional.) Configuring VXLAN over VXLAN

Perform this task for VXLAN packets received from a non-transport-facing interface to traverse the VXLAN network through VXLAN tunnels.

(Optional.) Configuring a multicast-mode VXLAN

By default, the VTEP floods VXLAN traffic in unicast mode. If the network is multicast dense, configure the VTEP to flood VXLAN traffic in multicast mode.

(Optional.) Confining floods to the local site

N/A

(Optional.) Setting the destination UDP port number of VXLAN packets

N/A

(Optional.) Configuring VXLAN packet check

Perform this task to check incoming VXLAN packets, including the following items:

  • UDP checksum.

  • 802.1Q VLAN tags in the inner Ethernet header.

(Optional.) Enabling ARP flood suppression

N/A

(Optional.) Disabling remote ARP or ND learning for VXLANs

N/A

(Optional.) Enabling VXLAN packet statistics

N/A

(Optional.) Testing the reachability of a remote VM

N/A