Configuring a VXLAN-DCI tunnel

You must specify the tunnel source and destination IP addresses when you manually set up a VXLAN-DCI tunnel between EDs. As a best practice, do not configure the same tunnel source and destination addresses for different VXLAN-DCI tunnels on an ED.

This task provides basic VXLAN-DCI tunnel configuration. For more information about tunnel configuration and commands, see Layer 3—IP Services Configuration Guide and Layer 3—IP Services Command Reference.

To configure a VXLAN-DCI tunnel:

Step

Command

Remarks

1. Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2. Create a VXLAN-DCI tunnel interface and enter tunnel interface view.

interface tunnel tunnel-number mode vxlan-dci

By default, no tunnel interfaces exist.

The endpoints of a tunnel must use the same tunnel mode.

3. Specify a source IP address or source interface for the tunnel.

source { ipv4-address | interface-type interface-number }

By default, no source IP address or source interface is specified for a tunnel.

This step specifies the source IP address in the outer IP header of tunneled VXLAN packets. If an interface is specified, its primary IP address is used.

4. Specify a destination IP address for the tunnel.

destination ipv4-address

By default, no destination IP address is specified for a tunnel.

Specify the remote ED's IP address. This IP address will be the destination IP address in the outer IP header of tunneled VXLAN packets.