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VXLAN overview

VXLAN network model

VXLAN packet format

Working mechanisms

Assignment of traffic to VXLANs

MAC learning

Access modes of VSIs

Traffic forwarding

ARP flood suppression

VXLAN IP gateways

Protocols and standards

Configuring basic VXLAN features

VXLAN configuration task list

Setting the VXLAN hardware resource mode

Overview

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuration procedure

Creating a VXLAN on a VSI

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuration procedure

Configuring a VXLAN tunnel

Assigning VXLAN tunnels to a VXLAN

Assigning customer frames to a VSI

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Mapping a static Ethernet service instance to a VSI

Mapping dynamic Ethernet service instances to VSIs

Configuring VLAN-based VXLAN assignment

Managing MAC address entries

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuring static MAC address entries

Disabling local-MAC address learning

Disabling remote-MAC address learning

Setting the MAC learning priority of an Ethernet service instance

Enabling local-MAC change logging

Enabling software-based MAC learning on an interface

Configuring VXLAN over VXLAN

Configuring a multicast-mode VXLAN

Configuring a VTEP using the PIM method

Configuring a VTEP using the IGMP host method

Confining floods to the local site

Setting the destination UDP port number of VXLAN packets

Configuring VXLAN packet check

Enabling ARP flood suppression

Disabling remote ARP or ND learning for VXLANs

Enabling VXLAN packet statistics

Enabling packet statistics for a VSI

Enabling packet statistics for Ethernet service instances

Enabling packet statistics for VXLAN tunnels

Testing the reachability of a remote VM

Displaying and maintaining VXLANs

VXLAN configuration examples

Unicast-mode VXLAN configuration example

Multicast-mode VXLAN configuration example

Configuring VXLAN IP gateways

Overview

VXLAN IP gateways separated from VTEPs

Centralized VXLAN IP gateway deployment

Centralized VXLAN gateway group deployment

Distributed VXLAN IP gateway deployment

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuration prerequisites

Configuring a centralized VXLAN IP gateway

Configuring a centralized VXLAN IP gateway group

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuring a VTEP group

Specifying a VTEP group as the gateway for an access layer VTEP

Configuring a distributed VXLAN IP gateway

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuration prerequisites

Configuration procedure

Adding a static ARP entry

Configuring a VSI interface

Enabling packet statistics for a VSI interface

Displaying and maintaining VXLAN IP gateway

VXLAN IP gateway configuration examples

Centralized VXLAN IP gateway configuration example

Centralized VXLAN IP gateway group configuration example

Distributed VXLAN IPv4 gateway configuration example

Distributed VXLAN IPv6 gateway configuration example

Configuring VXLAN-DCI

Overview

VXLAN-DCI network model

Working mechanisms

VXLAN-DCI configuration task list

Configuring a VXLAN-DCI tunnel

Assigning a VXLAN-DCI tunnel to a VXLAN

Configuring a VSI interface

Specifying a gateway interface for a VSI

Enabling packet statistics for manually created VXLAN-DCI tunnels

Displaying and maintaining VXLAN-DCI

VXLAN-DCI configuration example

Network requirements

Configuration procedure

Verifying the configuration

Configuring the VTEP as an OVSDB VTEP

Overview

Protocols and standards

OVSDB VTEP configuration task list

Configuration prerequisites

Setting up an OVSDB connection to a controller

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Configuring active SSL connection settings

Configuring passive SSL connection settings

Configuring active TCP connection settings

Configuring passive TCP connection settings

Enabling the OVSDB server

Enabling the OVSDB VTEP service

Specifying a global source address for VXLAN tunnels

Specifying a VTEP access port

Enabling flood proxy on multicast VXLAN tunnels

OVSDB VTEP configuration examples

Unicast-mode VXLAN configuration example

Flood proxy VXLAN configuration example

Document conventions and icons

Conventions

Network topology icons

Support and other resources

Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support

Accessing updates

Websites

Customer self repair

Remote support

Documentation feedback