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Suresh Thapa
Building a Cisco VXLAN EVPN Fabric with NX-OSv – Part 3: VXLAN Data Plane (VTEP, VNI, and Anycast Gateway)
Now, in Part 3, we finally bring the VXLAN fabric to life by configuring the data plane on leaf switches. This part covers: …..
Suresh Thapa
Building a Cisco VXLAN EVPN Fabric with NX-OSv – Part 2: EVPN Control Plane (BGP) & Multicast (PIM Anycast RP)
In Part 1, we built a stable underlay using OSPF and Layer 3 interfaces. Now, we move to the control plane and multicast foundat…..
Suresh Thapa
Building a Cisco VXLAN EVPN Fabric with NX-OSv – Part 1: Underlay Network & Interface Configuration (OSPF)
In modern data center networks, scalability and flexibility are critical. Traditional Layer 2 designs struggle with limitations l…..
Suresh Thapa
How to Build a Juniper EVPN-VXLAN Fabric: Test PCs & ESI Multihoming (Part 4)
Now in Part 4, we focus on: Connecting end devices (Test PCs/Servers) Configuring ESI Multihoming (Active-Active redundancy) T…..
Suresh Thapa
How to Build a Juniper EVPN-VXLAN Fabric: VXLAN & Anycast Gateway (Part 3)
This is where: VXLAN tunnels are formed VLANs are mapped to VNIs Distributed gateway (IRB) is enabled Inter-VLAN routing ha…..
Suresh Thapa
How to Build a Juniper EVPN-VXLAN Fabric: BGP EVPN Overlay (Part 2)
What is BGP EVPN Overlay? BGP EVPN replaces traditional flooding-based learning with a control-plane driven approach. Instead…..