Virtual Extensible LANs (VXLANs)
This chapter describes Arista’s Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) implementation. Sections in this chapter include:
VXLAN Introduction
Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) is a networking technology that encapsulates MAC-based Layer 2 Ethernet frames within Layer 3 UDP packets to aggregate and tunnel multiple layer 2 networks across a Layer 3 infrastructure. VXLAN scales up to 16 million logical networks and supports layer 2 adjacency across IP networks. Multicast transmission architecture is used for broadcast, multicast, and unknown unicast traffic.
For a list of VXLAN feature support in a specific EOS release, consult the appropriate release notes here:https://www.arista.com/en/support/software-download.
For a list of VXLAN feature support by platform in the latest EOS release, seehttps://www.arista.com/en/support/product-documentation/supported-features
Note: VXLAN and NAT cannot co-exist.