VxLAN Part 5: Mastering Bridging Configuration for Advanced Networking 🌐

Welcome to part 5, where we start on the real configuration.<br /><br />In this tutorial video, we’ll move beyond the fundamentals and have a configuration technical deep dive, with VTEPs, multicast (for BUM traffic), #OSPF in the underlay, VNI’s and encapsulation (tunnels) in the overlay, all on real Cisco Nexus (NX OS) 9000 switches.<br /><br />In short, this lab covers how to configure and troubleshoot VxLAN flood and learn. This also further illustrates bridging vs routing with #VxLAN.<br /><br />Did you know that VTEPs are not called VTEPs on a #Nexus switch? They use a special interface called an NVE. This takes its IP address from a loopback interface.<br /><br /><br />I also suggest reading ‘Building Data Centers with VXLAN BGP EVPN’ by Lukas Krattiger<br />https://click.linksynergy.com/link?id=RL4E*8CmbSY&offerid=145238.2463561&type=2&murl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ciscopress.com%2Ftitle%2F9781587144677<br /><br /><br />Part 1: Fundamentals - An introduction or primer into the basic concepts and terminology. For example, VxLAN vs VLAN, and host vs gateway. https://youtu.be/YNqKDI_bnPM<br /><br />Part 2: Header Format - Follow the packet flow to see the headers added to a frame. https://youtu.be/jjr8aIIRkYc<br /><br />Part 3: Spine Leaf Topology - Looks at the hierarchical architecture, and compares it to the newer spine leaf topology. https://youtu.be/x1F-RCW9fqo<br /><br />Part 4: Address Learning - BUM traffic, data plane or control plane learning, multicast, and ingress replication. https://youtu.be/Do6G9w_DjJ4<br /><br />Part 5: Bridging Configuration - A technical deep dive into flood-and-learn (bridging) and multicast configuration on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches. <br />https://youtu.be/PbklbQCmsbc<br /><br />Part 6: BGP EVPN Configuration - A technical deep dive into control plane learning (BGP EVPN) and Ingress replication configuration on Cisco Nexus 9000 switches.<br />https://youtu.be/D9k9_hRdrGc<br /><br /><br />This video is also helpful in CCNA Data Center, CCNP Data Center, and CCIE Data Center.<br />200-155, DCICT<br />300-180, DCIT<br />300-160, DCID<br />300-165, DCII<br /><br />VxLAN commands used:<br />Feature nv overlay<br />Feature vn-segment-vlan-based<br />Vn-segment<br />Show nve interface<br />Show nve peers<br />Show nve vni<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/c/networkdirection<br /><br />https://twitter.com/NetwrkDirection<br /><br />https://www.patreon.com/NetworkDirection<br /><br /><br />This video contains affiliate links. I receive a small commission at no cost to you when you purchase using my link