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VXLAN

Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) is a network virtualization technology that uses a VLAN-like encapsulation technique to encapsulate OSI layer 2 Ethernet frames within layer 4 UDP datagrams, using 4789 as the default IANA-assigned destination UDP port number, although many implementations that predate the IANA assignment use port 8472. VXLAN…

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VMwareArista NetworksCiscoAdtranBroadcom
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IETFOverlay networkTunnel
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IEEE 802.1adIEEE 802.1QMulticastUnicastBroadcast, unknown-unicast and multicast traffic
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IEEE 802.1ahMAC addressNVGRE
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VXLAN

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see also · 23
VXLAN → Distributed Overlay Virtual Ethernet, DOVE, Ethernet, Ethernet VPN, EVPN, GENEVE, GRE, IEEE, IEEE Ethernet, L2TP, Layer, MAC-in-MAC, Network Virtualization, NVGRE, OTV, Overlay Transport Virtualization, PBB, Provider Backbone Bridging, Q-in-Q, Stacked VLANs
related to Commercial · 22
VXLAN → Adtran, Arista Networks, Arrcus, Big Switch Networks, Broadcom, Cisco, Citrix, Cumulus Networks, Dell EMC, Ericsson, Huawei, Joyent, Juniper Networks, Mellanox, MikroTik, Netgate, Netgear, Other, Pica8, Red Hat
related to Function · 12
VXLAN → Broadcast, Compared, HER, IEEE, IP, Multicast, The, VLAN, VLAN ID, VLANs, VNID, While
related to Alternative technologies · 11
VXLAN → Alternative, Carrier Ethernet, Ethernet, Generic Route Encapsulation, IEEE, MAC, MAC-in-MAC, Network Virtualization, NVGRE, Q-in-Q, VLANs
related to Standards specifications · 5
VXLAN → Ethernet, IETF, IP, RFC, UDP
related to External links · 4
VXLAN → Joe Onisick, November, Part, VXLAN Deep Dive
related to Open source · 4
VXLAN → FreeBSD, Linux, Open, OpenBSD
related to Implementations · 2
VXLAN → Linux, Several
is a · 1
VXLAN → evolution of efforts to standardize on an overlay encapsulation protocol that addresses these issues

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virtual network networks ethernet ieee 802 number also standard overlay virtualization encapsulation using physical udp implementations vlan vlans layer large

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VXLANis aevolution of efforts to standardize on an overlay encapsulation protocol that addresses these issues0.90text
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesAlternative0.60section
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesIEEE0.60section
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesQ-in-Q0.60section
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesVLANs0.60section
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesEthernet0.60section
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesMAC-in-MAC0.60section
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesMAC0.60section
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesCarrier Ethernet0.60section
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesNetwork Virtualization0.60section
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesGeneric Route Encapsulation0.60section
VXLANrelated to Alternative technologiesNVGRE0.60section

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