Chapter 2 VXLAN BGP EVPN Basics

In this chapter, you will learn about the following:

VXLAN and its typical Flood and Learn (F&L) use case

The evolution of a BGP EVPN control plane for VXLAN-based data center environments

Basic Route type messages employed with BGP EVPN for network virtualization overlays

The paradigm shift toward cloud has included the adoption of an increasing degree of virtualization, where an array of physical servers and I/O ...

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