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diff --git a/docs/interfaces/vxlan.rst b/docs/interfaces/vxlan.rst index e597e167..04e38f7e 100644 --- a/docs/interfaces/vxlan.rst +++ b/docs/interfaces/vxlan.rst @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ .. _vxlan-interface: +##### VXLAN ------ +##### :abbr:`VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN)` is a network virtualization technology that attempts to address the scalability problems associated with large cloud @@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ may be blocked by the hypervisor. per VXLAN interface basis to get it working accross multiple vendors. Multicast VXLAN -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +=============== Example Topology: @@ -65,8 +66,8 @@ For optimal scalability Multicast shouldn't be used at all, but instead use BGP to signal all connected devices between leafs. Unfortunately, VyOS does not yet support this. -Configuration commands -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Configuration +============= .. code-block:: none @@ -83,8 +84,8 @@ Configuration commands remote # Remote address of the VXLAN tunnel, used for PTP instead of multicast vni <1-16777215> # Virtual Network Identifier (required) -Configuration Example -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +Example +------- The setup is this: @@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ configuration directive to support a user-specified destination port to override that behavior is available using the above command. Older Examples -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +-------------- Example for bridging normal L2 segment and vxlan overlay network, and using a vxlan interface as routing interface. @@ -304,7 +305,7 @@ gateway. You can add an IP to a bridge to create a gateway. } Unicast VXLAN -^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +============= Alternative to multicast, the remote IPv4 address of the VXLAN tunnel can set directly. Let's change the Multicast example from above: |