Are you ready to see a VXLAN BGP EVPN Fabric in action? Want to understand how the all the components come together? This video takes all the material from my LinkedIn series "VXLAN Fabrics, Complex or Misunderstood" to build a working lab.

This video will discuss the overview of the VXLAN Fabric, cover the physical topology, show the configuration of the underlay, BGP, and the overlay, and finally show how you operate and verify that VXLAN is running in the fabric.

This whole lab requires 48GB or RAM and at least 12 cores (ideally) to run the full topology. The CML lab can be downloaded here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tQ6B...
NOTE: IPs were changed to private in the lab file

Some notes have been supplied in the guide. Additional notes can be found in the GitHub repository

The video is lengthy, so if you are interested in a specific section, checkout the topics being covered:

Overview: 00:00
Physical Topology: 01:15
Underlay: 3:55
BGP: 13:19
Overlay: 17:05
Operation and Verification: 21:38

Cisco Docs to review:

Anycast RP: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs...
PIM Sparse mode: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs...
IP unnumbered: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs...

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