Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Virtual_Extensible_LAN_(VXLAN)
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:network_protocol
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:VXLAN
gptkbp:category gptkb:tunnel
cloud networking
data center networking
network virtualization protocol
overlay network protocol
gptkbp:contrastsWith gptkb:VLAN
gptkbp:designedFor large-scale data centers
gptkbp:enables network segmentation
Layer 2 adjacency over Layer 3 networks
isolation of tenant networks
gptkbp:encapsulationProtocol gptkb:UDP
gptkbp:firstPublished 2014
gptkbp:headerSize 50 bytes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN)
gptkbp:maximumSegments 16 million
gptkbp:overlayNetwork yes
gptkbp:platform gptkb:Nokia
gptkb:VMware
gptkb:Cisco
gptkb:Dell_EMC
gptkb:Juniper
Arista
gptkbp:purpose network virtualization
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:STT
gptkb:Geneve
gptkb:NVGRE
gptkbp:replacedBy VLAN in large-scale environments
gptkbp:RFC gptkb:RFC_7348
gptkbp:standardizedBy gptkb:IETF
gptkbp:supports multi-tenant environments
gptkbp:surroundedBy Layer 2 Ethernet frames
gptkbp:UDP_port 4789
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:OpenStack
gptkb:software-defined_networking_(SDN)
gptkb:VMware_NSX
gptkb:Kubernetes
gptkb:Open_vSwitch
cloud computing
gptkbp:uses gptkb:VXLAN_Network_Identifier_(VNI)
VXLAN Tunnel End Point (VTEP)
gptkbp:VNI_size 24 bits
gptkbp:VTEP_function encapsulation and decapsulation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cisco_Nexus
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7