In this series of guides, we will be completing the setup of a VXLAN fabric, with the leaf switches being in vPC pairs, this creates some interesting config additions we need to consider. In this part, we will look at Read more…
In this guide, we are going to look at a less common, but still supported and deployed VXLAN EVPN model. Lets say we have two (or more) Data Centres and we need to connect them at Layer 2, but we Read more…
The BGP output from a show bgp l2vpn evpn command is normally very long and sometimes confusing to understand. In this guide, I will walk through a sample output of a type-2 route and show why we get all the Read more…
In this post, I am going to show the process of using PIM BiDir Phantom RP in the VXLAN EVPN topology we build in Parts 1 to 8 here. PIM is an important part of the VXLAN underlay as its Read more…
This guide marks the first of a few guides related to Cisco Nexus vPC. Standing for Virtual Port-Channel. This is very much like the well-loved Stackwise concept for Catalyst switches. However, instead of the devices becoming a single logical switch Read more…
In this guide, we are going to look at the setup of a cisco network using 802.1x wired authentication. This lab consists of the following: lab-dc01 – Windows Server 2019 AD-DS Server with AD-CS Roles lab-frad01 – Ubuntu 22.04 server Read more…
Here is a YouTube playlist I created showing the process of setting up the same Multi-Site Fabric as the guide I created on here: These videos go through all the parts I explained on here but in more detail and Read more…
Here is a YouTube video I created showing the process of setting up the same Fabric as the guide I created on here: This video goes through all the parts I explained on here but in more detail and with Read more…
In the last part, we got route leaking in tenant VRFs working, in this part, we will look at giving the VRFs a way out of the Fabric! We have added some new devices to the topology: We can see Read more…
In the last part, we got a multiple tenant VRFs working, in this part, we will look at joining the tenants up via route leaking. Lets remind ourselves of the topology: So, currently we have our two VRFs with separate Read more…