Virtual eXtensible LAN, or VXLAN is a network virtualization technology that is exceptionally useful for large datacenter and cloud computing deployments. VXLAN has been developed to overcome some of the limitations of scalability that are inherent to more traditional Layer 2 technologies.
In this video, I’ll introduce the needs that have driven the development of VXLAN and I’ll present an overview of the technology and how it works.
Chapter list:
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00:00 Introduction
00:26 Why is VXLAN Needed?
03:00 Datacenters and the Cloud
04:04 Spanning Tree Limitations
06:01 MAC Address Table Sizes
07:14 What is VXLAN?
09:13 Summary
Related links and videos:
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VXLAN RFC 7348 –
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