VXLAN
Why Transition to BGP EVPN VXLAN in Enterprise Campus
5 min read
As the number of EVPN leaf nodes increases overlay prefixes and the blast radius in the network grows, the network architects shall consider building a structured Multi-Site overlay networking solution.
Myth Busting Part 2: Theoretical vs. tested?
3 min read
Customers expect complete vendor transparency when it comes to equipment performance in a production deployment. This is where Cisco goes above and beyond the competition, being fully transparent with publicly available verified scalability guides for cloud networking infrastructure and controllers, tested in environments using unidimensional and multidimensional configurations for single and multi-site environments.
All Tunnels Lead to GENEVE
6 min read
Cisco Nexus 9000 with a Cloud Scale ASIC has extensive hardware capabilities to support legacy, current, and future Network Virtualization technologies, including the forthcoming GENEVE protocol.
Enhancing Business Resiliency with Data Center Cloud Networking
4 min read
Connecting public and private cloud data centers has never been more important for improving business resiliency. To prepare for future upheavals, IT can proactively build secure DC and Cloud interconnects with Cisco Multi-Site and DCN Advantage subscriptions.
Cisco NX-OS VXLAN Innovations Part 1: Inter-VNI Communication Using Downstream VNI
4 min read
Acquisition and mergers involve integration of both business and IT infrastructure and there is a need for fast and seamless integration. Similarly, in shared-services scenario, tenants in a network need transparent access to the extranet or shared services in more flexible fashion. Cisco VXLAN EVPN Downstream VNI provides greater flexibility and time savings when it comes to integration of disjoint networks and shared-service deployments.
Multi-Site Data Center Networking with Secure VXLAN EVPN and CloudSec
4 min read
Business-critical applications need redundant data centers to maintain high-availability. But data transfers between Availability Zones and Regions generally have to travel over public infrastructure, which are more vulnerable to threats. Using Multi-Site Secure VXLAN EVPN with CloudSec provides state-of-the art Data Center Interconnect with Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.
Cisco Introduces Segment Routing v6 on Nexus 9000 GX Series Platforms
5 min read
Segment Routing v6 facilitates multi tenancy and traffic engineering in data center networks, leverages IPv6 underlay and forwarding, and is suitable for scalable data center and core/WAN deployments.
Continuing innovations on Nexus9K ITD – Additional server load-balancing use cases
3 min read
Announcing Cisco's new Intelligent Traffic Distribution (ITD) features on NX-OS 9.3.1 release. Developed to address concerns with respect to capacity limitation on network service appliances in a multi-terabit environment.
VXLANv6 – VXLANv-what?
5 min read
With the expansion of network virtualization, infrastructure resources like IP addresses have to be reserved for applications and services as well. As a result, IP address overlap occurs in the underlay and overlay, exhausting unique RFC1918 addresses.