Tunneling Operation - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 9900 Series Network Configuration Manual

Configuring IP
Consider the following when configuring the IPIP tunnel interfaces:
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A switch can support up to 127 IPIP tunnel interfaces.
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IPIP tunnel interfaces are included in the maximum number of IP interfaces that are supported on the
switch.

Tunneling Operation

The following diagram illustrates how packets are forwarded over the tunnel.
Private IP Network
IP Host
Switch A
50.0.0.1
IP Host
In the given diagram, IP packets flowing from the private IP network 50.0.0.0 to the private IP network
40.0.0.0 are encapsulated by the tunneling protocol at switch A and forwarded to switch B. Intermediate
switches route the packets using addresses in the delivery protocol header. Switch B extracts the original
payload and routes it to the appropriate destination in the 40.0.0.0 network.
The tunnel interface is identified as being up when all of the following are satisfied:
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Both source and destination addresses are assigned.
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The source address of the tunnel is one of the switch's IP interface addresses that is either a VLAN or
Loopback0 interface.
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A route is available to reach the destination IP address. A route whose egress interface is a VLAN-
based interface is available for its destination IP address. The switch supports assigning an IP address
as well as routes to a tunnel interface.
This section describes how to configure a tunnel interface using GRE and IPIP, using Command Line
Interface (CLI) commands.
OmniSwitch AOS Release 8 Network Configuration Guide
50.0.0.0
24.24.24.1
Tunnel Endpoint
23.23.23.1
Outer IP Header : 23.23.23.1, 155.2.2.2
Inner IP Header : 50.0.0.1, 40.0.0.1
Private IP Network
40.0.0.0
Switch B
24.24.24.2
Tunnel Endpoint
155.2.2.2
December 2017
Tunneling
IP Host
IP Host
40.0.0.1
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