Configuring Basic Vxlan Features; Configuration Restrictions And Guidelines; Vxlan Configuration Task List - H3C S5560X-EI Series Configuration Manual

Configuring basic VXLAN features

Configuration restrictions and guidelines

Before you configure VXLAN settings, perform the following tasks:
1. Execute the switch-mode 1 command in system view to set the system operating mode to
VXLAN.
2. Save the running configuration to the next-startup configuration file.
3. Reboot the device.
For more information about the system operating mode, see device management in Fundamentals
Configuration Guide.
Do not use IRF and VXLAN together on a device.
Make sure a VXLAN tunnel has only one route in the underlay network.

VXLAN configuration task list

Tasks at a glance
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(Optional.) Managing MAC address entries
(Optional.) Confining floods to the local site
(Optional.) Setting the destination UDP port number of VXLAN packets
(Optional.) Enabling ARP flood suppression
(Optional.) Disabling remote ARP learning for VXLANs
Setting the forwarding mode for VXLANs
Creating a VXLAN on a VSI
Configuring a VXLAN tunnel
Assigning VXLAN tunnels to a VXLAN
Mapping ACs to a VSI
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Remarks
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To extend a VXLAN to remote
sites, you must assign VXLAN
tunnels to the VXLAN.
Perform this task to assign
customer traffic to VXLANs.
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