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VxLAN (Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network) GPE (Generic Protocol Extension) is intended to extend the existing VxLAN protocol to provide protocol typing, OAM, and versioning capabilities.
VxLAN GPE tunnel and VxLAN dummy-L2 tunnel do not support IS-IS.
Layer2 traffic is not supported.
IPv6 for underlay encapsulation is not supported.
Information About VxLAN GPE Tunnel and VxLAN Dummy-L2 Tunnel
Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VxLAN) defines an encapsulation format that encapsulates Ethernet frames in an outer UDP/IP transport. As data centers evolve, the need to carry other protocols encapsulated in an IP packet is required, and the need to provide increased visibility and diagnostic capabilities within the overlay. The VxLAN header does not specify the protocol being encapsulated and therefore is currently limited to encapsulating only Ethernet frame payload, nor does it provide the ability to define Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) protocols. In addition, new transports need not use transport layer port numbers to identify tunnel payload, rather it encourages encapsulations to use their own identifiers for this purpose. VxLAN GPE (Generic Protocol Extension) is intended to extend the existing VxLAN protocol to provide protocol typing, OAM and versioning capabilities.
The following are the main features of VxLAN GPE Tunnel:
Encapsulates layer-3 packets directly into a VxLAN tunnel without any layer-2 bridge-domain requirements or dependencies.
Provides an equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) entropy benefits on the underlay (core) network by calculating the outer-source UDP port based on the inner IP protocol, source or destination IP addresses and L4 port numbers (5-tuple).
Leverages VxLAN-GPE draft-IETF, which provides direct upper layer protocols options such as, IPv4, IPv6, Ethernet (MAC), Network-Service-Header (NSH) without a layer-2 header.
Overlay encapsulation is supported for both IPv4 and IPv6, whereas underlay encapsulation is supported only for IPv4.
8K Tunnel interfaces with VxLAN GPE or VxLAN dummy-L2 mode are supported.
3-tuple hash is enabled to generate UDP source port for both VxLAN GPE and VxLAN Dummy-L2 tunnels for all the packets.
UDP source port hash uses 3 tuples for fragments, and 5 tuples for non-fragments.
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Feature Information |
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VxLAN GPE Tunnel and VxLAN Dummy-L2 Tunnel |
Cisco IOS XE Denali 16.3.1 |
The following commands were introduced by this feature: vxlan gpe-tunnel-udp-port xxx . |
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Manually configure the source port range for VxLAN GPE Tunnel and VxLAN Dummy-L2 Tunnel |
Cisco IOS XE Everest 16.5.1b |
The following commands were introduced by this feature:
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Microsoft - VxLAN GPE Tunnel IPv6 Support VxLAN 8K GPE Tunnel Support |
Cisco IOS XE Fuji 16.7.1 |
Overlay encapsulation is supported for both IPv4 and IPv6, whereas underlay encapsulation is supported only for IPv4. 8K Tunnel interfaces with VxLAN GPE or VxLAN dummy-L2 mode are supported. |
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VXLAN Fragment UDP Source Port |
Cisco IOS XE 16.8.1 |
Global tunnel CLIs are added to enable 3-tuple hash to generate UDP source port for both VxLAN-GPE and VxLAN Dummy-L2 tunnels. Support both global and under interface tunnel. |
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IPv6 VxLAN GPE Tunnel and IPv6 VxLAN Dummy-L2 Tunnel |
Cisco IOS XE Gibraltar 16.12.1 |
VxLAN GPE Tunnel and VxLAN Dummy-L2 Tunnel support IPv6 tunnel mode. |
How to Configure VxLAN GPE Tunnel and VxLAN Dummy-L2 Tunnel
Configure Vxlan GPE Tunnel on VTEP1.
interface Tunnel1
ip address 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
tunnel source GigabitEthernet2
tunnel mode vxlan-gpe ipv4
tunnel destination 20.1.1.17
tunnel vxlan vni 123456
Configure Vxlan GPE Tunnel on VTEP2.
interface Tunnel1
ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
tunnel source GigabitEthernet2
tunnel mode vxlan-gpe ipv4
tunnel destination 20.1.1.16
tunnel vxlan vni 123456
Configure Vxlan Dummy-L2 Tunnel on VTEP1.
interface Tunnel0
ip address 192.168.2.3 255.255.255.0
tunnel source GigabitEthernet2
tunnel mode vxlan ipv4 default-mac
tunnel destination 20.1.1.17
tunnel vxlan vni 123456
Configure Vxlan Dummy-L2 Tunnel on VTEP2.
interface Tunnel1
ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
tunnel source GigabitEthernet2
tunnel mode vxlan ipv4 default-mac
tunnel destination 20.1.1.16
tunnel vxlan vni 123456
(Optional) Change UDP dst port for Vxlan Dummy-L2 Tunnel. Default UDP port of Dummy-L2 Tunnel is 4789.
(config)#vxlan dummy-l2-tunnel-udp-port 4789(Optional) Change UDP dst port for Vxlan GPE Tunnel. Default UDP port of GPE Tunnel is 4790.
(config)#vxlan gpe-tunnel-udp-port 4790
##show platform software vxlan fp active udp-port
VXLAN UDP Port: 6000
VXLAN GPE Tunnel UDP Port: 4000
VXLAN Dummy L2 Tunnel UDP Port: 6000
VXLAN UDP Source Port Range: 1025 - 65535
VXLAN GPE Tunnel UDP Source Port Range: 1025 - 65535
VXLAN Dummy L2 Tunnel UDP Source Port Range: 1025 – 65535
VXLAN GPE Tunnel UDP Source Port Hash: 3 tuples
VXLAN Dummy L2 Tunnel UDP Source Port Hash: 3 tuples
#interface tunnel0
tunnel mode vxlan ipv4 default-mac | xxxx.xxxx.xxxx xxxx.xxxx.xxxx
#interface tunnel1
tunnel mode vxlan-gpe ipv4
#interface tunnel0
tunnel vxlan vni xxxx
#interface tunnel0
vxlan source-port-hash 3-tuple
vxlan source-port-hash 3-tuple-for-fragments
Configuration Examples for VxLAN GPE Tunnel and VxLAN Dummy-L2 Tunnel
#interface Tunnel0
ip address 192.168.2.1 255.255.255.0
ipv6 address 2001::1/64
tunnel source GigabitEthernet2
tunnel mode vxlan ipv4 default-mac
tunnel destination 20.1.1.16
tunnel vxlan vni 123456
#interface Tunnel1
ip address 192.168.1.2 255.255.255.0
ipv6 address 2002::2/64
tunnel source GigabitEthernet2
tunnel mode vxlan-gpe ipv4
tunnel destination 20.1.1.16
tunnel vxlan vni 123456
#sh pl soft vxlan f0 udp-port
VXLAN UDP Port: 4789
VXLAN GPE Tunnel UDP Port: 4790
VXLAN Dummy L2 Tunnel UDP Port: 4789
VXLAN UDP Source Port Range: 600 - 6000
VXLAN GPE Tunnel UDP Source Port Range: 400 - 4000
VXLAN Dummy L2 Tunnel UDP Source Port Range: 1025 – 65535
VXLAN GPE Tunnel UDP Source Port Hash: 5 tuples
VXLAN Dummy L2 Tunnel UDP Source Port Hash: 5 tuples
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Standard/RFC |
Title |
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draft-ietf-nvo3-vxlan-gpe-02.txt |
Generic Protocol Extension for VXLAN |
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