BGP-EVPN

Change is the only constant – vPC just changed and Cisco removed the physical Peer Link, the first vendor in the industry to do so for MC-LAG. Optimize Usage of Available Interfaces, Bandwidth, Connectivity Dual-homing for endpoints is a common requirement, and many Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation (M…

Co-authored with Ali Sajassi, Distinguished Engineer, Engineering. Ethernet VPN (EVPN) may be considered by some as the new kid on the block in VPN protocols. It is dubbed as next-generation all-in-one VPN technology that provides a wide of range of services such as E-LAN, E-Line, E-TREE, L3VPN, DC…

Posting this blog on behalf of Babi Seal, Senior Manager, Product Management, INSBU, who has been driving  BGP EVPN based solutions in the datacenter. Digital disruptors have challenged established business models by creating new ways of engaging with customers in real-time to better serve the chang…

Long before before ‘virtual’ became synonymous with servers, Network VLANS gave us a layer 2 answer for much needed network segmentation.  It also opened things up for more flexible network designs. Watch TWTV 186 “Scaling Multitenancy with VXLAN” As server virtualization exploded however, multiple…

As customers embrace cloud strategy to build an agile data center, one of the key pillars is openness. Why openness? To move fast, accelerate time-to-market, drive higher level of innovation and avoid vendor lock-in are some of the benefits to openess. What does open mean? In this case, open source,…