Open Networking for Modern Data Centers Infrastructures: VXLAN Proof-of-Concept Emulation using LNV and EVPN under Cumulus Linux

Modern telecom service providers need modern Data Centers infrastructures. One Overlay encapsulation protocol brings the ease, flexibility, and good-response behavior to support technological changes oriented to support customer requirements: “VXLAN”. This work presents a VXLAN proof-of-concept emulation using the Open Networking paradigm and confirm the mentioned characteristics of the protocol through two mechanisms: The not-so-common process called LNV (Lightweight Network Virtualization) and EVPN (Ethernet VPN) for large scale implementations, bringing scalable and low-cost but high-performance solutions.