VLAN and VxLAN configurations
- VxLAN (Virtual Extensible Local Area Network)
The switch configuration using VxLAN is automated or manual.
Switch | Type of switch | VLAN or VxLAN | Configuration Mode |
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HPE FlexFabric 5900 | Management | VLAN | Manual |
Aruba 2540 48G SFP+ | Management | VLAN | Manual |
HPE StoreFabric SN2100M | Data | VxLAN | Automated |
Aruba 8325-48Y8C 48p | Leaf | VxLAN | Automated |
Aruba 8325-48Y8C 48p | Border-leaf | VxLAN | Automated |
Aruba 8325-32C 32p | Spine | VxLAN | Automated |
For manual configuration of the management switches, see Configuring switches.
VLAN Name | RHOCP Network | Description |
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iLO-OOBM | Management | iLO-OOBM network |
OCP | OpenShift Container Platform network | OpenShift Container Platform network is used to:
OCP is an untagged network. |
Provider VLAN | Provider VLAN | Range of VLANs allotted for SR-IOV networks.
Provider VLAN is a tagged network. |
VxLAN configurations
The HPE Telco Blueprints provide a scalable solution to deploy and manage network functions and services using VTEP-capable switches over Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VxLAN).
VxLAN is a network encapsulation mechanism that enables containers to be deployed on any physical hypervisor to allow multi-tenancy within the Data Center. Encapsulating container traffic in VxLAN tunnels solves the container mobility issue which requires the same layer 2 segment and overcomes network infrastructure MAC address and VLAN scalability limitations.
An HPE VTEP (Virtual Tunnel Endpoint) uses the VxLAN tunnel to provide VxLAN services.
VxLAN — It is a logical point-to-point tunnel between VTEPs over the transport network. Each VxLAN tunnel can trunk multiple VxLANs.