H3C Technologies H3C S6800 Series Switches - Manual (Page 19)

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Creating a VXLAN on a VSI
Step Command Remarks
1. Enter system view. system-view N/A
2. Enable L2VPN. l2vpn enable By default, L2VPN is disabled.
3. Create a VSI and enter
VSI view.
vsi vsi-name By default, no VSIs are created.
4. (Optional.) Configure a
VSI description.
description text
By default, a VSI does not have
description.
5. Enable the VSI. undo shutdown By default, a VSI is enabled.
6. Create a VXLAN and
enter VXLAN view.
vxlan vxlan-id
By default, no VXLANs are created.
You can create only one VXLAN on a VSI.
The VXLAN ID must be unique for each
VSI.
Configuring a VXLAN tunnel
For two sites to communicate through VXLAN, you can manually configure a VXLAN tunnel or configure
ENDP to automatically establish a VXLAN tunnel. For more information about ENDP, see " Configuring
ENDP ."
This task provides basic VXLAN tunnel configuration. For more information about tunneling configuration
and commands, see Layer 3—IP Services Configuration Guide and Layer 3—IP Services Command
Reference.
To configure a VXLAN tunnel:
Step Command Remarks
1. Enter system view. system-view N/A
2. Specify a global source
address for VXLAN
tunnels.
tunnel global source-address
source-address
By default, no global source address
is specified for VXLAN tunnels.
If you do not specify a source
interface or source address for a
VXLAN tunnel, the tunnel uses the
global source address.
3. Create a VXLAN tunnel
interface and enter tunnel
interface view.
interface tunnel tunnel-number mode
vxlan
By default, no tunnel interfaces exist.
The endpoints of a tunnel must use
the same tunnel mode.