documentation: bring vxlan documentation more up-to-date
A few things have changed since the previous version of the vxlan documentation was written, so update it and correct some grammar and such while we are at it. Signed-off-by: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Virtual eXtensible Local Area Networking documentation
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The VXLAN protocol is a tunnelling protocol that is designed to
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solve the problem of limited number of available VLAN's (4096).
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With VXLAN identifier is expanded to 24 bits.
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The VXLAN protocol is a tunnelling protocol designed to solve the
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problem of limited VLAN IDs (4096) in IEEE 802.1q. With VXLAN the
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size of the identifier is expanded to 24 bits (16777216).
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It is a draft RFC standard, that is implemented by Cisco Nexus,
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Vmware and Brocade. The protocol runs over UDP using a single
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destination port (still not standardized by IANA).
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This document describes the Linux kernel tunnel device,
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there is also an implantation of VXLAN for Openvswitch.
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VXLAN is described by IETF RFC 7348, and has been implemented by a
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number of vendors. The protocol runs over UDP using a single
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destination port. This document describes the Linux kernel tunnel
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device, there is also a separate implementation of VXLAN for
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Openvswitch.
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Unlike most tunnels, a VXLAN is a 1 to N network, not just point
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to point. A VXLAN device can either dynamically learn the IP address
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of the other end, in a manner similar to a learning bridge, or the
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forwarding entries can be configured statically.
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Unlike most tunnels, a VXLAN is a 1 to N network, not just point to
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point. A VXLAN device can learn the IP address of the other endpoint
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either dynamically in a manner similar to a learning bridge, or make
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use of statically-configured forwarding entries.
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The management of vxlan is done in a similar fashion to it's
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too closest neighbors GRE and VLAN. Configuring VXLAN requires
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the version of iproute2 that matches the kernel release
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where VXLAN was first merged upstream.
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The management of vxlan is done in a manner similar to its two closest
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neighbors GRE and VLAN. Configuring VXLAN requires the version of
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iproute2 that matches the kernel release where VXLAN was first merged
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upstream.
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1. Create vxlan device
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# ip li add vxlan0 type vxlan id 42 group 239.1.1.1 dev eth1
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# ip link add vxlan0 type vxlan id 42 group 239.1.1.1 dev eth1 dstport 4789
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This creates a new device (vxlan0). The device uses the
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the multicast group 239.1.1.1 over eth1 to handle packets where
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no entry is in the forwarding table.
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This creates a new device named vxlan0. The device uses the multicast
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group 239.1.1.1 over eth1 to handle traffic for which there is no
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entry in the forwarding table. The destination port number is set to
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the IANA-assigned value of 4789. The Linux implementation of VXLAN
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pre-dates the IANA's selection of a standard destination port number
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and uses the Linux-selected value by default to maintain backwards
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compatibility.
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2. Delete vxlan device
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# ip link delete vxlan0
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