4 posts tagged with VXLAN
The final stretch: adding a GitLab CI/CD pipeline, wiring an LLM into the lab through MCP, and discovering that the lite NX-OS image can't actually run BGP EVPN.
I built a tool that deploys a full VXLAN/EVPN data center fabric from a single YAML file. Four Nexus 9000v switches, two VRFs, two overlay networks. This is not a tutorial. This is a war story.
What happens when your VMware license expires and you try to run Cisco Nexus Dashboard and CML on Proxmox instead? Broken interface names, a wizard that forgets everything, and a weekend of initrd surgery.
Why network teams struggle with VXLAN EVPN automation and how a hands-on workshop helps bridge the gap between GUI clicks and infrastructure as code.