What is the purpose of a VXLAN?
- It provides site-to-site VPNs between cloud providers.
- It is an architecture created to address routing scalability problems.
- It provides Layer 2 and Layer 3 overlay networks across a Layer 3 underlay network.
- It encapsulates a variety of network layer protocols inside virtual point-to-point links.
Explanation: A virtual extensible local-area network (VXLAN) helps when virtualization is used and with Layer 2 problems that have arisen as a result. VXLAN extends Layer 2 and Layer 3 overlay networks over a Layer 3 underlay network using MAC-in IP/UDP tunneling.
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