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VXLAN BGP EVPN—Symmetric IRB using unnumber IPv6 with Anycast Gateways (Templates)

Terminology
Underlay= Physical Network interconnected with L3 Routing Protocol (BGP) to provide a robust, fast, redundant network. No features are installed here.

Overlay = Virtual Network running on top of Underlay. Allows host-IP to be much more mobile as well.

Anycast Gateway : One IP for multiple gateways. This avoid hairpinning.

AS : BGP Autonomous System Number : Depending on same or different BGP-ID. BGP connections are viewed as internal or external

VTEP : Point of Entry/Exit between Underlay and Overlay

VLTi : Layer 2 Interconnect Between two Dell OS10 Switches. Similar to vPC on Cisco Nexus switches.

VRF : Virtual Routing and Forwarind : Each VRF has it’s own routing table in a router allowing different behaviour for same destination. An interface can not be in two VRF’s at the same time.

BFD : Failover detection of links. Used here to accelerate BGP-Down/Up Response.