Extreme Loop Recovery Protocol (ELRP) with Virtual Extensible LANs (VXLAN)

Starting with ExtremeXOS 22.4, Extreme Loop Recovery Protocol (ELRP) is supported on Virtual Extensible LANs (VXLANs).

VXLAN is an encapsulation mechanism. A VXLAN header is added to an L2 frame and encapsulated in a UDP/IP packet. Transit nodes see only an ordinary IP packet.

Supported Platforms

Summit X770, X670-G2, and ExtremeSwiching X870, X690 series switches.

New CLI Commands

enable virtual-network remote-endpoint vxlan [ipaddress ipaddress {vr vr_name} | all]

disable virtual-network remote-endpoint vxlan [ipaddress ipaddress {vr vr_name} | all]

Changed CLI Commands

Changes are underlined.

run elrp {vlan}vlan_name ports [ports |all | none] {remote-endpoints vxlan all} {interval interval {seconds | milliseconds} } {retry count}

configure elrp-client one-shot {vlan}vlan_name ports [ports | all |none] {remote-endpoints vxlan all} {interval interval {seconds | milliseconds} } {retry count} {log | print | print-and-log]}

configure elrp-client periodic {vlan} vlan_name ports [ports | all | none] {remote-endpoints vxlan all} {interval interval {seconds | milliseconds} } {log | log-and-trap | trap} {disable-port {egress | ingress} {duration {seconds } | permanent }}

configure elrp-client disable-ports [exclude | include] [ ports | eaps-ring-ports | remote-endpoints vxlan]

The following show commands now display remote endpoint information:

show virtual-network {vn_name} remote-endpoint vxlan {vni vni} {ipaddress ipaddress {vr vr_name}}

show elrp

show elrp disabled-ports