activate (VXLAN overlay gateway)

Activates a VXLAN overlay gateway instance.

Syntax

activate

no activate

Command Default

By default, a gateway is not activated during initial configuration.

Modes

Overlay gateway configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

It is recommended that you configure all gateway parameters before activating the gateway. This operation enables all tunnels that are associated with this gateway.

The following conditions that must be in place before you can execute the activate command:

Loopback interfaces must be configured on all gateways. Refer to the interface loopback command,
The IP address of the VXLAN gateway must be configured. Refer to the ip interface command.

Use the no activate command in VXLAN overlay gateway configuration mode to deactivate the gateway. All associated tunnels are also deactivated.

Examples

The following example activates a VXLAN gateway named gateway1. The gateway was previously configured by means of the overlay-gateway command:

device# configure terminal
device(config)# overlay-gateway gateway1
device(config-overlay-gw-gateway1)# activate