Deploying Juniper Data Centers with EVPN VXLAN (Early Release)

Cover Page
Halftitle Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Foreword
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewers
Introduction
   How This Book Is Organized
Chapter 1. Introducing the Juniper Ecosystem
   Junos Architecture
   Building Layer 2 and Layer 3 Networks with Junos
   Miscellaneous Junos Features
   Summary
Chapter 2. Overview of Data Center Architecture
   History and Evolution of Data Centers
   Data Center Designs and Overlay Architectures
   Summary
Chapter 3. BGP for the Data Center
   BGP Path Hunting and ASN Scheme for Data Centers
   Implementing BGP for the Underlay
   Auto-Discovered BGP Neighbors
   Summary
Chapter 4. VXLAN as a Network Virtualization Overlay
   Introducing VXLAN
   EVPN for Data Center VXLAN Fabrics
   Summary
Chapter 5. Bridged Overlay in an EVPN VXLAN Fabric
   Introduction
   Configuring and Validating a Bridged Overlay EVPN VXLAN Fabric
   Learning MAC Addresses and EVPN Type-2 Routes
   Proxy ARP and ARP Suppression
   Replication of BUM Traffic and EVPN Type-3 Routes
   EVPN Multihoming with ESI LAG and EVPN Type-1/Type-4 Routes
   Core Isolation in an EVPN VXLAN Fabric
   Route Targets in an EVPN VXLAN Fabric
   MAC Mobility
   Loop Detection
   Bidirectional Forwarding Detection in an EVPN VXLAN Fabric
   Summary
Chapter 6. MAC-VRFs
   Introducing EVPN Service Types
   VLAN-Based MAC-VRFs
   Order of Operations with MAC-VRFs
   Shared Tunnels with MAC-VRFs
   VLAN-Aware MAC-VRFs
   Overlapping VLANs, VLAN Translation, and VLAN Normalization
   Summary
Chapter 7. Centrally Routed Bridging
   Introducing Integrated Routing and Bridging and CRB Design
   Configuring a Centrally Routed Bridging EVPN VXLAN Fabric
   Validating and Understanding EVPN Route Exchange in a CRB Fabric
   Importance of “Sticky” MACs for Virtual Gateway and IRB Addresses
   Historical (and Present Day) Relevance of proxy-macip-advertisement
   Packet Walk for Hosts in Different Subnets
   Summary
Chapter 8. Edge-Routed Bridging
   Overview of Different Routing Models with Edge-Routed Bridging
   Asymmetric IRB
   Symmetric IRB
   Summary
Chapter 9. Routed Overlay and Host-Routed Bridging
   Overview of a Routed Overlay Design
   Understanding EVPN Type-5 Routes and Their Use in Data Centers
   Configuring and Validating Routed Overlay
   Host-Routed Bridging
   Summary
Chapter 10. DHCP in EVPN VXLAN Fabrics
   A DHCP Refresher
   DHCP in a Bridged Overlay Fabric
   DHCP in an Edge-Routed Bridging Fabric
   DHCP Server in a Dedicated Services VRF
   Summary
Chapter 11. Data Center Interconnect [This content is currently in development.]
Chapter 12. Building Data Centers with Juniper Apstra, Part I—Apstra Foundation
   Introduction to Juniper Apstra
   Building Blocks of Apstra
   Onboarding Devices in Apstra
   Creating Rack Types and Templates
   Deploying a Bridged Overlay 3-Stage Clos Fabric
   Lifecycle of a Device in Juniper Apstra
   Summary
Chapter 13. Building Data Centers with Juniper Apstra, Part II—Advanced Apstra Deployments
   Edge-Routed Bridging with Symmetric IRB
   Data Center Interconnect with Juniper Apstra
   Summary
Chapter 14. Building Virtual Fabrics with vJunos, Containerlab, and Juniper Apstra
   Installing Containerlab and Building the vJunos-switch Image
   Orchestrating a Virtual Fabric with Apstra
   Summary
Chapter 15. Large-Scale Fabrics, Inter-VRF Routing, and Security Policies in Apstra [This content is currently in development.]
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