Introduction - Hardware VXLAN Gateway

VMware recognizes the need to bring best of breed solution from our partners to address customers need as they transition to virtual and cloud architectures. Customers can easily take advantage of a new vendor’s technology and integrate operations with the existing systems and procedures, leading to improved levels of service and performance.

VXLAN is a great concept that gives separation between virtual networks and physical IP-based transport infrastructure, but we need VXLAN termination in physical devices before we can start considering large-scale deployments.

The Hardware VXLAN Gateway is a VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel End Point) and performs VXLAN encapsulation and de-encapsulation. Each VTEP device has two interfaces – one is a VLAN interface and the other is an IP interface to other VTEPs.

Customers using these integrated products can leverage their existing investments in networking and security solutions while dramatically improving operational efficiency and agility in their datacenter.

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