Rather than an annoying add-on, virtual networks continue to gain intelligence, virtual/cloud integration, ... VMware announced something called Vitrual Extensible Local Area Network or VXLAN.

VXLAN is popular because it’s scalable: supporting more than 16 million virtual networks for VXLAN versus just 4,094 for the standard Layer 2 VLAN protocol (IEEE 802.1Q). Each VXLAN can also operate ...

Traditional VLAN networks have around 4,000 addressable network segments, whereas VXLAN has 16 million, so customers can grow their networks more easily, Lunetta said.

VXLAN (alternatively spelled VxLAN) stands for Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network, and it was submitted to the IETF in 2011 by VMware, Cisco, Arista, Broadcom, and others.

Cisco’s claim that its Nexus 9000 leaf switches have a VXLAN routing advantage over those based on Broadcom Trident II silicon is meeting some resistance. In announcing support for the BGP EVPN ...