In this post, we pull back the curtain on this new NXOS EVPN Hybrid mode and understand how it enables interoperability with Asymmetric VTEPs.
Cisco gave this a fancy name - EVPN Hybrid mode. Or you know, maybe just call it Asymmetric IRB? Because that's what it is behind the scenes.
In this post, we deploy a multivendor EVPN L2 overlay fabric, with BGP in the underlay as well. The entire fabric deployment is automated with Ansible, and Containerlab is used to define and deploy the actual topology.
This post continues to build and showcase the power of containerlab. In this post, we will create a multivendor EVPN topology for L2 overlays. The vendors included are Arista (vEOS), Juniper (vQFX), Cumulus (Cumulus VX) and Cisco (N9Kv). Every piece of software used here is free (some might be behind a login, so you'll have to register to get access to image downloads).
The topology is as follows:
