Network & Infrastructure
A remote MAC appears in BGP EVPN while unicast packets never reach the destination host. Control-plane learning can succeed even when VTEP-to-VTEP forwarding is broken.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics1 min read
Read article : EVPN Type-2 routes present, VXLAN traffic absent
Network & Infrastructure
Two leaf switches advertise the same tenant's endpoints, but each ignores the other's routes. Matching VLAN names can obscure different VNI or route-target assignments.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics1 min read
Read article : VNI and route-target mismatch across a tenant fabric
Network & Infrastructure
An operator changes a route distinguisher to fix an import problem. The change churns advertisements while the receiving tenant still lacks the route because import policy remains wrong.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics2 min read
Read article : Route distinguisher versus route target in EVPN troubleshooting
Network & Infrastructure
Known unicast works across the fabric, but a new host cannot resolve its neighbor or receive broadcast traffic. Missing replication membership can affect discovery before any remote MAC is learned.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics2 min read
Read article : Missing EVPN Type-3 routes and silent BUM loss
Network & Infrastructure
A moved workload remains unreachable even though its new MAC location is known. A stale advertised IP binding can make local ARP suppression answer with outdated information.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics2 min read
Read article : EVPN ARP suppression with stale IP-to-MAC bindings
Network & Infrastructure
An endpoint alternates between two VTEPs faster than a legitimate migration could explain. Increasing mobility sequences can reflect a loop or duplicated attachment rather than an actively moving VM.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics2 min read
Read article : MAC mobility sequence jumps and a hidden Layer-2 loop
Network & Infrastructure
A tenant works on one rack but fails after moving to another. The distributed gateway IP exists everywhere, yet gateway MAC or subnet configuration differs between leaf switches.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics2 min read
Read article : Distributed anycast gateway consistency across leaves
Network & Infrastructure
Same-subnet communication succeeds across the overlay, while inter-subnet traffic fails only through one destination leaf. Its L2 VNIs may be correct but the routed tenant context incomplete.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics2 min read
Read article : Symmetric IRB: diagnose a missing L3 VNI on one leaf
Network & Infrastructure
A leaf can route to one remote subnet but not another after tenant growth. The chosen asymmetric design may require local bridge context for remote destination subnets that was never provisioned.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics2 min read
Read article : Asymmetric IRB and the cost of remote subnet presence
Network & Infrastructure
An external prefix is visible as an EVPN Type-5 route but is not usable in the tenant VRF. Its overlay resolution model may depend on additional gateway or router information.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics2 min read
Read article : EVPN Type-5 prefix routes and overlay next-hop resolution
Network & Infrastructure
A fabric has several equal-cost uplinks, yet one is congested while others are quiet. Encapsulated traffic may expose insufficient entropy to the underlay's hashing algorithm.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics2 min read
Read article : VXLAN underlay ECMP polarization despite many tenant flows
Network & Infrastructure
Small overlay packets succeed while larger application responses fail between racks. The underlay may not accommodate the tenant packet plus outer encapsulation and link-specific overhead.
EVPN, VXLAN & Data Center Fabrics2 min read
Read article : VXLAN encapsulation MTU and selective tenant packet loss