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It demonstrates a mixed Arista EOS and Cumulus Linux setup, providing the full generated configurations for both platforms including BGP EVPN address family setup, VXLAN VNI mappings, and route-target assignments. Instructions for running the lab yourself are included. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I add EVPN control plane to a VXLAN bridging lab in netlab? Add the evpn and bgp modules to the switch group in the topology file and set a bgp.as global parameter. netlab then automatically starts a BGP process on each switch, builds an IBGP session between loopback interfaces, assigns EVPN RT/RD to every VLAN with a VXLAN VNI, and activates the EVPN address family — replacing static ingress replication lists entirely. _Engineers building EVPN labs track netlab module updates and platform support changes on daily.dev._ ### What does the Arista EOS BGP EVPN configuration look like for a VXLAN bridging setup? Each VLAN gets its own RD and symmetric import/export route-targets under 'router bgp', with 'redistribute learned' to advertise MAC/IP entries. The EVPN address family is activated per neighbor, and the IBGP session uses loopback interfaces as update-source with next-hop-self. VXLAN VNIs are mapped per VLAN under 'interface Vxlan1' using vxlan vlan vni . _Networking engineers comparing EOS and Cumulus EVPN configs find side-by-side coverage like this on daily.dev._ ### How is EVPN/VXLAN configured on Cumulus Linux with FRR for bridging? Cumulus Linux uses /etc/network/interfaces.d files to define a VLAN-aware bridge with VXLAN interfaces (vni-XXXXXX) as bridge ports, with vxlan-learning disabled. FRR handles the control plane via 'address-family l2vpn evpn', using 'advertise-all-vni' and per-VNI RD/route-target blocks, plus 'advertise-svi-ip' and 'advertise ipv4 unicast' for IP mobility. _Cumulus Linux practitioners keeping up with FRR and EVPN changes rely on daily.dev for networking content._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [EVPN with SR-MPLS Core « ipSpace.net blog](https://daily.dev/posts/evpn-with-sr-mpls-core-ipspace-net-blog-taobtibzc) · ipSpace.net Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#bgp](https://daily.dev/tags/bgp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vxlan-bridging-example-ipspace-net-blog-7o7ugflah) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"VXLAN Bridging Example « ipSpace.net blog","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/vxlan-bridging-example-ipspace-net-blog-7o7ugflah","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/vxlan-bridging-example-ipspace-net-blog-7o7ugflah"},"datePublished":"2026-08-11T08:52:07.016Z","dateModified":"2026-08-11T09:01:21.654Z","description":"A hands-on walkthrough of building an EVPN/VXLAN bridging lab using netlab 1.3, replacing static ingress replication with an EVPN control plane. 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