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January 06, 2026 • Arista VxLAN Series • By Peter

In a previous article, we looked at VxLAN's origins, what problem it solves and how it compares to other tunnelling approaches. We also covered how VxLAN enables multi-tenancy in a datacenter through network virtualisation.With multi-tenancy, various network tenants(customers, or teams within the sa...

January 04, 2026 • Arista VxLAN Series • By Peter

What is VxLANVxLAN stands for Virtual eXtensible LAN. To understand what it does one must take the X out of VxLAN and then you are left with VLAN.A VLAN defines a network where every computer on the network can talk to each other without needing a router. It defines a single broadcast domain. Now le...