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Lets throw some IPv6 into the mix with some IPv6 tunnelling over Segment Routing

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Juniper vMX - IPv6 Tunneling over SR - Lab-It-Up
Quite a simple lab this one. A customer wants to establish IPv6 connectivity between 2 sites over our SR IPv4 core so IPv6 tunneling is required. 2 Cisco vIOS routers used as the CE devices. https://w...
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January 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
EVPN VPLS on the Juniper vMX with RSVP as signalling protocol

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Juniper vMX - RSVP EVPN VPLS - Lab-It-Up
A change with this lab as RSVP will be used as the MPLS signalling protocol. IS-IS for the IGP and Cisco vIOS again used as the CE devices https://community.juniper.net/blogs/ramdas-machat/2022/11/01/...
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December 31, 2024 at 12:00 PM
EVPN/VPWS on Juniper vMX

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Juniper vMX - EVPN VPWS - Lab-It-Up
Cisco vIOS switches used as the CE devices and a LAG between them and the PE vMX’s. IS-IS for the underlay and LDP for the label distribution. You could use RSVP or Segment Routing if you prefer. http...
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December 28, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Segment Routing on Juniper now and a L3VPN

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Juniper vMX - Segment Routing L3VPN - Lab-It-Up
You will need a trial license from Juniper for this lab, which can be obtained from the below URL. https://www.juniper.net/gb/en/dm/vmx-trial-download.html BGP is used between the CE & PE devices. Cou...
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December 22, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Back to Cisco for some MPLS/EVPN on IOS XE

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Cisco IOS XE - MPLS EVPN - Lab-It-Up
IS-IS is used for the underlay. The 2 CEs are Cisco vIOS switches with VLAN 2222 and OSPF configured on them. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/ios/config/17-x/mpls/b-mpls/m-evpn-over-mpls...
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December 21, 2024 at 11:01 AM
How about some Segment Routing on Arista and MPLS EVPN

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Arista - Segment Routing MPLS EVPN - Lab-It-Up
IS-IS used for the segment routing. 2 Cisco vIOS devices for the CE’s, with OSPF configured on each https://www.arista.com/en/solutions/mpls-segment-routing PE1 P1 P2 P3 PE2 OSPF should now be up betw...
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December 19, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Another Juniper lab. This time Carrier of Carriers L2VPN
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Juniper Carrier of Carriers BGP L2VPN - Lab-It-Up
Establish a layer 2 circuit between the 2 CE devices, traversing 3 separate AS’s. https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/vpn-l3/topics/topic-map/l3-vpns-carrier-carrier.html PE1 AS...
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December 18, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Back to Juniper for this Inter AS MPLS EVPN Option C lab

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Juniper Inter-AS MPLS EVPN Option C - Lab-It-Up
This topology is Option C utilising BGP-LU. IS-IS in the underlay and OSPF between the 2 CE Cisco devices. Can use other devices as CE’s if you prefer. https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/rele...
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December 17, 2024 at 8:43 PM
L3VPN again. Arista this time

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Arista L3VPN - Lab-It-Up
Another L3VPN and the usual topology. IS-IS in the underlay and BGP between PE’s & CE’s. vEOS1 vEOS2 vEOS3 vEOS4 vEOS5 Cisco vIOS routers used as the CE’s. It doesn’t appear that Arista has the ‘as-ov...
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December 14, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Another L3VPN but this time on the IPInfusion Ocnos platform

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OcNOS - L3VPN - Lab-It-Up
OcNOS is an open network operating system produced by IP Infusion. A copy of the software to use with EVE-NG or GNS3 can be downloaded from their website (click below). This lab is a simple L3VPN. IS-...
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December 11, 2024 at 9:22 PM
L3VPN on the Junos Evolved platform

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Juniper vJunosEvolved - L3VPN - Lab-It-Up
An example Juniper L3VPN configuration example. IS-IS underlay and BGP between PE’s & CE’s. https://www.juniper.net/documentation/us/en/software/junos/vpn-l3/topics/example/mpls-qfx-series-vpn-layer3....
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December 6, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Back to Cisco and this time EVPN/VPWS on IOS XE

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Cisco IOS-XE EVPN/VPWS - Lab-It-Up
Aim of this lab is to create a layer 2 circuit between switch6 & switch7 and form an OSPF adjacency. IS-IS is used for the underlay as it’s better (it really is!). https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/doc...
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December 5, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Back to VXLAN/EVPN but this time with Aruba

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Aruba VXLAN/EVPN - Lab-It-Up
Another VXLAN/EVPN lab but this time from Aruba. Usual spine/leaf topology and OSPF used as underlay because IS-IS is not supported by the CX image. Spine1 Spine2 Leaf1 Leaf2 Leaf3 vPC6 & vPC8 are in ...
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December 4, 2024 at 7:39 PM
A bit of Cisco today. L3VPN on the IOS XR platform

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Cisco IOS-XR - L3VPN - Lab-It-Up
Topology below. Juniper vMX devices used as CE’s but you are free to use whatever you would like. BGP is used between PE’s & CE’s but you could use another protocol if you prefer. The MPLS core has an...
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December 3, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Time for a bit of Arista and Spine/Leaf VXLAN/EVPN

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Arista VXLAN/EVPN - Lab-It-Up
Spine/leaf topology with OSPF underlay and Spines acting as Route Reflectors https://www.arista.com/en/um-eos/eos-vxlan-configuration EVE-NG Import file Spine1 Spine2 Leaf1 Leaf2 Leaf3 Confirm the BGP...
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December 2, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Will have a change from Juniper. This lab is for Extreme SPBm (Fabric Connect). A proprietary alternative to VXLAN/EVPN

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Extreme VOSS SPBm - Lab-It-Up
SPBm is a layer 2 technology that utilises IS-IS to form adjacencies between devices and share MAC address information. More detailed information can be found in link below https://documentation.extre...
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December 2, 2024 at 2:31 PM
The 2nd lab is a simple QinQ on Junos

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Juniper QinQ - Lab-It-Up
A very simple topology for this one. 3 vMX devices, 2 Arista vEOS acting as the CE devices (you can use other devices if prefer) and 2vPC’s to confirm IP connectivity. 55 is the C-Tag, 110 the S-Tag E...
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December 1, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Lets start with a couple of Juniper labs. This one is MPLS EVPN on the Junos Evolved platform

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Juniper vJunosEvolved - MPLS EVPN - Lab-It-Up
MPLS EVPN is slightly different on JunosEvolved as it uses a mac-vrf routing instance rather than an evpn instance. A lot of similarities though and topology and EVE NG import below. 2 Cisco vIOS swit...
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December 1, 2024 at 3:45 PM