VXLAN support for admin partitions

Last published : Sep 22, 2026
In a partitioned NetScaler appliance, similar to configuring a VLAN, you can configure a VXLAN in the default partition. After configuring a VXLAN, you can bind it to an administrative partition or if a VXLAN is extending a VLAN that is bound to a partition, the appliance binds the VXLAN to the partition under the same broadcast domain. It is applicable in unbinding a VLAN that unbinds a VXLAN from the partition.
For more information about how VXLAN works in a NetScaler appliance, see VXLAN.
Also, for more information on how VLAN works in a partitioned NetScaler appliance, see Admin Partitioning.
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Points to remember before configuring a VXLAN

Remember the following points before you configure a VXLAN in a partitioned NetScaler appliance:
  • When you extend a VLAN over VXLAN, make sure VLAN is bound to the partition.
  • Only a partition administrator must configure the IP and dynamic routing for the VXAN in the administrative partition.
A shared VXLAN is not supported in a partitioned appliance and so a VXLAN cannot be tagged to a shared VLAN or you cannot make a VLAN a shared one when it is tagged to a VXLAN.

Supportable VXLAN configurations

Following are the supportable VXLAN configurations.

Extending VLAN over a VXLAN in the same broadcast domain

The following CLI steps help you to extend a VLAN over a VXLAN and the opposite way within the same broadcast domain.
  1. Add a VLAN in the default partition
    add vlan <id>
  2. Extend VLAN over a VXLAN within the same broadcast domain.
    add vxlan <vxlan id> –vlan <id>
  3. Configure a peer vtep to carry all BUM (broadcast unknown multicast) traffic.
    Note
    The vtep address can be a multicast address.
    add bridgetable -mac <mac_addr> -vxlan <positive_integer> -vtep <ip_addr> [-vni <positive_integer>][-deviceVlan <positive_integer>]
  4. Bind IP addresses to VXLAN.
    bind vxlan <id> [-srcIP <ip_addr>][-IPAddress <ip_addr|ipv6_addr|*> [<netmask>]]
  5. Bind VLAN to an administrative partition.
    bind partition <partition-id> -vxlan <id>

    add vlan 3000

    add vxlan 3000 –vlan 10

    add bridgetable –mac 00:00:00:00:00:00 –vxlan 3000 -vtep 10.102.58.8 –vni 11

    bind vxlan 3000 – srcIP 10.102.101.15

    bind partition p1 –vlan 10