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VXLAN EVPN practice labs across vendors

14 guided labs that build real VXLAN EVPN data-centre fabrics from the underlay up, across Arista, NVIDIA Cumulus, Cisco Nexus and Juniper. Every lab forwards real traffic between hosts over the overlay, and the checks prove the route types and VNIs were really learned: multihoming, MLAG and vPC, route leaking, border leaves and a multi-vendor fabric.

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Guided labs
14
Follows
EVPN topics of Cisco DCCOR 350-601, Juniper JNCIS-DC JN0-481, Arista Data Center Engineering and HPE7-A05
Runs every lab
Professional
Devices
Alpine Linux, vEOS, Cumulus VX, Nexus 9000v, IOSv and vJunos-switch

Who these labs are for

For data-centre and network engineers who want hands-on EVPN skills across vendors.

Each lab forwards real host traffic across the overlay. Where an image can’t show something, the pane says so plainly.

The 14 labs

Every lab in the folder, as the workspace lists them, with what each runs and the smallest plan that fits. Read on 2 November 2026.

VXLAN EVPN course 14 labs

Shared folderVXLAN EVPN fabrics guided labs

From the underlay to multihoming, route leaking and border leaves, then troubleshooting and a capstone.

  1. 01IP fabric underlay on vEOS spines and Cumulus leaves

    Build the routed underlay that every VXLAN tunnel depends on: eBGP on numbered and unnumbered links, equal-cost paths and BFD, across vEOS and Cumulus.

    2× Cumulus VX, 2× vEOS

    4 vCPU, 8,192 MBFits StandardRuns in the free demo

  2. 02EVPN control plane with route types 2 and 3

    Stretch one VLAN across a routed fabric with EVPN on Cumulus and vEOS leaves, then read the type 3 and type 2 routes that replace flood-and-learn.

    3× Alpine Linux, 2× Cumulus VX, 2× vEOS

    7 vCPU, 9,728 MBFits Standard

  3. 03Symmetric IRB with an anycast gateway and an L3 VNI

    Make the fabric route: a tenant VRF with an L3 VNI, the same anycast gateway on every leaf, and type 5 routes between Cumulus and vEOS.

    3× Alpine Linux, 2× Cumulus VX, 2× vEOS

    7 vCPU, 9,728 MBFits Standard

  4. 04Arista and Cumulus interoperability

    Find out why automatic route targets break a mixed fabric, fix it two ways, then read a Cumulus Ethernet segment from the Arista side.

    3× Alpine Linux, 2× Cumulus VX, 2× vEOS

    7 vCPU, 9,728 MBFits Standard

  5. 05Multihoming with EVPN ESI-LAG and MLAG

    Dual-home a server with an EVPN Ethernet segment on Cumulus and another with MLAG on vEOS, compare them from across the fabric, and fail a link on each.

    3× vEOS, 2× Alpine Linux, 2× Cumulus VX

    7 vCPU, 11,264 MBFits Standard

  6. 06Border leaf with type 5 routes and a default route

    Connect a tenant VRF to a WAN router through a border leaf, exchange type 5 routes, inject a default route and keep host routes off the WAN.

    2× Alpine Linux, 2× Cumulus VX, 2× vEOS, 1× IOSv

    7 vCPU, 9,728 MBFits Standard

  7. 07Multi-tenancy with VRFs and controlled route leaking

    Build a second tenant, prove it is isolated, then open a shared-services path across vendors by leaking routes with route targets and filters.

    3× Alpine Linux, 2× Cumulus VX, 2× vEOS

    7 vCPU, 9,728 MBFits Standard

  8. 08NX-OS VXLAN EVPN

    Build VXLAN EVPN on Cisco Nexus 9000v leaves with an Arista spine: features, the NVE interface, the anycast gateway and an L3 VNI.

    3× Alpine Linux, 2× Nexus 9000v, 1× vEOS

    8 vCPU, 15,872 MBFits Standard

  9. 09NX-OS vPC with VXLAN

    Pair two Nexus 9000v leaves with vPC, then make them one VTEP with a shared secondary address so a remote Arista leaf reaches the dual-homed server.

    2× Alpine Linux, 2× Nexus 9000v, 2× vEOS

    8 vCPU, 21,504 MBFits Professional

  10. 10Junos EVPN-VXLAN with edge-routed bridging

    Add a Juniper vJunos-switch leaf to a Cumulus and Arista fabric: a loopback overlay session, a stretched VLAN and type 5 routing across three vendors.

    3× Alpine Linux, 2× vEOS, 1× Cumulus VX, 1× vJunos-switch

    10 vCPU, 12,800 MBFits Standard

  11. 11Troubleshooting the underlay

    A rack move left three underlay faults behind: a BGP mismatch, a missing loopback and an MTU black hole. Find and fix them from the bottom up.

    3× Alpine Linux, 2× Cumulus VX, 2× vEOS

    7 vCPU, 9,728 MBFits Standard

  12. 12Troubleshooting the overlay

    Four tickets, four overlay faults: a route target, a VNI and an ESI that do not match, and a silent host with no route to it.

    5× Alpine Linux, 2× Cumulus VX, 2× vEOS

    9 vCPU, 10,752 MBFits Standard

  13. 13Operations with MAC mobility and ARP suppression

    Read a running fabric: capture VXLAN on the wire, prove what ARP suppression does, and follow a virtual machine between racks through the MAC mobility sequence number.

    3× Alpine Linux, 2× Cumulus VX, 2× vEOS

    7 vCPU, 9,728 MBFits Standard

  14. 14Capstone with a two-tenant multi-vendor fabric

    Design and build a two-tenant fabric from a requirements list: Cumulus and vEOS leaves, an all-active Ethernet segment, a border leaf and a WAN router.

    4× Alpine Linux, 3× vEOS, 2× Cumulus VX, 1× IOSv

    10 vCPU, 12,800 MBFits Standard

Devices and images

The exact Add Node images the labs use, and the vCPU and RAM their nodes are set to. Your plan counts what each running node is set to.

Devices and images in the VXLAN EVPN practice labs, as read on 2 November 2026
DeviceImage in Add NodeSet toLabsNodes
Alpine Linuxclbalpinebase-alpine-base-3-20-31 vCPU, 512 MB1339
Arista vEOSveos-4.33.1.1F1 vCPU, 2,048 MB1429
NVIDIA Cumulus VXcumulus-vx-5.9.11 vCPU, 2,048 MB1223
Cisco Nexus 9000vnxosv9k-9300v-9.3.102 vCPU, 6,144 MB; 2 vCPU, 8,192 MB24
Cisco IOSvvios-adventerprisek9-m.SPA.159-3.M61 vCPU, 512 MB22
Juniper vJunos-switchvjunosswitch-23.4R2-S2.14 vCPU, 5,120 MB11

Browse every image in the Add Node list

How to open the labs

  1. Sign in to your workspace at lab.cloudlabbox.com.

  2. In File Manager, open Shared, then the folder VXLAN EVPN fabrics guided labs.

  3. Open a lab and start its nodes, then open Lab Tasks for the steps.

The labs are read-only. You can start the nodes and configure the devices, but changes to the topology can’t be saved. To change a lab, rebuild it in your own folder.

The Shared folder in the EVE-NG File Manager, recorded on 2 November 2026 with a test account.
The EVE-NG File Manager open on the read-only Shared folder: one folder per guided course, including Arista EOS, BGP in depth, CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure, CCNA, CCNP ENARSI and ENCOR, Check Point, Cisco ASA, Cisco Nexus NX-OS, CompTIA Network Plus and FortiGate
A guided CCNA lab with its Lab Tasks pane, recorded on 1 November 2026 with a test account.
A guided CCNA lab open in EVE-NG with its nodes running: four routers and two PCs on the canvas, and the Lab Tasks pane beside them with the scenario, the addressing plan and the first task

Questions about the VXLAN EVPN labs

Are these VXLAN EVPN labs free?

They’re included with every lab plan, with nothing extra to pay, rather than free. Plans start at £3 a day or £0.50 an hour. To try one first, the free demo gives you 30 minutes with 6 vCPU and 8 GB, enough to run 1 of these labs.

Which plan do I need for these labs?

Professional, with 18 vCPU and 32 GB, runs every lab here. Standard runs 13 of the 14. EVE-NG admits a node by the vCPU and RAM configured on it, so a lab needs the total its running nodes are set to. The biggest here, “NX-OS vPC with VXLAN”, needs 8 vCPU and 21,504 MB. Each lab’s Lab Tasks pane names the plan it needs.

Can I change these labs?

You can start the nodes and configure the devices, but the labs are read-only: changes to the topology can’t be saved. To change one, rebuild it in your own folder.

Are these labs from the vendors?

No. CloudLabBox wrote them to follow the topics of Cisco’s DCCOR 350-601, Juniper’s JNCIS-DC (JN0-481), Arista’s Data Center Engineering and HPE’s HPE7-A05, where they cover VXLAN EVPN. They aren’t training material from the vendors, and CloudLabBox is independent of Arista Networks, Cisco, HPE, Juniper Networks and NVIDIA.

Which plan do I need?

13 of the 14 labs need Standard. Lab 09, vPC on Nexus, needs Professional.

What can’t these labs show?

No Ethernet segment is built across vendors: the multihoming lab builds it on Cumulus and reads it from vEOS. NX-OS suppress-arp is shown being refused, because carving TCAM needs two reloads. Cumulus has no start-up configuration in EVE-NG, so you paste it in Task 0.

Do I need vendor licences for these labs?

No. These labs don’t need any. CloudLabBox doesn’t provide vendor licences or subscriptions.

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CloudLabBox is independent of Arista Networks, Cisco, HPE, Juniper Networks and NVIDIA. The labs follow exam topics and aren’t vendor training material; vendor names identify the exams and the images in the workspace.