EVPN & VXLAN: The New Language of Modern Peering#

Ariel Weher (no affiliation listed in the program)

• Why: EVPN/VXLAN is the control plane / data plane pair at the center of modern DC fabric design, and applying it to peering and interconnection fabric is exactly where exchange and edge fabrics are heading — squarely a core interest of this PM.
• What: No description was published for this session — title, speaker, and materials only — so this write-up is limited to what the title indicates: using EVPN as the control plane and VXLAN as the overlay for modern peering/interconnection fabrics, in place of legacy VLAN-based designs. The same speaker runs a companion hands-on VxLAN Configuration Lab at the same meeting (recording available), which signals the talk is practical and configuration-level rather than conceptual.
• How: Cannot be characterized further without the slides; the PM should review the deck and lab recording directly (links are attached below each heading by the pipeline).
• Where applicable: IXP/peering-fabric operators and DC interconnect designs. Flagged as title-and-materials-only; no claims here go beyond the session's own title.