I'm reading about VxLAN and its benefits, one thing that is not clear to me, and have not read anywhere is if VLAN is a MUST for VxLAN to work or are both independent and can work without one another.
I read about VxLAN in detail on SDXCentral and Juniper's website as well.
SDXCentral article says
As was referenced before, a VXLAN is based on VLAN technology. A VXLAN has subnets that require tags for routers and switches to keep the traffic within a subnet and to apply the established rules for that subnet. VXLAN tagging can also be used when sending traffic between an organization’s data centers over a long haul connection.
And again in Takeways
VXLANs use VLAN tagging systems and layer 2 network addressing to segment traffic and keep networking devices from knowing what data packets contain.
Juniper's website says
VXLAN is a technology that allows you to segment your networks (as VLANs do)
From both I understand VxLAN can work in conjunction with VLAN but does not necessarily require VLAN and can work independently if the router or switch supports VxLAN, yet I cannot ascertain if this is true.
Thank You
