# Lab: VXLAN Bridging with EVPN Control Plane

DevFeed: [Lab: VXLAN Bridging with EVPN Control Plane](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/lab-vxlan-bridging-with-evpn-control-plane-11311.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ipspace.net/2026/01/lab-evpn-bridging/>)

Published: 2026-01-27T06:59:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [ipSpace.net blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ipspace-net-blog.md>)

Topics: [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/evpn.md>), [VXLAN](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vxlan.md>), [BGP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bgp.md>), [Ethernet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethernet.md>)

Tags: [bgp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bgp.md>), [ethernet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethernet.md>), [evpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/evpn.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [ingress](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ingress.md>), [ipv4](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ipv4.md>), [mac](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mac.md>), [netlab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/netlab.md>), [vxlan](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vxlan.md>)

## AI overview

This lab adds the EVPN control plane to VXLAN Ethernet bridging. The data plane remains VLANs mapped over VXLAN over IPv4, while EVPN, carried as a BGP address family, builds ingress replication lists and MAC-to-VTEP mappings.

## Source excerpt

In the previous VXLAN labs, we covered the basics of Ethernet bridging over VXLAN and a more complex scenario with multiple VLANs. Now let's add the EVPN control plane into the mix. The data plane (VLANs mapped into VXLAN-over-IPv4) will remain unchanged, but we'll use EVPN (a BGP address family) to build the ingress replication lists and MAC-to-VTEP mappings. Read more ...