IPv6 data traffic support through an EVPN-VXLAN overlay network

Juniper Networks devices that function as Layer 3 VXLAN gateways can route IPv6 data traffic through an EVPN-VXLAN overlay network. With this feature enabled, Layer 2 or 3 data packets from one IPv6 host to another IPv6 host are encapsulated with an IPv4 outer header and transported over the IPv4 underlay network. The Layer 3 VXLAN gateways in the EVPN-VXLAN overlay network learn the IPv6 routes through the exchange of EVPN type-2 and type-5 routes.