Recently I was part of the lab proof of concept as a practical learning experience to evaluate the East West switching in a Kubernetes infrastructure where we had tested 3 conditions. Internode communication with VXLAN Internode communication with IPIP Internode communication using BGP. Mode Mechanism Encapsulation Best For Overhead (bytes) IPIP IP packets inside another IP packet (Protocol 4) Yes (lightweight) Private/baremetal clusters ~20 bytes VXLAN IP packets inside UDP…