Using TRILL, FabricPath, and VXLAN: Designing Massively Scalable Data Centers (MSDC) with Overlays

Index

802.1ah, 41

header fields, 42

packet flow, 42-43

802.1aq, 43-47

802.1Q, 41

access layer (three-tier architecture), 7

active-active control plane behavior, 153

active-active HSRP forwarding, 238-241

addressing, FabricPath

MAC address learning, 98-102

switch-ID, 89

advent of VXLAN, 178-179

AEDs (authoritative edge devices), 39

aggregation layer (three-tier architecture), 7

agility, as data center requirement, 5

allocation of resources (DRAP), 97-98

Amazon.com, EC2 cloud, 1

any-to-any communication model, 6

appointed forwarders, 132-133, 292-293

Appointed Forwarders sub-TLV, 66-67

architectures (data centers)

CLOS-based, 8

fat-tree, 9-10

overlay-based, 10-15

host-based overlays, 14-15

hybrid overlays, 15

switch-based overlays, ...

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