Network Virtualization using Extreme Fabric Connect
Table Of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Table of Figures
- Table of Figures
- Table of Tables
- Conventions
- Introduction
- Reference Architecture
- Guiding Principles
- Architecture Components
- User to Network Interface
- Network to Network Interface
- Backbone Core Bridge
- Backbone Edge Bridge
- Customer MAC Address
- Backbone MAC Address
- SMLT-Virtual-BMAC
- IS-IS Area
- IS-IS System ID
- IS-IS Overload Function
- SPB Bridge ID
- SPBM Nick-name
- Dynamic Nick-name Assignment
- Customer VLAN
- Backbone VLAN
- Virtual Services Networks
- I-SID
- Inter-VSN Routing
- Fabric Area Network
- Fabric Attach / Auto-Attach
- FA Server
- FA Client
- FA Proxy
- FA Standalone Proxy
- VPN Routing and Forwarding Instance
- Global Router Table
- Distributed Virtual Routing
- Zero Touch Fabric (ZTF)
- Foundations for the Service Enabled Fabric
- IP Routing and L3 Services over Fabric Connect
- L2 Services Over SPB IS-IS Core
- Fabric Attach
- IP Multicast Enabled VSNs
- Extending the Fabric Across the WAN
- Distributed Virtual Routing
- Quality of Service
- Consolidated Design Overview
- High Availability
- Fabric and VSN Security
- Fabric as Best Foundation for SDN
- Glossary
- Reference Documentation
- Revisions
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Figure 84 Data Center Top of Rack (ToR) BEB with SMLT clustering
From a configuration perspective, the DVR leaf ToR switch remains purely an L2 switch and can only be
provisioned with which L2 VSN I-SID to attach to a given server access port (even this configuration can be
automated if the server hypervisor is capable of Fabric Attach via use of OVS).