Re: OT: FabricPath & CCIE DC

Brian,

very nice!!

I was wondering, what are the design considerations when dealing with the
Services Layer (ACE/FW) and FabricPath? I know with vPC, it's easy to
create two VDCs for agg and sub-agg and sandwich the Services layer in a
cat6k VSS configuration. I'm assuming that would not work with
FabricPath...correct? Would the services layer be hanging off one of the FP
N7K or N5k?

Any design considerations/issues we should be aware of? Is this already
covered in your course?

Also, another question...do you cover in your course the different kinds of
connectivity of the access layer, i.e, how nic teaming or port channeling
is done from Server to 2K and vPC b/w 2K and 5K? What are the different
variations this can be configured with...vPC or just plain Port Channel etc?

Thanks

On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Brian McGahan <bmcgahan_at_ine.com> wrote:

> For those of you that are interested in the upcoming CCIE Data Center
> track, or just new technologies in general, I have posted some excerpts
> from INE's recent CCIE DC Nexus Switching Class regarding FabricPath.
>
> FabricPath is a new alternative to running Spanning-Tree Protocol in the
> Layer 2 DC Core, and is a pre-standard version of the TRansparent
> Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) feature. The videos below cover
> the underlying theory of FabricPath, it's basic configuration, it's more
> advanced configurations and verifications, and its integration with Virtual
> Port Channels (vPCs) with the vPC+ feature.
>
> http://ine.co/fabricpath
>
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
> Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP/Security)
> bmcgahan_at_INE.com
>
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