1/10/40GbE Switch Design Pattern for VRRP Clustering with Multicast
1. 13 Mar, 2014
SAKURA Internet Research Center
Senior Researcher / Naoto MATSUMOTO
2. Our LAB’s Goal:
To research and deploy about near future technology*
for global IT industory. *The timescale is between in 3 to 5 years.
Source: SAKURA Internet Research Center 10/2013, Project THORN.
3. Comparison of Fail-over model
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Complexity
vSW
VMVM
SRV
SW
SW
SW
SW
Legacy Type (STP/RSTP/MSTP...etc)
SW
SW
Stacking Type
SRV
vSW
VMVM
1GbE Network
vSW
VMVM
SRV
SW
SW
SW
SW
Legacy Type (STP/RSTP/MSTP...etc)
SW
SW
SW
SW
Box Type
SRV
vSW
VMVM
SW
SW
Stacking Type
SRV
vSW
VMVM
10GbE Network
vSW
VMVM
SRV
SW
SW
SW
SW
Legacy Type (STP/RSTP/MSTP...etc)
SW
SW
SW
SW
Box Type
SRV
vSW
VMVM
40GbE Network
SW SW
Virtual Chassis Type (MLAG,Fabric...etc)
vSW
VMVM
SRV
SW SW
Virtual Chassis Type (MLAG,Fabric...etc)
vSW
VMVM
SRV
Network Capacity
Low
High
*SW: Ethernet Switch, SRV: Server, vSW: Virtual Switch on VMM, VM: Virtual Maching on VMM
4. Best Current Practice [Top of Rack]
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Complexity
vSW
VMVM
SRV
SW
SW
SW
SW
Legacy Type (STP/RSTP/MSTP...etc)
SW
SW
Stacking Type
SRV
vSW
VMVM
1GbE Network
vSW
VM
SRV
SW
SW
SW
SW
Legacy Type (STP/RSTP/MSTP...etc)
SW
SW
SW
SW
Box Type
SRV
vSW
VMVM
SW
SW
Stacking Type
SRV
vSW
VMVM
10GbE Network
vSW
VMVM
SRV
SW
SW
SW
SW
Legacy Type (STP/RSTP/MSTP...etc)
SW
SW
SW
SW
Box Type
SRV
vSW
VMVM
40GbE Network
SW SW
Virtual Chassis Type (MLAG,Fabric...etc)
vSW
VMVM
SRV
SW SW
Virtual Chassis Type (MLAG,Fabric...etc)
vSW
VMVM
SRV
Network Capacity
Low
High VM
*SW: Ethernet Switch, SRV: Server, vSW: Virtual Switch on VMM, VM: Virtual Maching on VMM
5. Best Current Practice [Performance]
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Complexity
vSW
VMVM
SRV
SW
SW
SW
SW
Legacy Type (STP/RSTP/MSTP...etc)
SW
SW
Stacking Type
SRV
1GbE Network
vSW
VM
SRV
SW
SW
SW
SW
Legacy Type (STP/RSTP/MSTP...etc)
SW
SW
Stacking Type
SRV
10GbE Network
vSW
VMVM
SRV
SW
SW
SW
SW
Legacy Type (STP/RSTP/MSTP...etc)
40GbE Network
Virtual Chassis Type (MLAG,Fabric...etc)
SRV
Virtual Chassis Type (MLAG,Fabric...etc)
SRV
Network Capacity
Low
High VM
vSW
VMVM
vSW
VMVM
vSW
VMVM
vSW
VMVM
SW
SW
SW
SW
Box Type
SRV
vSW
VMVM
SW
SW
SW
SW
Box Type
SRV
vSW
VMVM
SW SW SW SW
*SW: Ethernet Switch, SRV: Server, vSW: Virtual Switch on VMM, VM: Virtual Maching on VMM
6. VRRP Clustering with Multicast
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SW
Virtual Chassis Type (MLAG,Fabric...etc)
VM
SRV
vSW
VMVM
SRV
vSW
VMVM
SW
VMSRV
vSW
VMVM
SRV
vSW
VMVM
SW
SW
Stacking Type
SW
SW
SW
SW
Box Type
VM
SRV
vSW
VMVM
SRV
vSW
VMVM
1/10GbE Network 10/40GbE Network 10/40GbE Network
Multicast FlowMulticast Flow Multicast Flow
*SW: Ethernet Switch, SRV: Server, vSW: Virtual Switch on VMM, VM: Virtual Maching on VMM
7. Thanks for your interest.
SAKURA Internet Research Center.
Source: SAKURA Internet Research Center 10/2013, Project THORN.