Control and Security - A constant risk to the network, and ultimately XYZ Account, are unapproved applications and rogue devices that may appear on the network and either permit unauthorized access or interfere with other devices. A means to monitor all devices and applications that operate across the network is vital. Just as important are the audit and reporting capabilities necessary to report on who, what, where, when, and how XYZ Account data is accessed. Our centralized management system will leverage data in the network to understand application use. Maintaining high quality user experience (Single-Pane-of-Glass Control from BYOD to the Data Center). Minimizing risk from consumer products and mobile devices (automation of routine tasks). Identifying root-cause of service outage (Make decisions about your network based on analytics, not assumptions.).   Business alignment - Over time, the proliferation of devices has created unnecessary complexity. Control Center delivers centralized visibility and granular control of network resources. One click can equal a thousand actions when you manage your network. Control Center can even manage beyond Extreme Networks switching, routing, and wireless hardware to deliver standards-based control of other vendors’ network equipment. Transform complex network data into actionable information (Gain visibility from data in your network). Centralize and simplify the definition, management, and enforcement of policies (Detect anomalies and get alerts based on real network behavior). Manage third-party devices to provide a complete picture of the entire infrastructure in a heterogeneous network environment (Balance CapEx and OpEx and decrease complexity).   Three fundamental building blocks for Data Center Network Automation Solution: Orchestration (OpenStack, vRealize-NSX, DCM) Overlay (VXLAN, NVGRE..) Underlay (traditional L2/L3 protocols, OSPF, MLAG etc…) CHALLENGES AND PAIN POINTS IN ENTERPRISE IT • Meeting the growing expectations of users in a mobile first world • Flexibility vs. Security: More devices and applications on the network challenge security and control • Cost vs. Capability • Reliability vs. Growth • Managing the network is too complex and time consuming • Enterprise mobility/constant connectivity: the ability to access company servers, databases, and network in all facilities of a company is crucial to daily business • State-of-the-art security is required to prevent access of personal information • Require the ability to control content accessible to individuals with varying network functions and limitations based on role of individual

1. Multi-Rate1,2.5,5,10GigabitEdgePoE++
Multi-RateSpineLeafDesign(10,25,40,50,100Gigabit)
X440-G2 (L3 - Value 1G to 10G)
PoE
Fiber
DC
Policy
 SummitStack-V (WITHOUT any
additional license required).
 Upgradeable 10GbE (PN 16542 or 16543).
 Policy built-in (simplicity with multi-auth).
EXOS 21.1 or
higher
Value with Automation
First Extreme
Switch to support
Cloud Value
X460-G2 (Advanced L3 1-40G) Multirate Option
PoE
Fiber
DC
Policy
Fit The Swiss Army Knife of Switches
Half Duplex
½ & ½
3 Models
This is where: 10G on
existing copper Cat5e
and Cat6 extend the
life of the installed
cable plant. Great for
1:N Convergence.
X620 (1OG Copper or Fiber)
Speed Next Gen Edge
Lowered TCO via
Limited Lifetime Warrantee
Wallplate AP
AP + Camera
Outdoor Wave 2
Multi-Gigabit
Wireless
High Density
-pack or Wedge
Facebook
ExtremeSupport
XoS
Platform
Config L2/L3
Analytics
Any OS
Any Bare Metal Switch
Policy
Disaggregated Switch
CAPEX or OPEX (you choose)?
Reduced Risk (just witness or take action)
Time is the critical Factor with XYZ Account Services...
Infrastructure
Businessmodel
Ownership
Considerations
Management
Location
 32 x 100Gb
 64 x 50Gb
 128 x 25Gb
 128 x 10Gb
 32 x 40Gb
96 x 10GbE Ports
(via4x10Gb breakout)
8 x 10/25/40/
50/100G
10G
Next Gen: Spine Leaf
X670 & X770 - Hyper Ethernet
Common Features
 Data Center Bridging (DCB) features
 Low ~600 nsec chipset latency in cut through mode.
 Same PSUs and Fans as X670s (Front to back or Back to
Front) AC or DC.
X670-G2 -72X (10GbE Spine Leaf) 72 10GbE
X670-48x-4q (10GbE Spine Leaf) 48 10GbE & 4 QSFP+
QSFP+
40G DAC
Extreme Feature Packs
Core
Edge
AVB
OpenFlow
Advance
Edge
1588 PTP
MPLS
Direct Attach
Optics License
Extreme Switches
include the license
they normally need.
Like any other
software platform
you have an
upgrade path.
QSPF28
100G DAC
Thin & Crunchy
XoS Platform with one track of software.
Speed with Features (Simple).
Metro Functionality like ATM or SONET
Flexible Horizontal or Vertical stacking
Purposed for Broadcom
(ASICs)
So What, Who cares?
Deliver XYZ Account, the
value of HP with the feature
function of Cisco.
XYZ Account Business Value
WhyExtreme?
Summit
Summit
Policy delivers automation..
Thick & Chewy
Know and control
the who, what, when, where and the user
experience across your XYZ Account
Network.
Control with insight...
WhyEnterasys?
XYZ Account Strategic Asset
Custom ASICs
S & K Series
Chantry
Motorola
Air
Defense
So What, Who cares?
Flow Based Switching
Simplicity w Policy
Wired and Wireless
100% insourced support
Today you get both
Control
So What, Who cares?
Fit
Speed
Unique
Value
Unique
Control
Summit G2
Yesterday - Cabletron Changed the game w Structured wiring
(remember Vampire taps, Coax ethernet ect.)
Today - Extreme Delivers Structured networking
Policy
Summit
Who?
Where?
When?
Whatdevice?
How?
QuarantineRemediate
Allow
Authentication
NAC Server
Summit
Netsite
Advanced
NAC Client
Joe Smith
XYZ Account
Access
Controlled
Subnet
Enforcement
Point
Network
Access
Control
This is where
if X + Y, then Z...
 LLDP-MED
 CDPv2
 ELRP
 ZTP
If user
matches a
defined
attribute
value
ACL
QoS
Then place
user into a
defined ROLE
A port is what it is because?This is where you easily Identify
the impact and Source of
Interference Problems.
Detailed Forensic Analysis
 Device, Threats, Associations,
Traffic, Signal and Location
Trends
 Record of Wireless Issues
Network Trend Analysis
 Historical Analysis of
Intermittent Wireless
Problems
 Performance Trends a
Spectrum Analysis for
Interference Detection
 Real-time Spectrograms
 Proactive Detection of
Application Impacting
Interference
Visualize RF Coverage
 Real-time RF Visualizations
 Proactive Monitoring and
Alerting of Coverage Problem
ADSP for faster Root Cause Forensic
Analysis for SECURITY & COMPLIANCE.
Event
Sequence
Classify
Interference
Sources
Side-by-side
Comparative
Analysis
Air Defense
Application
Experience
FullContext
App
App
Analytics
App
Stop the
finger-pointing
Application Network Response.
Flow or Bit
Bucket
Collector
3 million Flows
Sensors
X460 IPFix 4000 Flows
(2048 ingress, 2048 egress)
Sensor PV-FC-180, S or K Series (Core
Flow 2/ 1 Million Flows)
Flow-based Access Points
From the controller (8K Flows
per AP or C35 is 24K Flows)
Flows
Why not do this in the
network?
10110111011101110 101101110111011101
6 million Flows
Business Value
Context BW IP HTTP:// Apps
Platform Automation Control Experience Solution Framework
Is your network faster today than
it was 3 years ago? Going forward
it should deliver more, faster,
different
X430-G2 (L2 - 1G to 10G)
PoE
Distribute content
from a single source
to hundreds of displays
Ethernet as a Utility
(PoE)
Injectors
Up to 75
Watts
XYZ Account Data CenterXYZ Account Data Center
Chassis V Spline
Fabric Modules (Spine)
I/OModules(Leaf)
Spine
Leaf
Proven value with legacy approach.
 Can not access Line cards.
 No L2/l3 recovery inside.
 No access to Fabric.
Disaggregated value...
 Control Top-of-Rack Switches
 L2/L3 protocols inside the Spline
 Full access to Spine Switches
Chassis V Spline
Fabric Modules (Spine)
I/OModules(Leaf)
Spine
Leaf
Proven value with legacy approach.
 Can not access Line cards.
 No L2/l3 recovery inside.
 No access to Fabric.
Disaggregated value...
 Control Top-of-Rack Switches
 L2/L3 protocols inside the Spline
 Full access to Spine Switches
No EGO, Complexity or Vendor Lock-in).
Fat-Tree
Clos / Cross-Bar
 Traditional 3-tier model (Less cabling).
 Link speeds must increase at every hop (Less
predictable latency).
 Common in Chassis based architectures (Optimized
for North/South traffic).
 Every Leaf is connected to every Spine (Efficient
utilization/ Very predictable latency).
 Always two hops to any leaf (More resiliency,
flexibility and performance).
 Friendlier to east/west traffic (The uplink to the
rest of the network is just another leaf).
No EGO, Complexity or Vendor Lock-in).
Fat-Tree
Clos / Cross-Bar
 Traditional 3-tier model (Less cabling).
 Link speeds must increase at every hop (Less
predictable latency).
 Common in Chassis based architectures (Optimized
for North/South traffic).
 Every Leaf is connected to every Spine (Efficient
utilization/ Very predictable latency).
 Always two hops to any leaf (More resiliency,
flexibility and performance).
 Friendlier to east/west traffic (The uplink to the
rest of the network is just another leaf).
The XYZ Account handshake layer:
 This is where convergence needs to happen – LAN/SAN, FCoE, ETS. Stop or allow
whatever you can (Efficient Multicasting).
 Virtualization happens with VXLAN and VMotion (Control by the overlay).
 N plus one fabric design needs to happen here (Delivers simple no vanity future proofing,
No-forklift migrations, interop between vendors and hit-less operation).
This is where,
a Fabric outperforms the Big Uglies
ONE to ONE: Spine Leaf
The XYZ Account handshake layer:
 This is where convergence needs to happen – LAN/SAN, FCoE, ETS. Stop or allow
whatever you can (Efficient Multicasting).
 Virtualization happens with VXLAN and VMotion (Control by the overlay).
 N plus one fabric design needs to happen here (Delivers simple no vanity future proofing,
No-forklift migrations, interop between vendors and hit-less operation).
This is where,
a Fabric outperforms the Big Uglies
ONE to ONE: Spine Leaf
The XYZ Account Ethernet Expressway Layer: deliver massive scale...
 This is where low latency is critical, switch as quickly as you can. DO NOT slow down
the core keep it simple (Disaggregated Spline + One Big Ugly
 Elastic Capacity - Today s XYZ Account s spines are tomorrow s leafs. Dial-in the
bandwidth to your specific needs with the number of uplinks.
 Availability - the state of the network is kept in each switch; no single point of failure.
Seamless XYZ Account upgrades, easy to take a single switch out of service.
(Cloud Fabric) Disaggregation
Spine
Leaf
Legacy Challenges:
Complex/Slow/Expensive
Scale-up and Scale out
Vendor lock-in
Proprietary (HW, SW)Commodity
Fabric Modules (Spine)
I/OModules(Leaf)
Fabric Modules (Spine)
I/OModules(Leaf)
The XYZ Account Ethernet Expressway Layer: deliver massive scale...
 This is where low latency is critical, switch as quickly as you can. DO NOT slow down
the core keep it simple (Disaggregated Spline + One Big Ugly
 Elastic Capacity - Today s XYZ Account s spines are tomorrow s leafs. Dial-in the
bandwidth to your specific needs with the number of uplinks.
 Availability - the state of the network is kept in each switch; no single point of failure.
Seamless XYZ Account upgrades, easy to take a single switch out of service.
(Cloud Fabric) Disaggregation
Spine
Leaf
Legacy Challenges:
Complex/Slow/Expensive
Scale-up and Scale out
Vendor lock-in
Proprietary (HW, SW)Commodity
Fabric Modules (Spine)
I/OModules(Leaf)
Spline (Speed)
Chassis V Spline
Fabric Modules (Spine)
I/OModules(Leaf)
Spine
Leaf
Proven value with legacy approach.
 Can not access Line cards.
 No L2/l3 recovery inside.
 No access to Fabric.
Disaggregated value...
 Control Top-of-Rack Switches
 L2/L3 protocols inside the Spline
 Full access to Spine Switches
No EGO, Complexity or Vendor Lock-in).
Fat-Tree
Clos / Cross-Bar
 Traditional 3-tier model (Less cabling).
 Link speeds must increase at every hop (Less
predictable latency).
 Common in Chassis based architectures (Optimized
for North/South traffic).
 Every Leaf is connected to every Spine (Efficient
utilization/ Very predictable latency).
 Always two hops to any leaf (More resiliency,
flexibility and performance).
 Friendlier to east/west traffic (The uplink to the
rest of the network is just another leaf).
The XYZ Account handshake layer:
 This is where convergence needs to happen – LAN/SAN, FCoE, ETS. Stop or allow
whatever you can (Efficient Multicasting).
 Virtualization happens with VXLAN and VMotion (Control by the overlay).
 N plus one fabric design needs to happen here (Delivers simple no vanity future proofing,
No-forklift migrations, interop between vendors and hit-less operation).
This is where,
a Fabric outperforms the Big Uglies
ONE to ONE: Spine Leaf
The XYZ Account Ethernet Expressway Layer: deliver massive scale...
 This is where low latency is critical, switch as quickly as you can. DO NOT slow down
the core keep it simple (Disaggregated Spline + One Big Ugly
 Elastic Capacity - Today s XYZ Account s spines are tomorrow s leafs. Dial-in the
bandwidth to your specific needs with the number of uplinks.
 Availability - the state of the network is kept in each switch; no single point of failure.
Seamless XYZ Account upgrades, easy to take a single switch out of service.
(Cloud Fabric) Disaggregation
Spine
Leaf
Legacy Challenges:
Complex/Slow/Expensive
Scale-up and Scale out
Vendor lock-in
Proprietary (HW, SW)Commodity
Fabric Modules (Spine)
I/OModules(Leaf)
Spline (Speed)
Active - Active redundancy
fn(x,y,z) The next convergence will be collapsing
datacenter designs into smaller, elastic form
factors for compute, storage and networking.
 This is where, you can never have enough.
 Customers want scale made easy.
 Hypervisor integration w cloud simplicity.
L2
L3
L2
L3
L2
L3
L2
L3
L2
L3
L2
L3 L2
L3
L2
L3
L2
L3
L2
L3
Active - Active redundancy
fn(x,y,z) The next convergence will be collapsing
datacenter designs into smaller, elastic form
factors for compute, storage and networking.
 This is where, you can never have enough.
 Customers want scale made easy.
 Hypervisor integration w cloud simplicity.
L2
L3
L2
L3
L2
L3 L2
L3
L2
L3
Start Small; Scale as You Grow
This is where, you can simply add
a Extreme Leaf Clusters
 Each cluster is independent
(including servers, storage,
database & interconnects).
 Each cluster can be used for
a different type of service.
 Delivers repeatable design
which can be added as a
commodity.
XYZ Account Spine
Leaf
Cluster Cluster Cluster
Egress
Scale
Ingress
Active / Active
VM
VMVM
Start Small; Scale as You Grow
This is where, you can simply add
a Extreme Leaf Clusters
 Each cluster is independent
(including servers, storage,
database & interconnects).
 Each cluster can be used for
a different type of service.
 Delivers repeatable design
which can be added as a
commodity.
XYZ Account Spine
Leaf
Cluster Cluster Cluster
Egress
Scale
Ingress
Active / Active
VM
VMVM
RR RR
BGP Route-ReflectorRR
iBGP Adjacency
This is where
VXLAN (Route Distribution)
This is where Why VxLAN? It Flattens network to a single
tier from the XYZ Account end station
perspective.
 All IP/BGP based (Virtual eXtensible Local
Area Network). Host Route Distribution
decoupled from the Underlay protocol.
 VXLAN s goal is allowing dynamic large
scale isolated virtual L2 networks to be
created for virtualized and multi-
tenant environments.
 Route-Reflectors deployed for scaling
purposes - Easy setup, small configuration.
TrafficEngineer“likeATMorMPLS”
UDP
Start
Stop
UDP UDP
UseExistingIPNetwork
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
TrafficEngineer“likeATMorMPLS”
UDP
Start
Stop
UDP UDP
UseExistingIPNetwork
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VTEP VTEP
RR RR
BGP Route-ReflectorRR
iBGP Adjacency
This is where
VXLAN (Route Distribution)
This is where Why VxLAN? It Flattens network to a single
tier from the XYZ Account end station
perspective.
 All IP/BGP based (Virtual eXtensible Local
Area Network). Host Route Distribution
decoupled from the Underlay protocol.
 VXLAN s goal is allowing dynamic large
scale isolated virtual L2 networks to be
created for virtualized and multi-
tenant environments.
 Route-Reflectors deployed for scaling
purposes - Easy setup, small configuration.
TrafficEngineer“likeATMorMPLS”
UDP
Start
Stop
UDP UDP
UseExistingIPNetwork
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VTEP VTEP
Dense 10GbE
Interconnect using
breakout cables,
Copper or Fiber
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
App 1
App 2
App 3
Dense 10GbE
Interconnect using
breakout cables,
Copper or Fiber
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
App 1
App 2
App 3
Intel, Facebook, OCP
Facebook 4-Post Architecture - Each
leaf or rack switch has up to 48 10G
downlinks. Segmentation or multi-tenancy
without routers.
 Each spine has 4 uplinks – one to each
leaf (4:1 oversubscription).
 Enable insertion of services without
sprawl (Analytics for fabric and
application forensics).
 No routers at spine. One failure
reduces cluster capacity to 75%.
(5 S's) Needs to be Scalable, Secure,
Shared, Standardized, and Simplified.
Dense 10GbE
Interconnect using
breakout cables,
Copper or Fiber
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
App 1
App 2
App 3
Intel, Facebook, OCP
Facebook 4-Post Architecture - Each
leaf or rack switch has up to 48 10G
downlinks. Segmentation or multi-tenancy
without routers.
 Each spine has 4 uplinks – one to each
leaf (4:1 oversubscription).
 Enable insertion of services without
sprawl (Analytics for fabric and
application forensics).
 No routers at spine. One failure
reduces cluster capacity to 75%.
(5 S's) Needs to be Scalable, Secure,
Shared, Standardized, and Simplified.
Network (Fit)
Active - Active redundancy
fn(x,y,z) The next convergence will be collapsing
datacenter designs into smaller, elastic form
factors for compute, storage and networking.
 This is where, you can never have enough.
 Customers want scale made easy.
 Hypervisor integration w cloud simplicity.
L2
L3
L2
L3
L2
L3 L2
L3
L2
L3
Start Small; Scale as You Grow
This is where, you can simply add
a Extreme Leaf Clusters
 Each cluster is independent
(including servers, storage,
database & interconnects).
 Each cluster can be used for
a different type of service.
 Delivers repeatable design
which can be added as a
commodity.
XYZ Account Spine
Leaf
Cluster Cluster Cluster
Egress
Scale
Ingress
Active / Active
VM
VMVM
RR RR
BGP Route-ReflectorRR
iBGP Adjacency
This is where
VXLAN (Route Distribution)
This is where Why VxLAN? It Flattens network to a single
tier from the XYZ Account end station
perspective.
 All IP/BGP based (Virtual eXtensible Local
Area Network). Host Route Distribution
decoupled from the Underlay protocol.
 VXLAN s goal is allowing dynamic large
scale isolated virtual L2 networks to be
created for virtualized and multi-
tenant environments.
 Route-Reflectors deployed for scaling
purposes - Easy setup, small configuration.
TrafficEngineer“likeATMorMPLS”
UDP
Start
Stop
UDP UDP
UseExistingIPNetwork
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VTEP VTEP
Dense 10GbE
Interconnect using
breakout cables,
Copper or Fiber
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
App 1
App 2
App 3
Intel, Facebook, OCP
Facebook 4-Post Architecture - Each
leaf or rack switch has up to 48 10G
downlinks. Segmentation or multi-tenancy
without routers.
 Each spine has 4 uplinks – one to each
leaf (4:1 oversubscription).
 Enable insertion of services without
sprawl (Analytics for fabric and
application forensics).
 No routers at spine. One failure
reduces cluster capacity to 75%.
(5 S's) Needs to be Scalable, Secure,
Shared, Standardized, and Simplified.
Network (Fit) Overlay Control
The XYZ Account the VxLan forwarding plane for NSX control:
 This is where logical switches span across physical hosts and network switches. Application
continuity is delivered with scale. Scalable Multi-tenancy across data center.
 Enabling L2 over L3 Infrastructure - Pool resources from multiple data centers with the ability to
recover from disasters faster.
 Address Network Sprawl with an VXLAN overlay. Deeper Integration with infrastructure and
operations partners, integrations, and frameworks for IT organizations.
Vmware NSX (Control Plane)
Management Plane deliver
by the NSX Manager.
Control Plane NSX Controller
Manages Logical networks
and data plane resources.
Extreme delivers an open
high performance data
plane with Scale
NSX Architecture and Components
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
N3K-C3064PQ-FASTAT
ID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1 2 3 4
N3K-C3064PQ-FASTAT
ID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1 2 3 4
10Gb
Aggregation
High
Density
10Gb
Aggregation
10Gb/40Gb
Aggregation
High Density 25Gb/50Gb
Aggregation
X770 X870-96x-8c
100Gb
Uplinks
X670-G2
100Gb
Uplinks
Server PODs
770 / 870 Spine
Data Center – Private Cloud
vC-1 vC-2
…
vC-N
The XYZ Account the VxLan forwarding plane for NSX control:
 This is where logical switches span across physical hosts and network switches. Application
continuity is delivered with scale. Scalable Multi-tenancy across data center.
 Enabling L2 over L3 Infrastructure - Pool resources from multiple data centers with the ability to
recover from disasters faster.
 Address Network Sprawl with an VXLAN overlay. Deeper Integration with infrastructure and
operations partners, integrations, and frameworks for IT organizations.
Vmware NSX (Control Plane)
Management Plane deliver
by the NSX Manager.
Control Plane NSX Controller
Manages Logical networks
and data plane resources.
Extreme delivers an open
high performance data
plane with Scale
NSX Architecture and Components
CORE
CAMPUS
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
N3K-C3064PQ-FASTAT
ID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1 2 3 4
N3K-C3064PQ-FASTAT
ID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1 2 3 4
X870-32c
01
05
10
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25
30
35
40
02
03
04
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07
08
09
11
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
N3K-C3064PQ-FASTAT
ID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1 2 3 4
N3K-C3064PQ-FASTAT
ID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1 2 3 4
10Gb
Aggregation
High
Density
10Gb
Aggregation
10Gb/40Gb
Aggregation
High Density 25Gb/50Gb
Aggregation
X770 X870-96x-8c
100Gb
Uplinks
X670-G2
100Gb
Uplinks
Server PODs
770 / 870 Spine
Data Center – Private Cloud
vC-1 vC-2
…
vC-N
This is where XYZ Account must first it must have the ability to scale with customer demand,
delivering more than just disk space and processors.
 Scale – XYZ Account must have be able the to seamlessly failover, scale up, scaled down and
optimize management of the applications and services.
 Flexibility - The infrastructure XYZ Account must have the ability to host heterogeneous and
interoperable technologies.
 Business - The business model costs might be optimized for operating expenses or towards
capital investment.
Cloud Computing (Control Plane)
(On-Premise)
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Platform
(as a Service)
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Youmanage
Managedbyvendor
Managedbyvendor
Youmanage
Youmanage
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Software
(as a Service)
Managedbyvendor
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Public
Private
MSP
F
A
B
R
I
C
This is where XYZ Account must first it must have the ability to scale with customer demand,
delivering more than just disk space and processors.
 Scale – XYZ Account must have be able the to seamlessly failover, scale up, scaled down and
optimize management of the applications and services.
 Flexibility - The infrastructure XYZ Account must have the ability to host heterogeneous and
interoperable technologies.
 Business - The business model costs might be optimized for operating expenses or towards
capital investment.
Cloud Computing (Control Plane)
(On-Premise)
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Platform
(as a Service)
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Youmanage
Managedbyvendor
Managedbyvendor
Youmanage
Youmanage
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Software
(as a Service)
Managedbyvendor
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Public
Private
MSP
F
A
B
R
I
C
This is where Azure ExpressRoute lets XYZ Account create private connections between Azure
datacenters and XYZ Account infrastructure on or off premises.
 ExpressRoute connections don't go over the public Internet. They offer more reliability, faster
speeds, and lower latencies, and higher security than typical Internet connections.
 XYZ Account can transfer data between on-premises systems and Azure can yield significant
cost benefits.
 XYZ Account can establishing connections to Azure at an ExpressRoute location, such as an
Exchange provider facility, or directly connect to Azure from your existing WAN network, such as
a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) VPN, provided by a network service provider
Microsoft Assure (Control Plane)
Cloud The key impact of this model
for the customer is a move from
managing physical servers to focus on
logical management of data storage
through policies.
This is where Azure ExpressRoute lets XYZ Account create private connections between Azure
datacenters and XYZ Account infrastructure on or off premises.
 ExpressRoute connections don't go over the public Internet. They offer more reliability, faster
speeds, and lower latencies, and higher security than typical Internet connections.
 XYZ Account can transfer data between on-premises systems and Azure can yield significant
cost benefits.
 XYZ Account can establishing connections to Azure at an ExpressRoute location, such as an
Exchange provider facility, or directly connect to Azure from your existing WAN network, such as
a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) VPN, provided by a network service provider
Microsoft Assure (Control Plane)
Cloud The key impact of this model
for the customer is a move from
managing physical servers to focus on
logical management of data storage
through policies.
Overlay Control
The XYZ Account the VxLan forwarding plane for NSX control:
 This is where logical switches span across physical hosts and network switches. Application
continuity is delivered with scale. Scalable Multi-tenancy across data center.
 Enabling L2 over L3 Infrastructure - Pool resources from multiple data centers with the ability to
recover from disasters faster.
 Address Network Sprawl with an VXLAN overlay. Deeper Integration with infrastructure and
operations partners, integrations, and frameworks for IT organizations.
Vmware NSX (Control Plane)
Management Plane deliver
by the NSX Manager.
Control Plane NSX Controller
Manages Logical networks
and data plane resources.
Extreme delivers an open
high performance data
plane with Scale
NSX Architecture and Components
CORE
CAMPUS
01
05
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
N3K-C3064PQ-FASTAT
ID
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N3K-C3064PQ-FASTAT
ID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1 2 3 4
X870-32c
01
05
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
02
03
04
06
07
08
09
11
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
21
N3K-C3064PQ-FASTAT
ID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1 2 3 4
N3K-C3064PQ-FASTAT
ID
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1 2 3 4
10Gb
Aggregation
High
Density
10Gb
Aggregation
10Gb/40Gb
Aggregation
High Density 25Gb/50Gb
Aggregation
X770 X870-96x-8c
100Gb
Uplinks
X670-G2
100Gb
Uplinks
Server PODs
770 / 870 Spine
Data Center – Private Cloud
vC-1 vC-2
…
vC-N
This is where XYZ Account must first it must have the ability to scale with customer demand,
delivering more than just disk space and processors.
 Scale – XYZ Account must have be able the to seamlessly failover, scale up, scaled down and
optimize management of the applications and services.
 Flexibility - The infrastructure XYZ Account must have the ability to host heterogeneous and
interoperable technologies.
 Business - The business model costs might be optimized for operating expenses or towards
capital investment.
Cloud Computing (Control Plane)
(On-Premise)
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Platform
(as a Service)
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Youmanage
Managedbyvendor
Managedbyvendor
Youmanage
Youmanage
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Software
(as a Service)
Managedbyvendor
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Public
Private
MSP
F
A
B
R
I
C
This is where Azure ExpressRoute lets XYZ Account create private connections between Azure
datacenters and XYZ Account infrastructure on or off premises.
 ExpressRoute connections don't go over the public Internet. They offer more reliability, faster
speeds, and lower latencies, and higher security than typical Internet connections.
 XYZ Account can transfer data between on-premises systems and Azure can yield significant
cost benefits.
 XYZ Account can establishing connections to Azure at an ExpressRoute location, such as an
Exchange provider facility, or directly connect to Azure from your existing WAN network, such as
a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) VPN, provided by a network service provider
Microsoft Assure (Control Plane)
Cloud The key impact of this model
for the customer is a move from
managing physical servers to focus on
logical management of data storage
through policies.
Overlay Control
The XYZ Account the VxLan forwarding plane for NSX control:
 This is where logical switches span across physical hosts and network switches. Application
continuity is delivered with scale. Scalable Multi-tenancy across data center.
 Enabling L2 over L3 Infrastructure - Pool resources from multiple data centers with the ability to
recover from disasters faster.
 Address Network Sprawl with an VXLAN overlay. Deeper Integration with infrastructure and
operations partners, integrations, and frameworks for IT organizations.
Vmware NSX (Control Plane)
Management Plane deliver
by the NSX Manager.
Control Plane NSX Controller
Manages Logical networks
and data plane resources.
Extreme delivers an open
high performance data
plane with Scale
NSX Architecture and Components
CORE
CAMPUS
01
05
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
02
03
04
06
07
08
09
11
12
13
14
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21
22
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27
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31
32
33
34
36
37
38
39
41
42
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Aggregation
High
Density
10Gb
Aggregation
10Gb/40Gb
Aggregation
High Density 25Gb/50Gb
Aggregation
X770 X870-96x-8c
100Gb
Uplinks
X670-G2
100Gb
Uplinks
Server PODs
770 / 870 Spine
Data Center – Private Cloud
vC-1 vC-2
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This is where XYZ Account must first it must have the ability to scale with customer demand,
delivering more than just disk space and processors.
 Scale – XYZ Account must have be able the to seamlessly failover, scale up, scaled down and
optimize management of the applications and services.
 Flexibility - The infrastructure XYZ Account must have the ability to host heterogeneous and
interoperable technologies.
 Business - The business model costs might be optimized for operating expenses or towards
capital investment.
Cloud Computing (Control Plane)
(On-Premise)
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Platform
(as a Service)
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Youmanage
Managedbyvendor
Managedbyvendor
Youmanage
Youmanage
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Software
(as a Service)
Managedbyvendor
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Public
Private
MSP
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B
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C
This is where Azure ExpressRoute lets XYZ Account create private connections between Azure
datacenters and XYZ Account infrastructure on or off premises.
 ExpressRoute connections don't go over the public Internet. They offer more reliability, faster
speeds, and lower latencies, and higher security than typical Internet connections.
 XYZ Account can transfer data between on-premises systems and Azure can yield significant
cost benefits.
 XYZ Account can establishing connections to Azure at an ExpressRoute location, such as an
Exchange provider facility, or directly connect to Azure from your existing WAN network, such as
a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) VPN, provided by a network service provider
Microsoft Assure (Control Plane)
Cloud The key impact of this model
for the customer is a move from
managing physical servers to focus on
logical management of data storage
through policies.
Compute Storage
Data Center Architecture
Considerations
Compute
Cache
Database
Storage
Client
Response
 80% North-South Traffic
Oversubscription : upto 200:1 (Client
Request +Server Response = 20%
traffic).
 Inter-rack latency: 150 micros.
Lookup Storage = 80% traffic.
 Scale: Up to 20 racks (features Non-
blocking 2 tier designs optimal).
VM
VM VM
VM
Data Center Architecture
Considerations
Compute
Cache
Database
Storage
Client
Response
 80% North-South Traffic
Oversubscription : upto 200:1 (Client
Request +Server Response = 20%
traffic).
 Inter-rack latency: 150 micros.
Lookup Storage = 80% traffic.
 Scale: Up to 20 racks (features Non-
blocking 2 tier designs optimal).
VM
VM VM
VM
Purchase "vanity free"
This is where..
Open Compute might allow companies to
purchase "vanity free". Previous outdated
data center designs support more
monolithic computing.
 Low density X620 might help XYZ
Account to avoid stranded ports.
 Availability - Dual X620s can be
deployed to minimize impact to
maintenance.
 Flexibility of the X620 can offer
flexibility to support both 1G and 10G to
servers and storage.
One RACK Design
Closely
coupled
Nearly
coupled
Loosely
coupled
Shared Combo Ports
4x10GBASE-T & 4xSFP+
100Mb/1Gb/10GBASE-T
The monolithic datacenter
is dead.
Servers
Storage
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Management
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Storage
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Management
Servers
Purchase "vanity free"
This is where..
Open Compute might allow companies to
purchase "vanity free". Previous outdated
data center designs support more
monolithic computing.
 Low density X620 might help XYZ
Account to avoid stranded ports.
 Availability - Dual X620s can be
deployed to minimize impact to
maintenance.
 Flexibility of the X620 can offer
flexibility to support both 1G and 10G to
servers and storage.
One RACK Design
Closely
coupled
Nearly
coupled
Loosely
coupled
Shared Combo Ports
4x10GBASE-T & 4xSFP+
100Mb/1Gb/10GBASE-T
The monolithic datacenter
is dead.
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Management
Servers
Open Compute - Two Rack Design
This is where, XYZ Account can reduce OPEX and
leverage a repeatable solution.
 With the spline setup, XYZ Account can put
redundant switches in the middle and link
each server to those switches.
 Fewer Hops between Servers - The important
thing is that each server is precisely one hop
from any other server.
 Avoid Stranded ports – Designs often have a
mix of fat and skinny nodes. If XYZ Account
deploys a 48-port leaf switches many
configurations might have anywhere from 16
to 24 stranded ports.
Two RACK
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
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Management
Servers
Storage
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Two RACK
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
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Management
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Storage
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Switch
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Typical spline setup
Open Compute - Two Rack Design
This is where, XYZ Account can reduce OPEX and
leverage a repeatable solution.
 With the spline setup, XYZ Account can put
redundant switches in the middle and link
each server to those switches.
 Fewer Hops between Servers - The important
thing is that each server is precisely one hop
from any other server.
 Avoid Stranded ports – Designs often have a
mix of fat and skinny nodes. If XYZ Account
deploys a 48-port leaf switches many
configurations might have anywhere from 16
to 24 stranded ports.
Two RACK
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
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Management
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
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Typical spline setup
Open Compute : Eight Rack POD Design
This is where
Typical spline setup : Eight Rack POD
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Spine
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Open Compute : Eight Rack POD Design
This is where
Typical spline setup : Eight Rack POD
Leaf
Spine
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Data Center Architecture
Considerations
Compute
Cache
Database
Storage
Client
Response
 80% North-South Traffic
Oversubscription : upto 200:1 (Client
Request +Server Response = 20%
traffic).
 Inter-rack latency: 150 micros.
Lookup Storage = 80% traffic.
 Scale: Up to 20 racks (features Non-
blocking 2 tier designs optimal).
VM
VM VM
VM
Purchase "vanity free"
This is where..
Open Compute might allow companies to
purchase "vanity free". Previous outdated
data center designs support more
monolithic computing.
 Low density X620 might help XYZ
Account to avoid stranded ports.
 Availability - Dual X620s can be
deployed to minimize impact to
maintenance.
 Flexibility of the X620 can offer
flexibility to support both 1G and 10G to
servers and storage.
One RACK Design
Closely
coupled
Nearly
coupled
Loosely
coupled
Shared Combo Ports
4x10GBASE-T & 4xSFP+
100Mb/1Gb/10GBASE-T
The monolithic datacenter
is dead.
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Management
Servers
Open Compute - Two Rack Design
This is where, XYZ Account can reduce OPEX and
leverage a repeatable solution.
 With the spline setup, XYZ Account can put
redundant switches in the middle and link
each server to those switches.
 Fewer Hops between Servers - The important
thing is that each server is precisely one hop
from any other server.
 Avoid Stranded ports – Designs often have a
mix of fat and skinny nodes. If XYZ Account
deploys a 48-port leaf switches many
configurations might have anywhere from 16
to 24 stranded ports.
Two RACK
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Management
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Typical spline setup
Open Compute : Eight Rack POD Design
This is where
Typical spline setup : Eight Rack POD
Leaf
Spine
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Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
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Storage
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Compute Storage
Data Center Architecture
Considerations
Compute
Cache
Database
Storage
Client
Response
 80% North-South Traffic
Oversubscription : upto 200:1 (Client
Request +Server Response = 20%
traffic).
 Inter-rack latency: 150 micros.
Lookup Storage = 80% traffic.
 Scale: Up to 20 racks (features Non-
blocking 2 tier designs optimal).
VM
VM VM
VM
Purchase "vanity free"
This is where..
Open Compute might allow companies to
purchase "vanity free". Previous outdated
data center designs support more
monolithic computing.
 Low density X620 might help XYZ
Account to avoid stranded ports.
 Availability - Dual X620s can be
deployed to minimize impact to
maintenance.
 Flexibility of the X620 can offer
flexibility to support both 1G and 10G to
servers and storage.
One RACK Design
Closely
coupled
Nearly
coupled
Loosely
coupled
Shared Combo Ports
4x10GBASE-T & 4xSFP+
100Mb/1Gb/10GBASE-T
The monolithic datacenter
is dead.
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Management
Servers
Open Compute - Two Rack Design
This is where, XYZ Account can reduce OPEX and
leverage a repeatable solution.
 With the spline setup, XYZ Account can put
redundant switches in the middle and link
each server to those switches.
 Fewer Hops between Servers - The important
thing is that each server is precisely one hop
from any other server.
 Avoid Stranded ports – Designs often have a
mix of fat and skinny nodes. If XYZ Account
deploys a 48-port leaf switches many
configurations might have anywhere from 16
to 24 stranded ports.
Two RACK
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Management
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Typical spline setup
Open Compute : Eight Rack POD Design
This is where
Typical spline setup : Eight Rack POD
Leaf
Spine
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Switch
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Chassis V Spline
Fabric Modules (Spine)
I/OModules(Leaf)
Spine
Leaf
Proven value with legacy approach.
 Can not access Line cards.
 No L2/l3 recovery inside.
 No access to Fabric.
Disaggregated value...
 Control Top-of-Rack Switches
 L2/L3 protocols inside the Spline
 Full access to Spine Switches
No EGO, Complexity or Vendor Lock-in).
Fat-Tree
Clos / Cross-Bar
 Traditional 3-tier model (Less cabling).
 Link speeds must increase at every hop (Less
predictable latency).
 Common in Chassis based architectures (Optimized
for North/South traffic).
 Every Leaf is connected to every Spine (Efficient
utilization/ Very predictable latency).
 Always two hops to any leaf (More resiliency,
flexibility and performance).
 Friendlier to east/west traffic (The uplink to the
rest of the network is just another leaf).
The XYZ Account handshake layer:
 This is where convergence needs to happen – LAN/SAN, FCoE, ETS. Stop or allow
whatever you can (Efficient Multicasting).
 Virtualization happens with VXLAN and VMotion (Control by the overlay).
 N plus one fabric design needs to happen here (Delivers simple no vanity future proofing,
No-forklift migrations, interop between vendors and hit-less operation).
This is where,
a Fabric outperforms the Big Uglies
ONE to ONE: Spine Leaf
The XYZ Account Ethernet Expressway Layer: deliver massive scale...
 This is where low latency is critical, switch as quickly as you can. DO NOT slow down
the core keep it simple (Disaggregated Spline + One Big Ugly
 Elastic Capacity - Today s XYZ Account s spines are tomorrow s leafs. Dial-in the
bandwidth to your specific needs with the number of uplinks.
 Availability - the state of the network is kept in each switch; no single point of failure.
Seamless XYZ Account upgrades, easy to take a single switch out of service.
(Cloud Fabric) Disaggregation
Spine
Leaf
Legacy Challenges:
Complex/Slow/Expensive
Scale-up and Scale out
Vendor lock-in
Proprietary (HW, SW)Commodity
Fabric Modules (Spine)
I/OModules(Leaf)
Spline (Speed)
Active - Active redundancy
fn(x,y,z) The next convergence will be collapsing
datacenter designs into smaller, elastic form
factors for compute, storage and networking.
 This is where, you can never have enough.
 Customers want scale made easy.
 Hypervisor integration w cloud simplicity.
L2
L3
L2
L3
L2
L3 L2
L3
L2
L3
Start Small; Scale as You Grow
This is where, you can simply add
a Extreme Leaf Clusters
 Each cluster is independent
(including servers, storage,
database & interconnects).
 Each cluster can be used for
a different type of service.
 Delivers repeatable design
which can be added as a
commodity.
XYZ Account Spine
Leaf
Cluster Cluster Cluster
Egress
Scale
Ingress
Active / Active
VM
VMVM
RR RR
BGP Route-ReflectorRR
iBGP Adjacency
This is where
VXLAN (Route Distribution)
This is where Why VxLAN? It Flattens network to a single
tier from the XYZ Account end station
perspective.
 All IP/BGP based (Virtual eXtensible Local
Area Network). Host Route Distribution
decoupled from the Underlay protocol.
 VXLAN s goal is allowing dynamic large
scale isolated virtual L2 networks to be
created for virtualized and multi-
tenant environments.
 Route-Reflectors deployed for scaling
purposes - Easy setup, small configuration.
TrafficEngineer“likeATMorMPLS”
UDP
Start
Stop
UDP UDP
UseExistingIPNetwork
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VTEP VTEP
Dense 10GbE
Interconnect using
breakout cables,
Copper or Fiber
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
App 1
App 2
App 3
Intel, Facebook, OCP
Facebook 4-Post Architecture - Each
leaf or rack switch has up to 48 10G
downlinks. Segmentation or multi-tenancy
without routers.
 Each spine has 4 uplinks – one to each
leaf (4:1 oversubscription).
 Enable insertion of services without
sprawl (Analytics for fabric and
application forensics).
 No routers at spine. One failure
reduces cluster capacity to 75%.
(5 S's) Needs to be Scalable, Secure,
Shared, Standardized, and Simplified.
Network (Fit) Overlay Control
The XYZ Account the VxLan forwarding plane for NSX control:
 This is where logical switches span across physical hosts and network switches. Application
continuity is delivered with scale. Scalable Multi-tenancy across data center.
 Enabling L2 over L3 Infrastructure - Pool resources from multiple data centers with the ability to
recover from disasters faster.
 Address Network Sprawl with an VXLAN overlay. Deeper Integration with infrastructure and
operations partners, integrations, and frameworks for IT organizations.
Vmware NSX (Control Plane)
Management Plane deliver
by the NSX Manager.
Control Plane NSX Controller
Manages Logical networks
and data plane resources.
Extreme delivers an open
high performance data
plane with Scale
NSX Architecture and Components
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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2GbGb 1 Gb 3 Gb 4
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10Gb
Aggregation
High
Density
10Gb
Aggregation
10Gb/40Gb
Aggregation
High Density 25Gb/50Gb
Aggregation
X770 X870-96x-8c
100Gb
Uplinks
X670-G2
100Gb
Uplinks
Server PODs
770 / 870 Spine
Data Center – Private Cloud
vC-1 vC-2
…
vC-N
This is where XYZ Account must first it must have the ability to scale with customer demand,
delivering more than just disk space and processors.
 Scale – XYZ Account must have be able the to seamlessly failover, scale up, scaled down and
optimize management of the applications and services.
 Flexibility - The infrastructure XYZ Account must have the ability to host heterogeneous and
interoperable technologies.
 Business - The business model costs might be optimized for operating expenses or towards
capital investment.
Cloud Computing (Control Plane)
(On-Premise)
Infrastructure
(as a Service)
Platform
(as a Service)
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Data
Applications
Runtime
Youmanage
Managedbyvendor
Managedbyvendor
Youmanage
Youmanage
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Software
(as a Service)
Managedbyvendor
Storage
Servers
Networking
O/S
Middleware
Virtualization
Applications
Runtime
Data
Public
Private
MSP
F
A
B
R
I
C
This is where Azure ExpressRoute lets XYZ Account create private connections between Azure
datacenters and XYZ Account infrastructure on or off premises.
 ExpressRoute connections don't go over the public Internet. They offer more reliability, faster
speeds, and lower latencies, and higher security than typical Internet connections.
 XYZ Account can transfer data between on-premises systems and Azure can yield significant
cost benefits.
 XYZ Account can establishing connections to Azure at an ExpressRoute location, such as an
Exchange provider facility, or directly connect to Azure from your existing WAN network, such as
a multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) VPN, provided by a network service provider
Microsoft Assure (Control Plane)
Cloud The key impact of this model
for the customer is a move from
managing physical servers to focus on
logical management of data storage
through policies.
Compute Storage
Data Center Architecture
Considerations
Compute
Cache
Database
Storage
Client
Response
 80% North-South Traffic
Oversubscription : upto 200:1 (Client
Request +Server Response = 20%
traffic).
 Inter-rack latency: 150 micros.
Lookup Storage = 80% traffic.
 Scale: Up to 20 racks (features Non-
blocking 2 tier designs optimal).
VM
VM VM
VM
Purchase "vanity free"
This is where..
Open Compute might allow companies to
purchase "vanity free". Previous outdated
data center designs support more
monolithic computing.
 Low density X620 might help XYZ
Account to avoid stranded ports.
 Availability - Dual X620s can be
deployed to minimize impact to
maintenance.
 Flexibility of the X620 can offer
flexibility to support both 1G and 10G to
servers and storage.
One RACK Design
Closely
coupled
Nearly
coupled
Loosely
coupled
Shared Combo Ports
4x10GBASE-T & 4xSFP+
100Mb/1Gb/10GBASE-T
The monolithic datacenter
is dead.
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Management
Servers
Open Compute - Two Rack Design
This is where, XYZ Account can reduce OPEX and
leverage a repeatable solution.
 With the spline setup, XYZ Account can put
redundant switches in the middle and link
each server to those switches.
 Fewer Hops between Servers - The important
thing is that each server is precisely one hop
from any other server.
 Avoid Stranded ports – Designs often have a
mix of fat and skinny nodes. If XYZ Account
deploys a 48-port leaf switches many
configurations might have anywhere from 16
to 24 stranded ports.
Two RACK
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Management
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Typical spline setup
Open Compute : Eight Rack POD Design
This is where
Typical spline setup : Eight Rack POD
Leaf
Spine
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Servers
Storage
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Switch
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Storage
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Switch
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Storage
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Storage
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Storage
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Switch
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Servers
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Storage
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Switch
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2. Heading
XYZ Account 2016 DesignExtremeEdgePoE
ExtremeCore10G
2016 Design
1G 2.5G/5G 10G 40G
Jeff Green
2016
Rev. 1
Florida
Legend
Legend
PoE
802.3at (PoE+)
Cat5e
30W
30W30W
60W
UPOE
No Cabling Change from PoE+
Cat5e
NBASE-T Alliance Copper Max Distances
Cat 7 Shielded 100 m
Cat 6a Shielded 100 m
Cat 6a Unshielded 100 m
Cat 6 Shielded** 100 m
Cat 6 Unshielded** 55 m
Need Correct
UTP, Patch Panel
and Adapter.
known as IEEE 802.3bz
Greenfield - Cat 6a (2.5, 5G & 10G) 100m
Cat 6 (2.5G, 5G & 10G) 55m
Brownfield - Cat 5e (2.5&5G) 100M
Requires X620 or
X460 Switch for
Multi-rate Support
plus Client that
supports Multi-rate.
10G Passive (PN 10306 ~ 5m, 10307~ 10M)
10G SFP+ Active copper cable (upto 100m)
40G Passive (PN 10321 ~3m, 10323~ 5m)
40G Active (PN 10315~10M, 10316 ~20m, 10318~ 100m)
40G Fan-out (PN 10321 ~3m, 10322 ~5m, PN 10GB-4-
F10-QSFP ~10m, PN 10GB-4-F20-QSFP ~20m, )
10G Passive (PN 10304 ~1m, 10305~3m, 10306~5m)
SFP+ DAC Cables
QSFP+ DAC Cables
10 LRM 220m (720ft/plus mode conditioning) (PN 10303)
10GBASE-T over Class E Cat 6 (55M) (10G)
10GBASE-T over Class E Cat 6a or 7 (100M) (10G)
10 SR over OM3 (300M) or OM4 (400M) (PN 10301)
10 LR over single mode (10KM) 1310nm (PN 10302)
10 ER over single mode (40KM) 1550nm (PN 10309)
10 ZR over single mode (80KM) 1550nm (PN 10310)
802.3bz 10GBASE-T (100M) for Cat 6 (5G)
10G Fiber
10G Copper
802.3bz 10GBASE-T (100M) for Cat 5e (2.5G)
OM3 50 µm (550m/SX) Laser, LC (PN 10051H)
OM1 62.5 µm (FDDI 220m/OM1, LC (PN 10051H)
OM2 62.5 µm (ATM 275m/OM2), LC (PN 10051H)
OM4 50 µm (550m/SX) 2Km, LC (PN 10051H)
1G Fiber (50 µm)
1G Fiber (62.5 µm)
Single-fiber
transmission uses
only one strand of
fiber for both
transmit and
receive (1310nm
and 1490nm for
1Gbps; 1310nm and
1550nm for
100Mbps)
LX (MMF 220 & 550m), SMF 10km, LC (PN 10052H)
ZX SMF 70km, LC (PN 10053H)
10/100/1000 (UTP to 100m) SFP (PN 1070H)
SR4 at least 100 m OM3 MMF (PN 10319)
SR4 at least 125 m OM4 MMF (PN 10319)
LR4 at least 10 km SMF, LC (PN 10320)
LM4 140m MMF or 1kM SMF, LC (PN 10334)
Optics
Optics +
Fan-out
Fiber Cable
QSFP-SFPP-ADPTQSFP-SFPP-ADPT – QSFP to SFP+ adapter
ER4 40km SMF, LC (PN 10335) Internal CWDM
transits four wavelengths over single fiber.
MPO to 4 x LC Fanout 10m (PN 10327) for use
with (PN 10326) MPO to 4 x LC duplex
connectors, SMF
LR4 Parallel SM, 10km SMF, MPO (PN 10326)
25/50/100G
CR10 > 10 m over copper cable (10x10 Gb/s /Twinax (7M))
SR10 > 100 m over OM3 MMF (10x10 Gb/s / Multimode (100M))
SR10 > 125 m over OM4 MMF (10x10 Gb/s/ (100M) Data Center)
LR4 > 10 km over SMF (4x25 Gb/s SMF/WDM (10km) Campus)
ER4 > 40 km over SMF (4x25 Gb/s SMF/WDM (40km) Metro)
Optics and DAC Cables
Extreme Networks will restrict the integration of non-qualified 3rd party optical devices within 40G and 100G product environments,
unless you purchase the EXOS 3rd Party 40G/100G Optics feature license to allow such integration.
Proprietary got you Keyed Optics
ModelNumber Description
10GB-LR271-SFPP 10Gb CWDM LR, SM, Channel 1271nm, LC
10GB-LR291-SFPP 10Gb CWDM LR, SM, Channel 1291nm, LC
10GB-LR311-SFPP 10Gb CWDM LR, SM, Channel 1311nm, LC
10GB-LR331-SFPP 10Gb CWDM LR, SM, Channel 1331nm, LC
MUX-CWDM-01 4 Channel O-Band CWDM Mux/Demux
MUX-RACK-01 Rack mount kit for MUX-CWDM-01
40GB-LR4-QSFP 40Gb 40GBASE-LR4, SM 10Km, LC
CWDM
MUX-CWDM-01
DACs
Notes:
Organizing Compute, Management & Edge
Edge Leaf
L3 to DC Fabric
L2 to External Networks
Compute Clusters Infrastructure Clusters (Edge, Storage,
vCenter and Cloud Management
System)
WAN
Internet
L3
L2
L3
L2
Leaf
Spine
L2 VLANs
f or bridging
Single vCenter Server to manage all Management, Edge and Compute Clusters
 NSX Manager deployed in the Mgmt Cluster and paired to the vCenter Server
 NSX Controllers can also be deployed into the Management Cluster
 Reduces vCenter Server licensing requirements
Separation of compute, management and Edge function with following design
advantage. Managing life-cycle of resources for compute and Edge functions.
 Ability to isolate and develop span of control
 Capacity planning – CPU, Memory & NIC
 Upgrades & migration flexibility
Automation control over area or function that requires frequent changes. app-
tier, micro-segmentation & load-balancer. Three areas of technology require
considerations.
 Interaction with physical network
 Overlay (VXLAN) impact
 Integration with vSphere clustering
Registration or
Mapping
WebVM
WebVM
VM
VM WebVM
Compute Cluster
WebVM VM
VM
Compute
A
vCenter Server
NSX Manager NSX
Controller
Compute
B
Edge and Control VM
Edge Cluster
Management Cluster
Organizing Compute, Management & Edge
Edge Leaf
L3 to DC Fabric
L2 to External Networks
Compute Clusters Infrastructure Clusters (Edge, Storage,
vCenter and Cloud Management
System)
WAN
Internet
L3
L2
L3
L2
Leaf
Spine
L2 VLANs
f or bridging
Single vCenter Server to manage all Management, Edge and Compute Clusters
 NSX Manager deployed in the Mgmt Cluster and paired to the vCenter Server
 NSX Controllers can also be deployed into the Management Cluster
 Reduces vCenter Server licensing requirements
Separation of compute, management and Edge function with following design
advantage. Managing life-cycle of resources for compute and Edge functions.
 Ability to isolate and develop span of control
 Capacity planning – CPU, Memory & NIC
 Upgrades & migration flexibility
Automation control over area or function that requires frequent changes. app-
tier, micro-segmentation & load-balancer. Three areas of technology require
considerations.
 Interaction with physical network
 Overlay (VXLAN) impact
 Integration with vSphere clustering
Registration or
Mapping
WebVM
WebVM
VM
VM WebVM
Compute Cluster
WebVM VM
VM
Compute
A
vCenter Server
NSX Manager NSX
Controller
Compute
B
Edge and Control VM
Edge Cluster
Management Cluster
Preparation Netsite Operation
Convergence 3.0 (Automation/ Seconds')
Flexibility and choice
Traditional Networking Configuration Tasks
L3
L2
Initial configuration
 Multi-chassis LAG
 Routing configuration
 SVIs/RVIs
 VRRP/HSRP
 LACP
 VLANs
Recurring configuration
 SVIs/RVIs
 VRRP/HSRP
 Advertise new subnets
 Access lists (ACLs)
 VLANs
 Adjust VLANs on trunks
 VLANs STP/MST mapping
 VLANs STP/MST mapping
 Add VLANs on uplinks
 Add VLANs to server port
NSX isAGNOSTICto UnderlayNetwork
L2 or L3 orAny Combination
OnlyTWORequirements
IPConnectivity MTUof 1600
NSX isAGNOSTICto UnderlayNetwork
L2 or L3 orAny Combination
OnlyTWORequirements
IPConnectivity MTUof 1600
Preparation Netsite Operation
Convergence 3.0 (Automation/ Seconds')
Flexibility and choice
Traditional Networking Configuration Tasks
L3
L2
Initial configuration
 Multi-chassis LAG
 Routing configuration
 SVIs/RVIs
 VRRP/HSRP
 LACP
 VLANs
Recurring configuration
 SVIs/RVIs
 VRRP/HSRP
 Advertise new subnets
 Access lists (ACLs)
 VLANs
 Adjust VLANs on trunks
 VLANs STP/MST mapping
 VLANs STP/MST mapping
 Add VLANs on uplinks
 Add VLANs to server port
NSX isAGNOSTICto UnderlayNetwork
L2 or L3 orAny Combination
OnlyTWORequirements
IPConnectivity MTUof 1600
Network & Security Services in Software
WAN/Internet
L3
L2
POD A
L3
L2
POD B
VLAN X Stretch VLAN Y Stretch
L3 Topologies & Design Considerations. With XoS 670 Cores L2
Interfaces by default IP packet as large as 9214 Bytes can
be sent and received (no configuration is required). L3
interfaces by default IP packet as large as 1500 Bytes can
be sent and received. Configuration step for L3 interfaces:
change MTU to 9214 “mtu ” command) IP packet as
large as 9214 Bytes can be sent and received
 L3 ToR designs have dynamic routing protocol between
leaf and spine.
 BGP, OSPF or ISIS can be used
 Rack advertises small set of prefixes
 (Unique VLAN/subnet per rack)
 Equal cost paths to the other racks prefixes.
 Switch provides default gateway service for each VLAN
subnet
 801.Q trunks with a small set of VLANs for VMkernel
traffic
 Rest of the session assumes L3 topology
L3
L2
Network & Security Services in Software
WAN/Internet
L3
L2
POD A
L3
L2
POD B
VLAN X Stretch VLAN Y Stretch
L3 Topologies & Design Considerations. With XoS 670 Cores L2
Interfaces by default IP packet as large as 9214 Bytes can
be sent and received (no configuration is required). L3
interfaces by default IP packet as large as 1500 Bytes can
be sent and received. Configuration step for L3 interfaces:
change MTU to 9214 “mtu ” command) IP packet as
large as 9214 Bytes can be sent and received
 L3 ToR designs have dynamic routing protocol between
leaf and spine.
 BGP, OSPF or ISIS can be used
 Rack advertises small set of prefixes
 (Unique VLAN/subnet per rack)
 Equal cost paths to the other racks prefixes.
 Switch provides default gateway service for each VLAN
subnet
 801.Q trunks with a small set of VLANs for VMkernel
traffic
 Rest of the session assumes L3 topology
L3
L2
XYZ Account (Spine)
CORE 1 CORE 2
Preparation Netsite Operation
Convergence 3.0 (Automation/ Seconds')
Flexibility and choice
Wi-FiAnalytics Security Policy
Extreme s Platform
 Lync Traffic Engineering with
Purview Analytics Service Insertion
 Multi-Tenant Networks Automation
and Orchestration
 Self-Provisioned Network Slicing
(Proof of concept Implementation)
Better Experience through simpler
solutions that deliver long term
value.
Products – one wired and wireless
platform
Customer Care – Strong 1st call
resolution
CORE 1 CORE 2
Preparation Netsite Operation
Convergence 3.0 (Automation/ Seconds')
Flexibility and choice
Wi-FiAnalytics Security Policy
Extreme s Platform
 Lync Traffic Engineering with
Purview Analytics Service Insertion
 Multi-Tenant Networks Automation
and Orchestration
 Self-Provisioned Network Slicing
(Proof of concept Implementation)
Better Experience through simpler
solutions that deliver long term
value.
Products – one wired and wireless
platform
Customer Care – Strong 1st call
resolution
NSX Controllers Functions
LogicalRouter1
VXLAN5000
LogicalRouter2
VXLAN5001
LogicalRouter3
VXLAN-5002
Controller VXLAN
DirectoryService
MAC table
ARP table
VTEPtable
This is where NSX will provide XYZ Account one control
plane to distribute network information to ESXi hosts.
NSX Controllers are clustered for scale out and high
availability.
 Network information is distributed across nodes in a
Controller Cluster (slicing)
 Remove the VXLAN dependency on multicast
routing/PIM in the physical network
 Provide suppression of ARP broadcast traffic in
VXLAN networks
XYZ Account (Spine)
CORE 1 CORE 2
Preparation Netsite Operation
Convergence 3.0 (Automation/ Seconds')
Flexibility and choice
Wi-FiAnalytics Security Policy
Extreme s Platform
 Lync Traffic Engineering with
Purview Analytics Service Insertion
 Multi-Tenant Networks Automation
and Orchestration
 Self-Provisioned Network Slicing
(Proof of concept Implementation)
Better Experience through simpler
solutions that deliver long term
value.
Products – one wired and wireless
platform
Customer Care – Strong 1st call
resolution
NSX Controllers Functions
LogicalRouter1
VXLAN5000
LogicalRouter2
VXLAN5001
LogicalRouter3
VXLAN-5002
Controller VXLAN
DirectoryService
MAC table
ARP table
VTEPtable
This is where NSX will provide XYZ Account one control
plane to distribute network information to ESXi hosts.
NSX Controllers are clustered for scale out and high
availability.
 Network information is distributed across nodes in a
Controller Cluster (slicing)
 Remove the VXLAN dependency on multicast
routing/PIM in the physical network
 Provide suppression of ARP broadcast traffic in
VXLAN networks
SERVER FARM (Leafs)
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Switch
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VXLAN Transport
Network
Host 1
VTEP2
10.20.10.11
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MAC2
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Host
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10.20.10.12
Host 2
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vSphere Distributed Switch vSphere Distributed Switch
VXLAN when deployed creates
automatic port-group whose VLAN
ID must be the same per VDS. For
the Fabric is L2, this usually
means that the same IP subnets
are also used across racks for a
given type of traffic. For a given
host only one VDS responsible for
VXLAN traffic. A single VDS can
span multiple cluster.Transport
Zone, VTEP, Logical Networks and
VDS
VTEP VMkernel interface belongs
to a specific VLAN backed port-
group dynamically created
during the cluster VXLAN
preparation
 One or more VDS can be part
of the same TZ
 A given Logical Switch can
span multiple VDS. vSphere Host(ESXi)
L3 ToR Switch
Routed uplinks (ECMP)
VLANTrunk (802.1Q)
VLAN 66
Mgmt
10.66.1.25/26
DGW: 10.66.1.1
VLAN 77
vMotion
10.77.1.25/26
GW: 10.77.1.1
VLAN 88
VXLAN
10.88.1.25/26
DGW: 10.88.1.1
VLAN 99
Storage
10.99.1.25/26
GW: 10.99.1.1
SVI 66: 10.66.1.1/26
SVI 77: 10.77.1.1/26
SVI 88: 10.88.1.1/26
SVI 99: 10.99.1.1/26
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ID must be the same per VDS. For
the Fabric is L2, this usually
means that the same IP subnets
are also used across racks for a
given type of traffic. For a given
host only one VDS responsible for
VXLAN traffic. A single VDS can
span multiple cluster.Transport
Zone, VTEP, Logical Networks and
VDS
VTEP VMkernel interface belongs
to a specific VLAN backed port-
group dynamically created
during the cluster VXLAN
preparation
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of the same TZ
 A given Logical Switch can
span multiple VDS. vSphere Host(ESXi)
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Routed uplinks (ECMP)
VLANTrunk (802.1Q)
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GW: 10.77.1.1
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DGW: 10.88.1.1
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GW: 10.99.1.1
SVI 66: 10.66.1.1/26
SVI 77: 10.77.1.1/26
SVI 88: 10.88.1.1/26
SVI 99: 10.99.1.1/26
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LDAP NAC DHCP Radius Captive
Portal
DNS MDMLDAP NAC DHCP Radius Captive
Portal
DNS MDM
XYZ Account ServicesUser Repositories or Corporate Control
LDAP NAC DHCP Radius Captive
Portal
DNS MDM
XYZ Account ServicesUser Repositories or Corporate Control
NAC
Analytics
Netsite
Management Cluster (Control)
Cloud Based control
Leaf L2
L3 L3
L2
VMkernel
VLANs
VLANs for
Management VMs
L2
L2
VMkernel
VLANs
Routed DC Fabric
802.1Q
Trunk
VMkernel
VLANs
VLANs for
Management VMs
Single Rack Connectivity
Leaf
L3
L2
VMkernel
VLANs
Routed DC Fabric
802.1Q
Trunk
Dual Rack Connectivity
L2
23
Extreme Vmware Deployment Considerations – This is
where, management Cluster is typically provisioned on a
single rack
 The single rack design still requires redundant uplinks
from host to ToR carrying VLANs for management
 Dual rack design for increased resiliency (handling
single rack failure scenarios) which could be the
requirements for highly available design.
 Typically in a small design management and Edge
cluster are collapsed. Exclude management cluster
from preparing VXLAN.
ToR # 1 ToR #2
Controller 2
Controller 3
NSX Mgr
Controller 1
vCenter Server
NSX Manager deployed as a
virtual appliance
4 vCPU, 12 GB of RAM per node
Consider reserving memory for
VC to ensure good Web Client
performance
Can not modify configurations
Traditional control
LDAP NAC DHCP Radius Captive
Portal
DNS MDM
XYZ Account ServicesUser Repositories or Corporate Control
NAC
Analytics
Netsite
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Cloud Based control
Leaf L2
L3 L3
L2
VMkernel
VLANs
VLANs for
Management VMs
L2
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VMkernel
VLANs
Routed DC Fabric
802.1Q
Trunk
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VLANs
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Single Rack Connectivity
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VLANs
Routed DC Fabric
802.1Q
Trunk
Dual Rack Connectivity
L2
23
Extreme Vmware Deployment Considerations – This is
where, management Cluster is typically provisioned on a
single rack
 The single rack design still requires redundant uplinks
from host to ToR carrying VLANs for management
 Dual rack design for increased resiliency (handling
single rack failure scenarios) which could be the
requirements for highly available design.
 Typically in a small design management and Edge
cluster are collapsed. Exclude management cluster
from preparing VXLAN.
ToR # 1 ToR #2
Controller 2
Controller 3
NSX Mgr
Controller 1
vCenter Server
NSX Manager deployed as a
virtual appliance
4 vCPU, 12 GB of RAM per node
Consider reserving memory for
VC to ensure good Web Client
performance
Can not modify configurations
Extreme Networks
Compute, Storage Networking
Integration...
Extreme Networks
Control, Analytics & Security
Integration...

3. Heading
XYZ Account 2016 DesignExtremeEdgePoE
ExtremeCore10G
2016 Design
1G 2.5G/5G 10G 40G
Jeff Green
2016
Rev. 1
Florida
Legend
Legend
PoE
802.3at (PoE+)
Cat5e
30W
30W30W
60W
UPOE
No Cabling Change from PoE+
Cat5e
NBASE-T Alliance Copper Max Distances
Cat 7 Shielded 100 m
Cat 6a Shielded 100 m
Cat 6a Unshielded 100 m
Cat 6 Shielded** 100 m
Cat 6 Unshielded** 55 m
Need Correct
UTP, Patch Panel
and Adapter.
known as IEEE 802.3bz
Greenfield - Cat 6a (2.5, 5G & 10G) 100m
Cat 6 (2.5G, 5G & 10G) 55m
Brownfield - Cat 5e (2.5&5G) 100M
Requires X620 or
X460 Switch for
Multi-rate Support
plus Client that
supports Multi-rate.
10G Passive (PN 10306 ~ 5m, 10307~ 10M)
10G SFP+ Active copper cable (upto 100m)
40G Passive (PN 10321 ~3m, 10323~ 5m)
40G Active (PN 10315~10M, 10316 ~20m, 10318~ 100m)
40G Fan-out (PN 10321 ~3m, 10322 ~5m, PN 10GB-4-
F10-QSFP ~10m, PN 10GB-4-F20-QSFP ~20m, )
10G Passive (PN 10304 ~1m, 10305~3m, 10306~5m)
SFP+ DAC Cables
QSFP+ DAC Cables
10 LRM 220m (720ft/plus mode conditioning) (PN 10303)
10GBASE-T over Class E Cat 6 (55M) (10G)
10GBASE-T over Class E Cat 6a or 7 (100M) (10G)
10 SR over OM3 (300M) or OM4 (400M) (PN 10301)
10 LR over single mode (10KM) 1310nm (PN 10302)
10 ER over single mode (40KM) 1550nm (PN 10309)
10 ZR over single mode (80KM) 1550nm (PN 10310)
802.3bz 10GBASE-T (100M) for Cat 6 (5G)
10G Fiber
10G Copper
802.3bz 10GBASE-T (100M) for Cat 5e (2.5G)
OM3 50 µm (550m/SX) Laser, LC (PN 10051H)
OM1 62.5 µm (FDDI 220m/OM1, LC (PN 10051H)
OM2 62.5 µm (ATM 275m/OM2), LC (PN 10051H)
OM4 50 µm (550m/SX) 2Km, LC (PN 10051H)
1G Fiber (50 µm)
1G Fiber (62.5 µm)
Single-fiber
transmission uses
only one strand of
fiber for both
transmit and
receive (1310nm
and 1490nm for
1Gbps; 1310nm and
1550nm for
100Mbps)
LX (MMF 220 & 550m), SMF 10km, LC (PN 10052H)
ZX SMF 70km, LC (PN 10053H)
10/100/1000 (UTP to 100m) SFP (PN 1070H)
SR4 at least 100 m OM3 MMF (PN 10319)
SR4 at least 125 m OM4 MMF (PN 10319)
LR4 at least 10 km SMF, LC (PN 10320)
LM4 140m MMF or 1kM SMF, LC (PN 10334)
Optics
Optics +
Fan-out
Fiber Cable
QSFP-SFPP-ADPTQSFP-SFPP-ADPT – QSFP to SFP+ adapter
ER4 40km SMF, LC (PN 10335) Internal CWDM
transits four wavelengths over single fiber.
MPO to 4 x LC Fanout 10m (PN 10327) for use
with (PN 10326) MPO to 4 x LC duplex
connectors, SMF
LR4 Parallel SM, 10km SMF, MPO (PN 10326)
25/50/100G
CR10 > 10 m over copper cable (10x10 Gb/s /Twinax (7M))
SR10 > 100 m over OM3 MMF (10x10 Gb/s / Multimode (100M))
SR10 > 125 m over OM4 MMF (10x10 Gb/s/ (100M) Data Center)
LR4 > 10 km over SMF (4x25 Gb/s SMF/WDM (10km) Campus)
ER4 > 40 km over SMF (4x25 Gb/s SMF/WDM (40km) Metro)
Optics and DAC Cables
Extreme Networks will restrict the integration of non-qualified 3rd party optical devices within 40G and 100G product environments,
unless you purchase the EXOS 3rd Party 40G/100G Optics feature license to allow such integration.
Proprietary got you Keyed Optics
ModelNumber Description
10GB-LR271-SFPP 10Gb CWDM LR, SM, Channel 1271nm, LC
10GB-LR291-SFPP 10Gb CWDM LR, SM, Channel 1291nm, LC
10GB-LR311-SFPP 10Gb CWDM LR, SM, Channel 1311nm, LC
10GB-LR331-SFPP 10Gb CWDM LR, SM, Channel 1331nm, LC
MUX-CWDM-01 4 Channel O-Band CWDM Mux/Demux
MUX-RACK-01 Rack mount kit for MUX-CWDM-01
40GB-LR4-QSFP 40Gb 40GBASE-LR4, SM 10Km, LC
CWDM
MUX-CWDM-01
DACs
Notes:
 Identify design principles and implementation strategies,
Start from service requirements and leverage
standardization (Design should be driven by today s and
tomorrow s service requirements).
 Standardization limits technical and operational complexity
and related costs (Develop a reference model based on
principles (Principles enable consistent choice in long term
run).
 Leverage best practices and proven expertise, Streamline
your capability to execute and operational effectiveness
(Unleash capabilities provided by enabling technologies).
Virtual Router 1 (VoIP) - Virtualized services for application delivery
Virtual Router 1 (Oracle) - Virtualized services for application delivery
Virtual Router 1 (Wireless Lan) - Virtualized services for application delivery
Virtual Router 1 (PACs) - Virtualized services for application delivery
Virtual Router 1 (VoIP) - Virtualized services for application delivery
Virtual Router 1 (Oracle) - Virtualized services for application delivery
Virtual Router 1 (Wireless Lan) - Virtualized services for application delivery
Virtual Router 1 (PACs) - Virtualized services for application delivery
# of assets/ports
maintenance costs
operational costs
Next generation operations
Pay as you go
Savings
Referencearchitecture
Data center Network as a Service (NaaS)
NSX
Controller
VC for NSX Domain - A VC for NSX Domain - B
Management Cluster
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Management VC
Compute Cluster
Edge Cluster
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Compute B
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Multiple vCenters Design – XYZ Account Design with Multiple NSX Domains...
 Following VMware best practices to have the Management Cluster managed by a dedicated
vCenter Server (Mgmt VC) Separate vCenter Server into the Management Cluster to manage the
Edge and Compute Clusters
 NSX Manager also deployed into the Management Cluster and pared with this second vCenter
Server Can deploy multiple NSX Manager/vCenter Server pairs (separate NSX domains)
 NSX Controllers must be deployed into the same vCenter Server NSX Manager is attached to,
therefore the Controllers are usually also deployed into the Edge Cluster
Data center Network as a Service (NaaS)
NSX
Controller
VC for NSX Domain - A VC for NSX Domain - B
Management Cluster
NSX Manager VM - A
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Compute B
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NSX Manager VM - B
Multiple vCenters Design – XYZ Account Design with Multiple NSX Domains...
 Following VMware best practices to have the Management Cluster managed by a dedicated
vCenter Server (Mgmt VC) Separate vCenter Server into the Management Cluster to manage the
Edge and Compute Clusters
 NSX Manager also deployed into the Management Cluster and pared with this second vCenter
Server Can deploy multiple NSX Manager/vCenter Server pairs (separate NSX domains)
 NSX Controllers must be deployed into the same vCenter Server NSX Manager is attached to,
therefore the Controllers are usually also deployed into the Edge Cluster
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XYZ Account (DR Site)
Preparation Netsite
OperationLogical Switch
SERVER FARM (Leafs)
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Servers
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Servers
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Serv
ers
Manage
ment
Sum
mit
Sum
mit
Media
Servers
Routers
Firewalls
PBXs
Serv
ers
Manage
ment
Sum
mit
Sum
mit
Media
Servers
Routers
Firewalls
PBXs
COMPUTE WORKLOAD COMPUTE WORKLOAD
Services and
Connectivity
Logical Router 1
VXLAN 5000
Logical Router 2
VXLAN 5001
Logical Router 3
VXLAN - 5002
Controller VXLAN
Directory Service
MAC table
ARP table
VTEPtable
ToR # 1 ToR #2
Controller 2
Controller 3
NSX Mgr
Controller 1
vCenter Server
Traffic Engineer “like ATM or MPLS”
UDP
Start
Stop
UDP UDP
Use Existing IP Network
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
Traffic Engineer “like ATM or MPLS”
UDP
Start
Stop
UDP UDP
Use Existing IP Network
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VTEP VTEP
XYZ Account NSX Transport Zone: collection of VXLAN prepared ESXi clusters
 Normally a TZ defines the span of Logical Switches (Layer 2 communication domains).
A given Logical Switch can span multiple VDS
 VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel EndPoint) is a logical interface (VMkernel) connects to TZ for
encap/decap VXLAN traffic. One or more VDS can be part of the same TZ
 VTEP VMkernel interface belongs to a specific VLAN backed port-group dynamically
created during the cluster VXLAN preparation.
Overlays Considerations? Ethernet Virtual Interconnect (EVI) can be deployed for
active/active DC over any Network. This is where careful attention is required because
there is different data plane (additional header) makes Jumbo Frames a must have
and will continue to evolve
 Scalability beyond the 802.1Q VLAN limitations to 16M services/tenants
 L2 extension, VXLAN as de-facto solution by Vmware. Standardization around control
plane is still work in progress (even if BGP EVPNs are here)
 Encapsulation over IP delivers the ability to cross L3 boundaries. As a result, the
design above becomes a big L3 domain with L2 processing. EVI provides additional
benefits such as:
 Transport agnostic
 Up to 16 Active/Active DCs
 Active/Active VRRP default gateways for VMs
 STP outages remain local to each DC
 Improves WAN utilization by dropping unknown frames and providing ARP suppression
EVI tunnel
Physical Underlay Network
CORE 1
CORE 2
XYZ Account (Primary)
Preparation Netsite
OperationLogical Switch
SERVER FARM (Leafs)
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Servers
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Servers
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Serv
ers
Manage
ment
Sum
mit
Sum
mit
Media
Servers
Routers
Firewalls
PBXs
Serv
ers
Manage
ment
Sum
mit
Sum
mit
Media
Servers
Routers
Firewalls
PBXs
COMPUTE WORKLOAD COMPUTE WORKLOAD
Services and
Connectivity
CORE 1
CORE 2
XYZ Account (DR Site)
Preparation Netsite
OperationLogical Switch
SERVER FARM (Leafs)
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Servers
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Servers
Servers
Storage
Summit
Management
Switch
Summit
Summit
Storage
Serv
ers
Manage
ment
Sum
mit
Sum
mit
Media
Servers
Routers
Firewalls
PBXs
Serv
ers
Manage
ment
Sum
mit
Sum
mit
Media
Servers
Routers
Firewalls
PBXs
COMPUTE WORKLOAD COMPUTE WORKLOAD
Services and
Connectivity
Logical Router 1
VXLAN 5000
Logical Router 2
VXLAN 5001
Logical Router 3
VXLAN - 5002
Controller VXLAN
Directory Service
MAC table
ARP table
VTEPtable
ToR # 1 ToR #2
Controller 2
Controller 3
NSX Mgr
Controller 1
vCenter Server
Traffic Engineer “like ATM or MPLS”
UDP
Start
Stop
UDP UDP
Use Existing IP Network
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VM
VTEP VTEP
XYZ Account NSX Transport Zone: collection of VXLAN prepared ESXi clusters
 Normally a TZ defines the span of Logical Switches (Layer 2 communication domains).
A given Logical Switch can span multiple VDS
 VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel EndPoint) is a logical interface (VMkernel) connects to TZ for
encap/decap VXLAN traffic. One or more VDS can be part of the same TZ
 VTEP VMkernel interface belongs to a specific VLAN backed port-group dynamically
created during the cluster VXLAN preparation.
Overlays Considerations? Ethernet Virtual Interconnect (EVI) can be deployed for
active/active DC over any Network. This is where careful attention is required because
there is different data plane (additional header) makes Jumbo Frames a must have
and will continue to evolve
 Scalability beyond the 802.1Q VLAN limitations to 16M services/tenants
 L2 extension, VXLAN as de-facto solution by Vmware. Standardization around control
plane is still work in progress (even if BGP EVPNs are here)
 Encapsulation over IP delivers the ability to cross L3 boundaries. As a result, the
design above becomes a big L3 domain with L2 processing. EVI provides additional
benefits such as:
 Transport agnostic
 Up to 16 Active/Active DCs
 Active/Active VRRP default gateways for VMs
 STP outages remain local to each DC
 Improves WAN utilization by dropping unknown frames and providing ARP suppression
EVI tunnel
Physical Underlay Network