This post is a continuation of “Campus High Level Design – Sample Physical Topology, Part 1”. The example depicted in the first part was a

A Dell EMC Networking focused personal Blog – Data Center & Campus
This post is a continuation of “Campus High Level Design – Sample Physical Topology, Part 1”. The example depicted in the first part was a
I thought it would be useful to do a few posts once in a while, with more of a campus focus. With any design workshop,
In essence, Spline collapses the Leaf & Spine functions – much like the Functions of Core & Aggregation Layers in a traditional 3-tier topology, would
Core Config Options: First Hop/Gateway Redundancy: VRRP: Same Switch hosts VRRP and STP Master-ship for deterministic forwarding @ L2/L3 and eliminate suboptimal forwarding path. In
. First, some background on DCB itself. DCB is an extension to Ethernet that enables the dedication of resources in the converged network. To ensure
. I have already given a non-technical synopsis on VLT in one of my previous posts here https://hasanmansur.com/2012/10/15/force10-s4810-stacking-vs-vlt/ As mentioned, VLT Is a Dual Active Control
. First, I would highly recommend you have a view of my earlier post that summarizes the various (platform independent) optimizations you can implement on
. I will start here with STP. As covered in one of my earlier posts, When configuring Spanning Tree on Force10 switches, you should accommodate whether your