Article from https://networkengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/79649/arista-veos-and-eve-ng-setup Configure Port-Channel between the switches. Usually you would want to configure at least 2 links in the Port-Channels but 4 or 8 might be required if you have considerable amounts of data between the switches or for redundancy. Port-channel between the switches On both MLAG-1 and MLAG-2 switches Configure VLAN used by MLAG and… Read More »
Fabric Extender Terminology Fabric interface – A 10-Gigabit/40-Gigabit Ethernet uplink port that is designated for connection from the Fabric Extender to its parent switch. A fabric interface cannot be used for any other purpose. It must be directly connected to the parent switch. This interface is enabled when you enter the switchport mode fex-fabric command. Host interface… Read More »
Found an interesting article related to VXLAN and Linux so I made a mirror for my own future reference and reading. The original post is located here: https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2017-vxlan-linux VXLAN is an overlay network to carry Ethernet traffic over an existing (highly available and scalable) IP network while accommodating a very large number of tenants. It is defined in RFC 7348.… Read More »
Type of services offered by Metro E E-Line (Ethernet Line Service) point-to-point connection between two sites Just think like you have a direct cable from branch to HQ Another common name for E-Line is VPWS (Virtual Private Wire Service) E-LAN (Ethernet LAN Service) It’s a full-mesh topology that acts like a big switch Commonly used… Read More »
If your router is hosted in Equinix DC, you can use Equinix Cloud Exchange Fabric (or simply called ECX Fabric) to have a direct access to Microsoft services. Azure ExpressRoute require redundancy at each peering location and this is mandatory. So when you placed the order for ECX fabric connection, Equinix will give you 2… Read More »