FabricPath en F-Series Linecard Nexus 7000

FabricPath is een nieuwe feature binnen de NX-OS software. Met de nieuwe FabricPath feature is het mogelijk om schaalbare L2 netwerken op te zetten zonder gebruik te maken van een Spanning Tree Protocol. Voor de officiele release van FabricPath werd de naam L2MP gebruikt voor deze feature.

Fabricpath betekent voor uw netwerk:
Simplicity
* Minimal commands per switch ease configuration and operation
* Auto discovery simplifies addition of new links and switches
* Provision additional network bandwidth without impacting network

Scalability
* Design accommodates both small and large scale deployments
* Equal cost multipathing across all available paths significantly increases cross-sectional bandwidth
* Network is scalable to 100+ Tbps of switching capacity

Resiliency
* Multipathing over all links increases availability
* Eliminating spanning tree results in faster convergence
* Up to 16 aggregation layer switches minimize the impact of single switch failure

Flexibility
* Multitopology networks based on customer application needs
* FabricPath supports one-, two-, or three-tier architectures today
* VLAN extensibility across the data center

De nieuwe Cisco Nexus 7000 Series 10 Gb Ethernet I/O Module (F-Series)
A new I/O module provides scalable low-latency, high-performance 10 Gb Ethernet network configurations.
32-Port 10 Gb Ethernet F-Series I/O Module
* FabricPath support: Flexible and scalable Layer 2 networking fabric
* Scalability: 512 ports per system, 230 Gbps per slot
* Flexibility: 1 Gb Ethernet and 10 Gb Ethernet autosensing
* Energy efficiency: 10W per 10 Gb Ethernet port
* Investment protection: Hardware-ready IETF TRILL, DCB, and FCoE support

FabricPath Whitepaper
FabricPath at a glance