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    Ccie Data Center Nexus Switching: Fabricpath

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    Ccie Data Center Nexus Switching: Fabricpath

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    Ccie Data Center Nexus Switching: Fabricpath

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    The key takeaways are that FabricPath provides an alternative to STP by enabling arbitrary network topologies and layer 2 routing using IS-IS. It allows building full mesh, partial mesh, triangle and square topologies.

    The main components of FabricPath are leaf switches, spine switches, FP core ports, CE edge ports, and the IS-IS control plane which computes the shortest path tree between all FabricPath nodes.

    FabricPath encapsulates CE frames with a new header containing the source and destination FabricPath switch IDs. Traffic is then layer 2 routed via the shortest path tree to the destination switch ID, similar to layer 3 routing with IS-IS or OSPF.

    CCIE Data Center

    Nexus Switching

    FabricPath

    What is FabricPath?
    Layer 2 Routing
    MAC in MAC Routing
    Alternative to running STP
    Even with vPC you are still subject to STP
    vPC is a physical triangle and logical P2P link
    FP allows you to build arbitrary topologies
    Full mesh, partial mesh, triangle, square, etc.

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    FabricPath (FP) Terminology
    Classical Ethernet (CE)
    Regular Ethernet with regular flooding, regular STP, etc.
    Leaf Switch
    Connects CE domain to FP domain
    Spine Switch
    FP backbone switch with all ports in the FP domain only
    FP Core Ports
    Links on Leaf up to Spine, or Spine to Spine
    i.e. the switchport mode fabricpath links
    CE Edge Ports
    Links on Leaf connecting to regular Classical Ethernet domain
    i.e. not the switchport mode fabricpath links
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    FabricPath Control Plane


    IS-IS used in the FabricPath core for Layer 2 Routing
    Goal is to compute SPT between all FabricPath nodes
    IS-IS is not used for MAC address advertisements in FP
    Advantages of IS-IS are
    Uses its own layer 3 transport
    i.e. IP is not required
    Natively extensible
    i.e. supports new TLVs
    Natively supports ECMP
    Means layer 2 load balancing without STP, Port Channels, or vPC

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    FabricPath Switch ID
    Identifies the node in the IS-IS SPT
    By default automatically generated
    For verification and troubleshooting
    recommended to manually assign
    fabricpath switch-id
    show fabricpath switch-id

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    FabricPath Data Plane


    CE Frames are encapsulated with new FabricPath header
    FabricPath is not Ethernet
    This is why hardware support is limited
    Nexus 7K F1 & F2 and Nexus 5500 only
    FabricPath is not TRILL
    Similar logic but not interoperable
    FP has the SRC and DST FP Switch IDs in the header
    Traffic is L2 Routed via the SPT to DST Switch ID
    Same exact logic as L3 IS-IS or OSPF routing

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    FabricPath Header Format

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    FabricPath MAC Learning


    Traditional MAC Learning
    Learn SRC MAC of all received traffic
    Flood traffic to elicit response from DST
    Learn SRC MAC of DST from its response
    Conversational MAC Learning
    Only learn SRC MAC if you already know DST MAC
    Optimization of the control plane but not of the data plane
    Default mode for FabricPath VLANs
    Can be enabled for CE VLANs

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    FabricPath and STP Interaction
    FabricPath Leaf Switches must be STP Root
    for Classical Ethernet domain
    Ports become Root Inconsistent via RootGuard
    otherwise
    Leaf switches should have same priority and
    lowest priority (e.g. 4096)

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    FabricPath Configuration
    Very few commands necessary
    Enable FabricPath
    install feature-set fabricpath
    feature-set fabricpath
    Configure FabricPath VLANs
    mode fabricpath under VLAN
    Configure FabricPath Core Ports
    switchport mode fabricpath
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    FabricPath and vPC+
    Each FabricPath Switch has its own ID
    Node ID in the IS-IS SPT
    vPC Peers would normally have 2 Switch IDs
    Means they appear as separate Leafs of the SPT
    vPC+ allows FabricPath and vPC to work
    together
    vPC Peers share a FabricPath Switch ID
    Looks like one node from the IS-IS SPT
    Simplifies layer 2 multipathing
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    vPC+ Caveats
    vPC+ requirements
    vPC Peer Link runs as switchport mode fabricpath
    Implies Peer Link must be F1 module
    vPC Peers share fabricpath switch-id under vPC
    Domain
    vPC to vPC+ migration is disruptive
    Cisco Live FabricPath Migration Use Case BRKDCT-
    2202
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