ACI Logical Constructs

Labels, Filters, and Subjects – Cisco Describing Cisco ACI

Labels, Filters, and Subjects Label, filter, and subject managed objects enable mixing and matching among EPGs and contracts so as to satisfy various applications or service delivery requirements. Contracts can contain multiple communication rules, and multiple EPGs can both consume and provide multiple contracts. Labels control which rules apply when communicating between a specific pair

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VXLAN Control Plane – Cisco Network Virtualization

VXLAN Control Plane The initial IETF VXLAN standard (RFC 7348) defined a multicast-based flood-and-learn VXLAN without a control plane. It relies on data-driven flood-and-learn behavior for remote VXLAN tunnel endpoint (VTEP) peer discovery and remote end-host learning. The overlay broadcast, unknown unicast, and multicast traffic are encapsulated into multicast VXLAN packets and transported to remote

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VXLAN Overlay – Cisco Network Virtualization

VXLAN Overlay Traditional network segmentation has been provided by VLANs that are standardized under the IEEE 802.1Q group. VLANs provide logical segmentation of Layer 2 boundaries or broadcast domains. However, due to the inefficient use of available network links with VLAN use, the rigid requirements on device placement in the data center network, and the

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Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization – Cisco Network Virtualization

Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization Cisco Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) is a MAC-in-IP method that provides a Layer 2 LAN extension over Layer 2, Layer 3, or label-switched Multiprotocol Label Switching–based networks. OTV provides Layer 2 connectivity between remote network sites by using MAC address-based routing and IP-encapsulated forwarding across a transport network to provide support

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Overlay Network Protocols – Cisco Network Virtualization

Overlay Network Protocols Modern virtualized data center fabrics must meet certain requirements to accelerate application deployment and support DevOps needs. For example, fabrics need to support scaling of forwarding tables, scaling of network segments, Layer 2 segment extension, virtual device mobility, forwarding path optimization, and virtualized networks for multitenant support on shared physical infrastructure. Overlay

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Summary – Cisco Nexus Switch Routing

Summary This chapter discusses routing fundamentals, configuration and verification of RIPv2, EIGRP, and OSPFv2 unicast routing protocols on NX-OS, multicast fundamentals, and PIMv2 configuration and verification on NX-OS, including the following points: In link-state protocols, also known as shortest path first (SPF), each router builds a link-state advertisement (LSA) that contains information about each link

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