Chapter 1: Introduction to Spine and Leaf Topologies Chapter Goal: Get the audience familiarized with the concepts and introduce them to the foundational aspects of software defined networking and BGP EVPN for the Data Center which drives today's major cloud computing environments.
No of pages: 30- 40 Pages
Sub -Topics
1. Spine and Leaf Topology Advantages.
2. Underlay Networking 3. Overlay Networking
4. Spine and Leaf Fabric Traffic flow
Chapter 2: Logical Components of Spine and Leaf Architecture Chapter Goal: Review one by one each logical component and its role in the VXLAN BGP EVPN fabric
No of pages: 50 pages
Sub - Topics
1. Broadcast, Unknow Unicast and Multicast (BUM)
2. OSPF Point-to-Point for underlay - Option 1
3. IS-IS Point-to-Point for underlay - Option 2
4. Multicast (PIM Sparse) and Rendezvous Points (RPs)
5. BGP L2VPN EVPN Address Family
Chapter 3: Encapsulating Layer2 over Layer3 with VXLAN Chapter Goal: Discuss the main aspect of VXLAN and how it solves the performance and scalability issues of STP
No of pages: 20 pages Sub - Topics:
1. VTEP and VTEP (NVE) Interface
2. EVPN Route-Target
3. L2VNI and L3VNIs
4. VXLAN packet flow
Chapter 4: VXLAN Fabric Features Chapter Goal: Review the available fabric features in VXLAN BGP EVPN which provides data center class virtualized switching and routing capabilities. No of pages: 20 Sub - Topics:
1. Fabric Anycast Gateways
2. Multi-tenancy with VRF's.
3. BGP IPv4 Unicast Address Family
4. Route Leaking between VRF's.
Chapter 5: VXLAN Fabric to External Networks Chapter Goal: Discuss how we can integrate a VXLAN Spine and Leaf Fabric to an external network by designating border leaf's. No of pages: 20 pages Sub - Topics:
1. Route Redistribution from OSPF to BGP IPv4
2. Route Redistribution from BGP IPv4 to OSPF
3. Dynamic Routing protocols under VRFs (or VRF Lite).
4. Default Route Advertisement.
Chapter 6: VXLAN Fabric Topology Designs
Chapter Goal: Discuss the VXLAN Architecture design types available for each required case. No of pages: 15 pages Sub - Topics:
1. VXLAN MultiPod
2. VXLAN MultiSite and Border Gateway Leafs (BGW)
3. VXLAN Ingress Replication (Head-End)
Chapter 7: VXlan Fabric Configuration Templates.
Chapter Goal: Sample configuration templates to deploy different VXLAN
About the Author: Rene Cardona, CCIEx2 - PCNSE is a truly passionate and dedicated IT professional with a major focus in the network security and datacenter realm. His experience is vastly diverse, from working with SMBs to performing large-scale datacenter infrastructure architecture designs for major corporations in the public and private sector. He has a pronounced emphasis on detail. You will not see him spending time with people that don't truly appreciate and have a passion for technology and are not willing to spend nights and weekends devoted to learning and working with it.
