Networks - CNOP - Data Center

  • A data center network example, here a Spine-Leaf configuration

  • Tenant VMs to DC servers, then Top of Rack (ToR) and actual fabric

  • Supports multiple tenants and multiple different applications per tenant


Description

This is an example of multi-tenant DC network. The original design did use the VXLAN protocol to create several layer 2 virtual networks over a shared IPv6 DC fabric. This network features a Tenant DIF and a DC Fabric DIF. The later one allocates the resources in the leaf-spine fabric (between the TOR systems) to flows used by (potentially competing) Tenant DIFs, which provide isolated and customised networking domains to each DC tenant and its VM.


Schema

Network, CNOP, DC: Schema

3D

Network, CNOP, DC: 3D