Deployment Guide

Key Advantages

The key advantages of a distributed core architecture are:

• Simplified fabric

• Higher bandwidth

• Highly resilient

• Higher availability

• Low power consumption

• Less cooling

• Lower latency

• Lower cost

• Less rack space

• Easier to scale

Designing a Distributed Core

The core design wizard templates define the basic configuration for a distributed core. Use the core design wizard at the

Home > Getting Started screen to design a two-tier distributed core (spine and leaf architecture) based on the workload

requirements for your current and future needs.