Specifications

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Extreme Fabric Connect
The VSP 740 0 Series natively supports the Extreme
Fabric Connect technology. Based on an extended
implementation of the Shortest Path Bridging (SPB)
standards of IEEE 802.1aq and IETF RFC 6329, Fabric
Connect offers the ability to create a simplified virtualized
network that simplifies network provisioning and reduces
the strain on network and IT personnel. Benefits include:
- Eliminates need to configure network-wide VLANs
- Replaces legacy protocols w ith a single
unified protocol
- Removes the risk of network loops
- Delivers an edge-only provisioning model
that seamlessly integrates with orchestration
and automation
- Supports both L2 and L3 virtualization, including IP
multicast routing
Traditionally, provisioning new network services required
engineers to touch every device in the service path,
configuring each device to enable both the active and
redundant links. The bigger the network the more complex
this task becomes.
Leveraging Fabric Connect delivers fundamental change.
Rather than the network appearing as a mass of individual
devices, it becomes a single cloud, so that engineers only
need to touch the unique device that is providing service
directly to the end-point. Fabric Connect instantly
propagates all the end-point?s service attributes to every
other node w ithin the fabric.
Specific Fabric Connect features supported on the VSP
7400 Series include: Layer 2 Virtual Service Networks
(VSNs), Layer 3 VSNs, Inter-VSN Routing, IPv4/ IPv6 IP
Shortcuts, IP Multicast over Fabric Connect, Fabric Extend
and Fabric Attach Server. Also available is an integrated
Fabric IPSec Gateway that aggregates Fabric Extend
tunnels along with IPSec encryption, fragmentation and
reassembly.
Advanced Layer 3 Services
The VSP 740 0 Series also supports advanced Layer 3
services that enable it to satisfy conventional IP routing
deployments, in addition to its fabric-based services. Layer
3 services include IPv4 and IPv6 dynamic routing, as well
as IP multicast services.
Specific IP routing technologies supported include
RIPv1/ 2, RIPng, OSPFv2/ v3, BGP/ BGP+ and VRF. Multicast
services include PIM-SM/ SSM, IGMP v1/ v2/ v3, as well as
Fabric Connect to PIM gateway. The VSP 740 0 also
supports Distributed Virtual Routing (DvR) and VXLAN
Gateway services.
Integrated Application Hosting
Extreme?s Integrated Application Hosting leverages the
VSP 7400 Series hardware and software to run onboard
applications without impact to switch performance. This
flexible and open solution enables organizations to deploy
third-party or custom applications and tools directly on
the VSP 7400 system for a variety of network needs.
Integrated Application Hosting consists of a
pre-configured Virtual Machine (VM) environment on the
VSP 7400 w ith support for multiple VMs. These VMs
leverage the high-performance VSP 740 0 multi-core
processor design and can be used to host applications for
monitoring, visibility, or other network uses, based on
customer requirements.
Benefits of the Integrated Application Hosting include:
- Flexible deployment of VM-based applications
within the network using the hardware resources
of the VSP 740 0
- Ability of VM-based applications to extract data
without disrupting forwarding or control plane traffic
within the VSP 740 0
- Availability of dedicated memory and SSD storage for
flexible packet capture and off-line visibility processing
Network Intelligence
The VSP 7400 Series can provide insight and intelligence
into the network via its native analytics capabilities, which
include line-rate, hardware-accelerated IPFIX and sFlow.
With these tools, the VSP 740 0 Series can deliver
actionable insights into both network and application
performance without the need for expensive sensors or
collectors.
Figure 1: Extreme Integrated Application Hosting on VSP 740 0 Series