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Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR


From: David Coulson <david () davidcoulson net>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:07:35 -0500

Seth Mattinen wrote:
I'd always wondered how you make a subnet available across racks with L3
rack switching. It seems that you don't.
You could route /32s within your L3 environment, or maybe even leverage something like VPLS - Not sure of any TOR-level switches that MPLS pseudowire a port into a VPLS cloud though.

Kinda makes L3 and spanning tree sound like a great option, doesn't it?


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