Re: Pica8 - Open Source Cloud Switch

[Donald Eastlake <d3e3e3 () gmail com>]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Peter Ashwood-Smith
<Peter.AshwoodSmith () huawei com> wrote:
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> a) bigger layer 2 networks with Vmware type mobility and no IP address
> changes. Technolgies in this space are much more than just L2 switching, its
> L2 switching on larger scales with encapsulation, multipathing etc. This is
> where technologies like IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging, IEEE 802.1ah
> mac-in-mac come to play. These tend to be appropriate for existing
> enterprise applications (or complete virtual desktops) and simply make
> existing DC L2 fabrics bigger and availale for virtualization. No
> application software changes required, its done under them and end hosts
> can't tell whats happening.

And the IETF TRILL protocol.

Donald

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> Peter