Meeting Number: 209 600 323
Date: Wednesday, August 18,2010
Time: 1:02 PM, Local Time (GMT-05:00)
60 MIN Long
Title: Cisco Fabric Path for Scalable Data Centers
From what I got out of this virtual event, was that Fabric Path was put in Layer 2 and will replace The Spanning Tree Protocol because Fabric Path was made to use less bandwidth. Fabric Path will also fix problems with Switching by making it easy to configure, making it more plug and play by using Layer 2, and provisioning flexibility. Also, Fabric Path will fix problems with Routing by making it highly scalable, faster to convergence, and multi-pathing (ECMP).
"Fabric Path will bring Layer 3 routing benefits to flexible Layer 2 bridged Ethernet Networks." as stated in the virtual event. The virtual event also states, "Fabric Path is simple."
This virtual event goes into details about Fabric Path and what all is involved with it. Shows us how it is used in everyday networking and gives examples of how the routing table will work with Fabric Path and how it is more scalable than The Spanning Tree Protocol. Also, discusses how different it is from other protocols in Layer 2 and how it is going to migrate Layer 2 to Layer 3 one day. Plus, tells us what upgrades to look for next that will come out of Fabric Path. Lastly, this virtual event gives more examples of the benefits of using Fabric Path over Spanning Tree and benefits Fabric Path gives to an IXP.
This was a good virtual event to watch with a lot of detail on Fabric Path. Some of which I did not understand but with time hope to understand it more.
