New network architecture cuts data centre complexity
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A combination technology network architecture will eliminate outdated Spanning Tree designs by combining network scale with simplicity – particularly for highly virtualised cloud architectures.
That is Extreme Networks' claim for its enhanced network architecture, which, it says, boosts performance in next-generation data centres and clouds by combining its Direct Attach virtual machine switching with multi-system link aggregation (M-LAG).
Shehzad Merchant, senior director of strategy at Extreme Networks, points out that, with the emergence of private and public cloud architectures, the networking infrastructure required to support virtualisation and the VM mobility associated with shared and dynamic cloud-based resources has become overly complex.
"Integrating the M-LAG Direct Attach architecture with Extreme Networks' data centre portfolio serves as an important evolution of our Four Pillar data centre strategy for migrating networks from physical to virtual to cloud," he says.
"For the majority of virtualised data centre architectures, the M-LAG Direct Attach architecture eliminates the drawbacks of Spanning Tree, while providing the benefits of TRILL (Transparent Interconnect of Lots of Links), without having complete disruption to the network and enormous capital expense," he adds.
