- Fabric site
- Consists of:
- Edge Nodes
- Border Nodes
- Control Plane Nodes
- Independent of physical location.
- A single DNA Center instance can manage multiple sites.
- Fabric in a Box
- CP, Border and edge all in one box.
- Specifically for a small site that has single DNA Fabric device.
- ie. switch.
- Consists of:
- Fabric Site connectivity
- Transit Network
- Connects to each fabric site via their border nodes.
- SDA Transit Network
- Maintains VXLAN across sites.
- Carries VNIDs and SGTs.
- Typically dark fiber.
- Contains Transit Control Plane nodes.
- IP Based Transit Network
- Typical private leased lines from carriers.
- Cannot control things like MTU.
- VXLAN not carried across transit.
- Re-identifying traffic is necessary when crossing IP based transit.
- Transit Network
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