Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
The highlighted section in Figure 4-11 illustrates the data center core layer.
Campus Core
Core
10 Gigabit Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet or Etherchannel
Backup
Aggregation
Access
Figure 4-11
Data Center Core Layer
Here are some of the data center core characteristics:
Low-latency switching
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Distributed forwarding architecture
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10 Gigabit Ethernet
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Scalable IP multicast support
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