Tutorial: IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging

Speakers:
Peter Ashwood-Smith, Huawei Technologies Canada
IEEE 802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging (presented at Nanog 49) is a new layer 2 control protocol using IS-IS to replace and greatly enhance the capabilities of the layer 2 data paths Q-in-Q and Mac-in-Mac. The shortest and multi path virtualized routing have applications in the Data Center , Metro, and Enterprise we will give an overview of 802.1aq, then drop into a deeper dive into how it works, looking at some of the algorithms in some detail, and will finish with a look at some live CLI on a 30+ node network. An emulator will also be available and time permitting we can experiment with different networks to see the behaviors.
See more at: www.nanog.org/meetings/nanog5...