09-28-2015 03:26 PM - edited 03-01-2019 08:02 AM
Hi,
It is stated that TRILL is supported on Nexus 7000, 5000 and 6000. Anyone knows where is the configuration guide of TRILL on Cisco Nexus platform?
Thanks.
09-29-2015 06:42 AM
Hi Frank,
Transparent Inter-Connection of Lots of Links (TRILL) is a technology that addresses the same requirements as the Cisco FabricPath and has almost the same benefits as FabricPath. Unlike FabricPath TRILL, is an IETF standard that was proposed to address the various STP challenges including inefficient utilizations of links, long convergence times, and MAC address table scaling in the Datacenter networks.
Like FabricPath, TRILL uses IS-IS as the control protocol with the idea of taking the advantages of a Layer 3 routing protocol and at the same time maintain the simplicity of a Layer 2 network.
To forward frames, TRILL uses a MAC-in-MAC encapsulation format. The ingress RBridge encapsulates the original Layer 2 frame with a new source and destination MAC (the MAC addresses of the source RBridge, and the next-hop RBridge, respectively), a TRILL Header, (which has the Ingress and Egress nicknames that identify the source and destination RBridge, respectively), and the original Layer 2 frame with a new CRC. The incoming 802.1q or q-in-q tag needs to be preserved in the inner header. Egress RBridge removes the headers added by the ingress RBridge and will forward them based on the inner frame.
Kindly refer the best book on TRILL as follows:
http://www.ciscopress.com/store/using-trill-fabricpath-and-vxlan-designing-massively-9780133393040
Please email me at sachin.koenig@gmail.com , if you further need any assistance.
Kindly rate !!
Best Regards
Sachin Garg
09-29-2015 08:32 AM
Thank you Sachin for the response. I went through the "Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS FabricPath Configuration Guide.pdf".
Nexus can be configured to use TRILL instead of FabricPath. But I have hard time to find out the Nexus TRILL configuration guide. Is it exist?
At this moment, I am not looking for a book, I am looking for RAW Cisco TRILL configuration guide.
Thank you again.
09-29-2015 12:57 PM
I have not seen TRILL RAW configuration on Cisco Nexus as CISCO uses superset of TRILL called fabricpath.
Please refer TRILL RAW configuration on HP switches
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/579822/Hp-6125xlg.html?page=16
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