SVI`s on Spine Leaf Architecture

[CraigGilliam09639]

New to Spine/Leaf, should the SVI`s go on the leafs or the Spines?

[Reza Sharifi]

Leaf usually is equivalent to access and Spine is to core. Traditionally the core gets the SVI, but sometimes the access layer switches also do the routing.

https://www.arubanetworks.com/faq/what-is-spine-leaf-architecture/

HTH

[CraigGilliam09639]

True and I`ve received varying answers on where the svi should live so thought posting here to get a concensus. Thanks for the link.

[Reza Sharifi]

Yes, it really depends on the design. Sometimes routing at the access layer works fine, but most of the time when you need to extend a vlan from multiple closets, floors, etc.. to the core, routing at the core/spine makes sense. If you are looking to do this at a data center, most of the time you need a layer-2 environment (leaf or access), and routing takes place at the core.

HTH