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when we are using fabricpatch, if a frame comes on edge switch, who encapsulates that packet and forwards it to spine switch, does every switch further in the path opens that packet to to read inside information like vlan from the original paylod or ...
yes, but core switch will have SVIs for sure and then it means every packet will be decapsulated....this is not 100% convincing to me...i thought there must be something in FP header which should tell about vlan tag...but i could not find anything so...
Hi Jon,i also feel that it must be working that way but couldnt find any clear information about that. if it is working that way, then one case is that the packet is for vlan 100, but there is an edge port exist in vlan 200 on core switch, then also...
Hi Jon,If they dont need to look into the packet to identify for which vlan it its, lets suppose there is ARP broadcast, which has to be forwarded into every port which is in that particular vlan and lets suppose there is a some system is also in sam...