Feature

Description / Benefit

Enterprise VPC (E-VPC)

Converged Cloud Fabric provides VPC-style logical networking called Enterprise VPC,

delivering on-prem VPC. Cloud-style E-VPC enables multi-tenant network-as-a-service.

• E-VPC makes networking as simple as VPC/VNETs on public clouds

• Simplifies L2/L3 provisioning and hardware constructs (ports, VLANs, VRFs)

• Delegated administration with RBAC control

Zero Touch Fabric (ZTF)

ZTF enables complete control and management of physical switches within CCF without

manually interacting with the switches. It tremendously simplifies day-to-day network

operations:

• Auto-configuration and auto-upgrade of Switch Light OS

• Automatic topology updates and event notifications based on fabric link state

changes

• Auto-scaling of the fabric—adding or removing nodes and/or links within the fabric

requires no additional configuration changes on the controller

Fabric LAG

Fabric LAG combines the underlying LAG functionality in switching ASICs with the

centralized visibility of the SDN controller to create a highly resilient and efficiently

balanced fabric. Compared to spanning tree protocols or even traditional MLAG/ECMP

based approaches to multi-path fabric formation, Fabric LAG technology enables

significantly reduced convergence time on topology changes and dramatically reduced

configuration complexity.

Fabric Sync

(Controller RIB - FIB)

Fabric Sync intelligently synchronizes Controller Routing Information Base (RIB) with fabric

node’s Forwarding Information Base (FIB). During a topology change, only delta updates

are synced across impacted switches. Fabric Sync ensures strong RIB-FIB consistency, as it

is the single point of control for maintaining all forwarding and associated policy tables.

Resilient Headless Mode

In situations when both controllers are unreachable, fabric nodes are considered to be

running in Headless mode. In this mode, all provisioned services continue to function

as programmed prior to entering the Headless mode. Additionally, multiple levels of

redundancy enable a highly resilient and self-healing fabric even during headless mode.

SDN-Managed Fabric

(GUI, CLI & REST APIs)

Converged Cloud Fabric Controller provides single pane of glass for entire fabric.

• Administrators can configure, manage, debug or troubleshoot, and upgrade the fabric

nodes using CLI, GUI, or REST API.

• REST APIs, CLI and GUI have application and tenant awareness.

Single Pane of Glass fabric management enhances operational simplicity by providing

a centralized dashboard for fabric management as well as quick and easy access to

troubleshooting, analytics and telemetry information. Additionally, it provides simplified

workflow for network operators and administrators.

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