How to Design a Data Center Network: A Practical Approach
A practical introduction to enterprise Data Center network design.
Key design areas
- Requirements and application dependencies
- High-level and low-level design
- Spine-leaf topology
- Routing and redundancy
- VLAN, VRF and segmentation
- Server and storage connectivity
- Security zones and firewall integration
- Monitoring and management
- FAT/SAT and implementation planning
From design to implementation
Requirement → HLD → LLD → BOQ → Rack & Cabling → Configuration → Integration → Testing → FAT/SAT → Go-Live → As-Built.