On 06/04/2015 03:53 PM, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
On Jun 4, 2015, at 1:52 PM, Reid Fishler <rfishler@HE.NET> wrote:
Marty- There is no reason at all to put a core node where there are no peers.If at some point the users wish to make any extension node a core node, that can be voted on. SIX does this successfully, there is no reason why we cannot as well.
Reid We disagree.
Best,
-M<
It has been a long day so maybe I'm just not thinking clearly. But, what exactly is a "core" node in this context? Looking over the SIX page at: https://www.seattleix.net/topology.html I can't see how the Extension switches that are connected to their Arista switch are any different than their Extreme & Nexus switches that are in their "core". Is "core" determined by who owns it? who maintains it? number of connected hosts? "network-central" location? total bandwidth? spanning tree priority (!!!)? Is there some layer 3 routing in there somewhere? I'm confused! Please enlighten me!