Chapter 3 Network Planning; Data Center Deployment - Supermicro SSE-X3348S Installation Manual

Chapter 3
Network Planning
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Data Center Deployment

The SSE-X3348S/SSE-X3348SR switch is designed for use in high-availability data
center environments with a high port density (Figure 3-1). The switch includes
redundant, hot-swappable, load-sharing AC PSUs, a fan tray with redundant fans, and
port-to-power and power-to-port airflow direction options. Meeting the network scaling
requirements of enterprise and cloud data centers, the switch can be deployed as a
top-of-rack switch or as part of a distributed spine network, providing full line-rate
switching at Layer 2 or Layer 3 across all ports.
Figure 3-1. Cloud Data Center Deployment
Non-Blocking Distributed Spine Network
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...
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Spine Cluster 1
Spine Cluster x
OSFP/BGP
ECMP
TOR or Leaf Switch
L2
...
1GbE or 10GbE
Servers or
Storage Nodes
vSwitch
vSwitch
Server Rack 1 Server Rack n Core Router Racks
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