Chapter 11: Spbm Design Guidelines - Avaya 8800 Planning And Engineering, Network Design

Chapter 11: SPBM design guidelines

Shortest Path Bridging MAC (SPBM) is a next generation virtualization technology that
revolutionizes the design, deployment and operations of Enterprise Campus core networks and
Data Centers. The benefits of the technology are clearly evident in its ability to provide massive
scalability while at the same time reducing the complexity of the network. SPBM makes network
virtualization a much easier paradigm to deploy within the Enterprise environment than other
technologies.
This section provides design guidelines that illustrate the operational simplicity of SPBM. This
section also lists best practices for configuring SPBM in your network. For more information about
SPBM, see the following documents:
• For information on fundamental concepts, command structure and basic configurations, see
Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600 Configuration — Shortest Path Bridging MAC
(SPBM) (NN46205-525).
• For information on advanced configurations, see Shortest Path Bridging (802.1aq) for ERS
8800/8600 Technical Configuration Guide (NN48500-617).
Note:
For information on IP multicast over SPBM, see Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 8800/8600
Configuration — Shortest Path Bridging (NN46205–525).
Related links
SPBM IEEE 802.1aq standards compliance
SPBM 802.1aq standard
VLANs without member ports
SPBM provisioning
SPBM implementation options
SPBM reference architectures
SPBM scaling and performance capabilities
SPBM best practices
Migration best practices
Restrictions and limitations
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