[c-nsp] Design Case

[Mark Tinka]

On 15/Aug/16 12:54, Mohammad Khalil wrote:

> Hi all
> I have 7 switches that will be connected as Ring topology
> In the coming future , each one of these switches will be connected to other switches to form sub-rings 
> Number of Vlans in use are within 3 - 5 Vlans
> One of these switches will be connected to a firewall (each Vlan GW is a sub-interface on the FW)
> Now , what I was thinking of , should I use REP ? will that cause a problem with the sub-rings ? 
> Or
>  should I implement routing on the main ring and keep Layer 2 active on 
> the sub-rings ? or should I keep default STP running inside the network ?

If these are IP-capable switches, go IP (if MPLS is possible, even
better). Stay away from Layer 2 core rings if you can help it.

Mark.