topic Re: Remote management fabric switches VOSS in ExtremeSwitching (VSP/Fabric Engine)

Remote management fabric switches VOSS

PatrickW — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 16:47:42 GMT

What is the recommended solution for managing fabric switches 7400, 5420, from a remote network? The fabric network is being used in a managed WAN solution, I would like to keep customer traffic separate from management traffic. The ISP can extend a VLAN back to the monitoring location. Sounds like the text book application for the CLIP but haven't been successful so far.

Re: Remote management fabric switches VOSS

Ludovico_Steven — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 12:38:30 GMT

If your fabric switches only carries L2VSN services, I would use mgmt VLAN IP on a dedicated separate mgmt L2VSN I-SID.

If your fabric switches carry L3VSN (IPVPN) services, then allocate a VRF for mgmt and set mgmt CLIPs on that mgmt VRF. In this case it makes most sense to use the default VRF-0 (GRT) as mgmt (L3VSN over VRF-0(GRT) = IP Shortcuts). And create VRFs 1,2,3.etc.. (L3VSNs) as services.