Hi CCIE Kid, OTV is Overlay Transport Virtualization. You need Nexus switch to implement this. The key advantage its got over others is the ability to restrict flooding to each site.
Regards ________________________________ From: Marko Milivojevic <[email protected]> To: CCIE KID <[email protected]> Cc: CCIE OSL <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Pseudowire The reason "why" would anyone do that is the reason that many of us are looking for in bewilderment. I guess because of VMware ;-). In any case, that discussion is well outside the scope of this list. It has been beaten to death somewhat on few of the Packet Pushers Podcasts (http://packetpushers.net/). -- Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S) Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 06:38, CCIE KID <[email protected]> wrote: > Marko > > Isn't it so ? I have seen that Pseudowires are used in SP. Ok when we > interconnect two datacentres, why we need Pseudowire ? > These two datacentres are part of same Administrative domain and they would > want to span their broadcast segment.j > Hmm i think its a better solution but i want to knnow what exactly happens > when we are interconnecting data centres using Pseudowires. I mean the > purpose of using it ? > > Wat is Cisco OTV? > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Andres Villalva <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In my opinion pseudowire remains the most viable way of interconnecting >> data centers when l2 spanning is required. >> >> Cisco's otv is supported on limited platforms and is still in its infancy >> with regards to being a tried and tested technology and vpls (which >> incidently also uses pseudowire) requires mpls which is usually not extended >> into the data ceter. >> >> Apart from direct l2 connections which have their own drawbacks, I can't >> think of any other options. >> >> For that reason, I think that pseudowire should be included in the r&s >> exam. Not saying that it is, just saying that it should. >> >> Regards, >> >> Andres Villalva >> >> On 06/02/2012 4:20 AM, "Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Sad but true... >> >> We live in a VMware world ;) >> >> Med venlig hilsen | Best regards >> Thomas Raabo >> Senior Network Engineer CCIE #33466 >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> [email protected] | Direkte: +45 69 10 60 18 | Tlf.: +45 70 23 55 66 >> >> >> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >> Fra: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne af Marko Milivojevic >> Sendt: 5. februar 2012 18:22 >> Til: CCIE KID >> Cc: CCIE OSL >> Emne: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Pseudowire >> >> >> Actually, I've seen L2VPNs (pseudowires) deployed by the enterprises as a >> way to interconnect data ... > > > > > -- > With Warmest Regards, > > CCIE KID > CCIE#29992 (Security) > > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
