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3-nodes Clos fabric
Description A minimal CLOS topology with two leafs and a spine
Components Nokia SR Linux
Resource requirements1 2
3 GB
Topology file clos01.clab.yml
Name clos01

Description#

This labs provides a lightweight folded CLOS fabric topology using a minimal set of nodes: two leaves and a single spine.

leaf1
Lab logical diagram
leaf2
spine
  1. Connections to containerlab (management) network
    are not shown
client1
client1

The topology is additionally equipped with the Linux containers connected to leaves to facilitate use cases which require access side emulation.

Use cases#

With this lightweight CLOS topology a user can exhibit the following scenarios:

  • perform configuration tasks applied to the 3-stage CLOS fabric
  • demonstrate fabric behavior leveraging the user-emulating linux containers attached to the leaves

  1. Resource requirements are provisional. Consult with SR Linux Software Installation guide for additional information. ↩