Say goodbye to Past complex networks with Extreme Fabric
Extreme Fabric securely interconnects network locations and devices via secure virtual services (or segments) that can extend across SD-WAN, remote branch sites, campus, and the data center. This is done by delivering a fabric solution that incorporates the following design principles:
• Unified – providing a comprehensive solution that can connect any location, device, and/or service in the network
• Automated – with auto-forming, auto-sensing, and auto-connection capabilities that streamline network operations and deployment
• Secure – in a framework that securely separates network services and that inherently protects against network breaches
Data centers are no longer the isolated and centralized information hubs of the organization. Today’s data centers are often distributed and flexible, enabling applications, systems, and users to access critical information in real time to quickly respond to the demands of today’s digital markets. And increasingly, hybrid data centers span physical, virtual, and cloud environments.
Adaptability, reliability, and scalability are paramount in this rapidly evolving environment. Traditional cybersecurity solutions struggle to keep pace with the exponential growth of data and applications and AI’s game-changing impact on the threat landscape.
Fabric Connect is the core component of the Extreme Fabric solution based on Shortest Path Bridging (IEEE 802.1Q) and IS-IS routing protocols. It provides virtualized network services that connect users and devices across the network infrastructure.
Fabric Attach is a software-based feature that delivers automation and time-to-service enhancements to Extreme and 3rd-party devices. It effectively automates device connection to the Fabric Connect environment, enabling endpoints, such as Extreme wireless access points, to be quickly mapped to the appropriate virtualized fabric service.
Fabric Extend allows you to connect islands of fabrics into a single fabric over a public or private WAN infrastructure and can also run in conjunction with the Extreme SD-WAN solution.
A Complete Fabric
Extreme’s industry-leading fabric is a self-forming and self-provisioning solution that has been installed in thousands of customer networks. Fabric Connect is automatically included with all of Extreme’s Universal and VSP Switches.
This means that when you buy one of these switches, you immediately get all the benefits of Extreme Fabric Connect. These include the following:
• Zero-touch onboarding and auto-sensing to simplify switch and fabric deployment. The switches identify what they are connected to, and they snap to attention.
• The full suite of Fabric services, including the ability to forward Layer 2, Layer 3 (routed), and even advanced multicast services over the fabric.
• The ability to support and deploy 10s of thousands of switches across a single fabric infrastructure.
The built-in security of Fabric using hyper-segmentation also limits the risks related to the edge and/or IoT devices compromising the network. Dynamic role-based policies protect and assign appropriate network access at the wired/wireless edge. MACsec-based encryption is also available across the portfolio.
