Chapter 8. TRILL Deployment, Migration, and Troubleshooting

Introduction

This chapter covers the migration strategies, deployment, and troubleshooting for TRILL networks.1, 2 This chapter discusses in detail the current network designs, practices, and migration strategies for TRILL networks. Some of the existing network architectures and the advantages of deploying TRILL in such scenarios are discussed. The pros and cons of the migration are also discussed for each case. Finally, the most important aspect of any new protocol or technology, apart from reliability, scalability, and fault-tolerance aspects, is the hooks it provides for network troubleshooting and monitoring. Applications can always be developed over the underlying technology that ...

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