Re: Layer 2 vs. Layer 3 to TOR

Raj Singh wrote:

We are actually looking at going Layer 3 all the way to the top of rack and make each rack its own /24. This provides us flexibility when doing maintenance (spanning-tree). Also, troubleshooting during outages is much easier by using common tools like ping and trace routes. I'm confused where STP fits into this. If you're doing /24s to each switch, why even bring STP into the picture? Do /31s to each TOR switch and use OSPF or ISIS. I don't know too many people who have not had an awful experience with STP at some point.