CCST Data Centers and Fabrics - Ch 13

To support the huge number of hosts and services provided by data center networks, they connect multiple fabrics using a __________.

• DCI

• DRP

• PoP

• TRU

A __________ is used by an IXP to carry routing information between routers connected to their fabric.

• peering agent

• route server

• network agent

• central node

A __________ fabric is like a Clos fabric but has five stages instead of three.

• toroid

• dragonfly

• butterfly

• Scafida

Traffic in computer networks can flow in either direction; this is why they are also called __________ fabrics.

• comprehensive

• complex

• folded

• bidirectional

In a clos fabric, the input and output stages are considered the __________.

• leaves

• spine

• legs

• antenna

Which type of fabric is most often used in large-scale designs?

• Toroid

• Spine-and-leaf

• Hypercube

• Scafida

What is the name of the principal language users use on the modern Internet?

• JSON

• TCP

• HTTP

• HTML

In a clos fabric, servers can be attached to any leaf; these leaves are also called __________.

• ToS

• ToR

• LoT

• LrA