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- VXLAN/EVPN fabric between core/dist (leaf/spine) devices, IPv4 routed/L3 point-to-point links between core/dist
- Each dist/core device has two loopbacks, one in global/main VRF used for EVPN peering ("infra loopback") and one loopback in a dedicated management VRF ("management loopback")
- Core devices are only used for connecting distribution switches, external . External connectivity, firewalls etc are all connected to dist switches (possibly dedicated border dist)
- Deploy dist switches in pairs, with access switches connected redundantly to two dist switches
- Mature API for management and monitoring (Netconf, SNMP etc)
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