Explain why east-west traffic, multi-site ops, and legacy tier limits make fabric designs necessary
Describe leaf-spine underlay, EVPN/VXLAN overlay, and controller or intent planes in a modern fabric
Identify core building blocks: high-radix hardware, telemetry, automation APIs, and scalable overlays
Outline future directions including 400G/800G optics, AI/HPC fabrics, SRv6, disaggregation, and zero-trust segmentation
Apply a design-and-rollout flow from workload context through automated build to closed-loop operations
Map fabric patterns to data center, campus, edge/metro, and AI cluster use cases while avoiding common pitfalls
Who this course is for
Network engineers, architects, and infrastructure operators planning or modernizing data center, campus, edge, or AI fabrics. Helpful prerequisites: basic switching/routing and familiarity with overlays or automation concepts.
