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A datacenter switching fabric is a network often designed according to
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a *leaf-spine* topology. The basic idea is illustrated by the small
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4-rack/3-tier example shown in :numref:`Figure %s <fig-leaf-spine>`.
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4-rack example shown in :numref:`Figure %s <fig-leaf-spine>`.
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Each rack has a *Top-of-Rack
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(ToR)* switch that interconnects the servers in that rack; these are
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referred to as the *leaf* switches of the fabric. (There are typically
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of available *spine* switches, with two requirements: (1) that there
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be multiple paths between any pair of racks, and (2) that each
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rack-to-rack path is two-hops (i.e., via a single intermediate spine
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switch). Note that this means in 3-tier design like the one shown in
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switch). Note that this means in leaf-spine designs like the one shown in
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:numref:`Figure %s <fig-leaf-spine>`, every server-to-server path is
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either two hops (server-leaf-server in the intra-rack case) or four
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hops (server-leaf-spine-leaf-server in the inter-rack case).

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