fabric
. The fabric is a logical set of interconnected switches -- just like the switching fabric that powers a data center network. In MNX, the fabric is an isolated blank slate on which you can build:.
characters. For example, 10.100.23.4
and 192.168.1.1
are both valid IP addresses. IP networks, collections of IP addresses that can talk to each other, are described in blocks called CIDR blocks, also known as subnets. Sample subnets include 192.168.1.0/24
, 10.1.0.0/16
, and 172.16.128.0/23
.10.0.0.0/8
, 192.168.0.0/16
, and 172.16.0.0/12
.