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Network ADRs define connectivity, topology, addressing, and operational validation choices for the target architecture.

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adr / acceptedADR-002 NX-OS configuration replace for DC 3.0 deployments

DC 3.0 requires deterministic, auditable network configuration delivery across a large fabric. Incremental changes are hard to validate end-to-end and allow drift to accumulate ove

adr / supersededADR-003 DC 3.0 validation, state capture, and operational tooling

Status: superseded by adr-018-network-validation-ansible-vendor-cli.

adr / acceptedADR-007 IP Addressing Plan for 1H2026 OpenShift Engagement

The 1H2026 OpenShift implementation needs IP allocations for nodes, pods, services, and supporting networks without colliding with existing RWS routes. The plan must also be compat

adr / acceptedADR-008 Storage Network Segmentation and QoS

Storage traffic shares the same fabric as application and management traffic. We need to decide whether storage access should be isolated in a dedicated segment (VLAN/VXLAN) and if

adr / supersededADR-016 Network Topology for 2026 OpenShift Engagement

Status: superseded by adr-019-hybrid-network-rollout-aci-a-ai-only-evpn-b-target.

adr / acceptedADR-018 Network validation and drift baseline with Ansible + vendor CLIs

The network operating model needs a single baseline that is simple to execute in production AAP workflows, while still producing auditable evidence and repeatable drift checks. The

adr / acceptedADR-019 Hybrid network rollout: ACI in Location A (AI-only) and EVPN/VXLAN in Location B (target)

The rollout requires fast delivery of an AI cluster in Location A while the multi-tenant, multi-cluster platform is built and validated in Location B. A single network baseline acr

adr / draftADR-020 Backbone service-vs-transport model: L3VPN over SR-MPLS

Network reviews still mix service policy and transport behavior into one layer. That causes route-policy ambiguity, weak ownership boundaries, and inconsistent change review.

adr / draftADR-021 DC EVPN to backbone L3VPN interconnect pattern

The datacenter lane uses EVPN/VXLAN and the backbone uses L3VPN over SR-MPLS. Without a fixed interconnect pattern, teams introduce inconsistent route leaks, uncontrolled L2 extens

adr / draftADR-023 IPv6 numberplan and cluster scale strategy

adr-007-ip-addressing-2026 is accepted for 1H2026 RFC1918 delivery, but it does not define the forward IPv6 strategy for government category usage and large-scale cluster growth.

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