iMaster NCE-Campus adopts a flexiblemulti-plane networking architectureto meet different deployment scale and reliability requirements. According to HCIP Datacom Campus Network documentation, iMaster NCE-Campus supports bothsingle-plane networkingandmulti-plane networking, and the selection depends on the system deployment mode.
In asingle-node system deployment, all functional components of iMaster NCE-Campus run on a single node. In this scenario,single-plane networking is optionaland can be used to simplify network planning and reduce deployment complexity. Management traffic, service traffic, and internal communication share the same network plane, which is sufficient for small-scale or test environments where high availability and strict isolation are not mandatory.
However, inmulti-node or cluster deployments, iMaster NCE-Campus requiresmulti-plane networking. Different network planes—such as management plane, service plane, and internal communication plane—are deployed separately to ensure high availability, scalability, performance isolation, and security. Single-plane networking isnot supportedin these deployments because it cannot meet the reliability and performance requirements of clustered systems.
This design ensures that large-scale campus networks benefit from fault isolation and load separation, while smaller deployments can use a simplified architecture. Therefore, the statement that single-plane networking is optional only in single-node system deployment is consistent with HCIP Datacom Campus Network design principles.
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