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The scope of this report is the exploration of networking technologies to support the requirements of modern data center networks that include support for high performance computing and artificial intelligence applications. Solutions to address challenges created by evolving requirements and new age technologies are proposed. Standardization considerations are identified.

The purpose of this report is to frame high?level solutions to issues and challenges with modern data center Networks. The report includes background and technical analyses of current data center environments as they are applied to the evolving needs of target applications. The report highlights new technologies that are changing the dynamics and operation of the data center Network. The results of the analysis lead to identification and recommendation of future standardization activities.

- Active. This paper is the result of a work item [19] within the IEEE 802 “Network Enhancements for the Next Decade” Industry Connections Activity known as Nendica. The paper extends a previous report, “IEEE 802 Nendica Report: The Lossless Network for Data Centers” [20] published on August 17, 2018. This update provides additional background on evolving use cases in modern data centers and proposes solutions to additional problems identified by this report.