Spine and Leaf Networks, an Outline

With the previous post, I covered traditional data center networking, and some of the reliability compromises made to accommodate typical workloads. Here I'll be outlining my take as a series of blog posts on the next iteration of data center network design, Spine and Leaf:
Lab Diagram

• What came before
• Introduction: What Layer 3 Leaf Spine is and isn't, Dispelling Myths
• Topology Diagram
• Practical Applications with IGPs
• RIP 
• OSPF
• Practical application with EGP only
• eBGP
• Practical applications with IGPs and EGP
• The IP Portability / Layer 2 problem
• What I've found while practically applying this, tips and tricks
• VMWare NSX-V
• VMWare NSX-T
• Cisco NX-OS & Automation

Note: This page may change based on content. I'm going to try and keep things generic up until the very end.