Tag: SDN

VMworld 2014: VCDX Architecture Panel

Panel: Mark Gabryjeski, Mostafa Khalil, Chris McCain, Michael Webster VCDX Objective of the defense Design judgments and technique Successful interactive design exercise Successful interactive troubleshooting exercise The Art of Infrastructure Design Discover inputs - Conceptual model Develop solution - Logical model Design Architecture - Physical model Determine success - Validation...

VMUnderground Opening Acts: Networking

This was a panel discussion hosted by vBrownBag and VMUnderground. Panelists: Chris Wahl, Scott Lowe, and several others that I didn't catch. Sorry! These are real-time notes so forgive any typos. 1. SDN was defined because networks are too complex and slow to change. 2. The networking industry is long...

VMworld 2013: Advanced VMware NSX Architecture

Twitter: #NET5716; Bruce Davie, VMware This was by far the best session of the day. While my background is not in networking, even I got excited about what software defined networking can do for an enterprise. The session was also a fire hose of NSX advanced details, and the standby...

TechEd: Hyper-V 2012 R2 Networking Deep Dive (MDC-B380)

Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 brings a lot of new networking features to the table. This was a deep dive session on what's new in R2, how MS's network virtualization works, and how it benefits customers. While Server 2012 brought huge gains to the network stack, R2 rounds out...

TechEd: Windows Server 2012 R2 IPAM for Clouds (MDC-B376)

Starting off Day 3 of TechEd 2013 is a session on Windows Server 2012 R2 networking for cloud services. He covers what's new in Windows Server 2012 R2 IPAM (and touching on DNS and DHCP). Windows Server 2012 shipped with major new features, and R2 builds on those features and better integrates...

VMware Virsto Acquisition: VMUG Presentation

Last month at the March San Diego VMUG they had Mark Davis (former CEO) from Virsto give a very informative presentation and some details on why VMware acquired them. I would have gotten this article done sooner, but between getting my new blog site up and other things it's been...