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Creating Logical Networks and Services with VMware NSX on Dell Infrastructure
If you haven’t already, please checkout the Dell-VMware NSX Reference Architecture (RA) whitepaper. In the reference architecture I explain in detail the foundational NSX-vSphere components and also how Dell can provide a complete end-to-end infrastructure (servers, networking, storage) to support … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged Blade, Blade Server, blade switch, CLI, decouple network, decoupled, Dell, Dell EqualLogic, Dell EqualLogic Array, Dell EqualLogic PS 6210XS, Dell EqualLogic PS6210XS, Dell EqualLogic storage, Dell EqualLogic Storage Array, Dell MXL, Dell MXL Blade Switch, Dell NSX Reference Architecture, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge Blade Server, Dell PowerEdge Rack Server, Dell PowerEdge Server, Dell S4810, Dell S6000, Dell Server, Dell-VMware NSX Reference Architecture, Dell-VMware NSX solution, Distributed Logical Router, Distributed Logical Router Control VM, DLR, DLR Control VM, EqualLogic, EqualLogic array, EqualLogic PS 6210XS, EqualLogic PS6210XS, EqualLogic storage, EqualLogic Storage Array, Hardware NSX L2 Bridge, Hardware VTEP, Logical Network, logical network services, Logical Networks, logical router CLI, logical switch, logical switch CLI, logical switches, Logical-Physical Bridge, MXL, MXL blade, network services, NSX, NSX bridge, NSX CLI, NSX design/deployment, NSX Distributed Logical Router, NSX Edge, NSX Edge Appliance, NSX Edge Appliances, NSX Hardware L2 Bridge, NSX L2 Bridge, NSX Manager, NSX Manager virtual appliance, NSX Perimeter Edge, NSX Perimeter Edge CLI, NSX Perimeter Edge Router CLI, NSX Router CLI, NSX Services Gateway, NSX vCenter plugin, NSX-vSphere, NSX-vSphere design/deployment, NSX-vSphere plugin, NSX-vSphere vCenter plugin, NVI VLAN Bridge, Perimeter Edge, Physical-Logical Bridge, PowerEdge Blade Server, PowerEdge server, Rack Server, router CLI, S4810, S6000, SDN, SDN solution, SDN solution with NSX, software defined networking, Storage Array, switch CLI, vCenter, Virtual Extensible LAN, virtual machine, vlan, VLAN VXLAN bridge, VM, vmware, VMware NSX, VMware NSX design/deployment, VMware NSX Manager, VMware NSX Manager virtual appliance, VMware NSX Reference Architecture, VMware NSX-vSphere, VMware NSX-vSphere design/deployment, VMware vCenter, VMware vSphere, VNI-VLAN Bridge, vSphere, vSphere Web Client, VTEP, VXLAN, VXLAN encapsulation, VXLAN header, VXLAN-VLAN Bridge
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Stacking the Dell MXL Blade Switch
The Data Center Bridging (DCB) enabled Dell MXL blade switch provides a 1/10/40GbE upstream solution for the Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis. It comes with two fixed 40 GbE ports but is scalable up to six 40GbE ports via 40GbE FlexIO … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking
Tagged blade switch, Dell, Dell FlexIO modules, Dell Force10 MXL, Dell Force10 MXL switch, Dell M1000e, Dell M1000e chassis, Dell M1000e FlexIO modules, Dell MXL, Dell MXL Blade Switch, Dell MXL stack, Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis, Dell PowerEdge M1000e FlexIO modules, FlexIO modules, Force10 MXL, Force10 MXL switch, Force10 Stack, FTOS, M1000e chassis, M1000e FlexIO modules, MXL, MXL stack, PowerEdge M1000e chassis, redundancy, stack MXL, stack MXL switches, stacking MXL, stacking redundancy
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Connecting Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator with Dell Force10 S4810 and Cisco Nexus 5548UP
The Dell PowerEdge M I//O Aggregator is a slick blade switch that plugs into the Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis and requires barely any configuration/networking knowledge. Think of it as an advanced layer 2 switch that provides expandable uplink connectivity. The … Continue reading
Posted in Cisco, Dell, Dell Force10, Force10 Networks, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Technology
Tagged 40 GbE, 5548 switch, 5548UP switch, Blade Chassis, blade switch, Chassis Management Controller, Cisco, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus 5548, Cisco Nexus 5548UP, CMC, Dell, Dell Blade Server, Dell Blade Servers, Dell Force10, Dell Force10 S4810, Dell Force10 S4810 switch, Dell I/O Aggregator, Dell M1000e, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator, Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell S4810, Dell S4810 switch, Dell Server Blade Chassis, Force10, Force10 Networks, Force10 Networks S4810, Force10 Networks S4810 switch, Force10 S4810, Force10 S4810 switch, I/O Aggregator, I/O Aggregator blade switch, M1000e, Nexus 5548, Nexus 5548UP, Nexus 5548UP switch, PowerEdge, PowerEdge I/O Aggregator, PowerEdge I/O Aggregator blade switch, PowerEdge M1000e, S4810 switch, Server Blade Chassis, Twinax, Twinax breakout cable, Twinax breakout cables
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