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Nutanix Beam – Chargeback and Tracking Spend Across Clouds
My prior post on Nutanix Beam, Optimize Cost Across Public and Private Clouds with Nutanix Beam, provided a brief intro and described some of the basic functionality of Beam and how it can be used to define a cost control … Continue reading
Posted in AWS, AWS, AWS, Business, Hyper-converged infrastructure, Microsoft, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Tagged AWS, Azure, Beam, business unit, chargeback, cloud, Cloud Cost Control, cloud cost governance, Cloud Cost Management, cloud cost optimization, Cloud Management, cloud optimization, cost, cost analytics, cost center, Cost Governance, cost optimization, hybrid cloud, hybrid-cloud visibility, Multi-cloud, Multicloud, Multicloud Cost Governance, multicloud visibility, Nutanix, Nutanix Beam, Nutanix Hybrid Cloud, Nutanix Xi Beam, on-prem, onprem, private cloud, public cloud, SaaS, Software as a service, visibility, Xi, Xi Beam
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New year, new challenges, new learnings @ Nutanix!
New year, new challenges, new learnings! It’s been a great start to a new year. Looking forward to a new role and exciting year ahead @ Nutanix! Can’t believe it’s been 3 months already! First new official Nutanix swag above, … Continue reading
Posted in Hyper-converged infrastructure, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix, Nutanix Tech Summit 2020, Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Tagged Acropolis, AHV, AOS, HCI, hyper-converged, hyper-converged infrastructure, hypervisor, Nutanix, Nutanix Acropolis, Nutanix AHV, Nutanix AOS, Nutanix Prism, Nutanix Tech Summit, Nutanix Tech Summit 2020, Prism, virtual machine, VM
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Hyper-Converged with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL
There’s a lot of interesting things going on in the industry with servers, storage, and networking: SDN (software defined networking), SDS (software defined storage), NFV (network function virtualization), SD-WAN (software defined WAN), hyper-convergence, and more and more focus on private … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Servers, Software Defined Storage (SDS), Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware VSAN
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Dell Networking with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL
Checkout the Dell Networking with Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture available here on Dell.com. In this white paper, I discuss the details of the network connectivity at the ToR for the Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL appliance, reference architecture and respective network configuration required, … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Servers, Storage, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware, VMware VSAN
Tagged Dell, Dell EVO:RAIL RA, Dell EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell N4064, Dell Networking, Dell Networking Dell-EVO:RAIL RA, Dell Networking Dell-EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell Networking EVO:RAIL RA, Dell Networking EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell Networking N-series, Dell Networking N4032, Dell Networking N4064, Dell Networking S4048-ON, Dell Networking S4810, Dell Networking S4820T, Dell Networking S5000, Dell Networking S6000, Dell Networking S6000-ON, Dell Networking Z9500, Dell S4048-ON, Dell S4810, Dell S4820T, Dell S5000, Dell S6000, Dell S6000-ON, Dell VMware EVO-RAIL, Dell VMware EVO:RAIL RA, Dell VMware EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, Dell Z9500, Dell-VMware EVO RAIL solution, Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL, Dell-VMware EVO:RAIL solution, EVO, EVO RAIL Appliance, EVO RAIL configuration, EVO-RAIL, EVO:RAIL, EVO:RAIL Appliance, EVO:RAIL cluster, EVO:RAIL configuration, EVO:RAIL management daemon, EVO:RAIL MARVIN, EVO:RAIL MARVIN daemon, EVO:RAIL Marvin Management, EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, hyper-converged, hyper-converged infrastructure appliance, hyperconverged, IPv4 multicast, IPv6 multicast, Loudmouth, MARVIN, N-series, N4000, N4000-series, N4032, N4064, RAIL, S-series, S4048-ON, S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000, S6000-ON, SDS, software defined storage, vCenter Server Appliance, VCSA, virtualization platform, vmware, VMware EVO:RAIL, VMware EVO:RAIL cluster, VMware EVO:RAIL configuration, VMware EVO:RAIL Reference Architecture, VMware Loudmouth, VMware vCenter Server Appliance, VMware VCSA, VMware VSAN, VSAN, VSAN Cache, VSAN storage, Z-series, Z9500, Zeroconf
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VMware NSX Service Composer: Advanced Security & Micro-segmentation
In a prior blog, Firewalling & Micro-segmentation with VMware NSX, I discussed some of the basics of firewalls and micro-segmentation with VMware NSX. In this blog, I’ll introduce how security groups via NSX Service Composer can be used with VMware … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell EqualLogic, Dell Force10, Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, iSCSI, Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Servers, Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged advanced security, advanced security policies, container, converged network, DCB, Dell, Dell DCB iSCSI, Dell end-to-end converged infrastructure, Dell iSCSI, Dell MXL, Dell S4810, Dell S6000, Dell VMware NSX, Dell VMware NSX Architecture, Dell VMware NSX design, Dell VMware NSX Guide, Dell VMware NSX RA, Dell-VMware NSX Reference Architecture, dynamic membership, end-to-end converged infrastructure, ESXi, firewall, firewall rules, iSCSI, iSCSI converged network, logical switch, micro-segmentation, Micro-segmentation with VMware NSX, microsegmentation, microsegmentation with VMware NSX, MXL, NSX, NSX advanced security policies, NSX Distributed Firewall, NSX firewall, NSX firewall rules, NSX logical switch, NSX partners, NSX security group container, NSX Security Group dynamic membership, NSX Security Groups, NSX security policy, NSX service chaining, NSX Service Composer, NSX Service Composer advanced security policies, NSX Service Composer Canvas View, NSX Service Composer container, NSX Service Composer Security Group, NSX Service Composer security policy, NSX-V, Palo Alto, Palo Alto Networks, Palo Alto Panorama, Palo Alto's Panorama, Panorama, S4810, S6000, security, security group container, Security Group dynamic membership, Security Groups, security policy, service chaining, Service Composer, Service Composer advanced security policies, Service Composer Canvas View, Service Composer container, Service Composer Security Group, Service Composer security policy, symantec, virtual machines, vms, VMware achitecture, VMware design, VMware ESXi, VMware logical switch, VMware NSX, VMware NSX advanced security policies, VMware NSX architecture, VMware NSX design, VMware NSX Distributed Firewall, VMware NSX firewall rules, VMware NSX logical switch, VMware NSX partners, VMware NSX security group container, VMware NSX Security Group dynamic membership, VMware NSX Security Groups, VMware NSX security policy, VMware NSX service chaining, VMware NSX Service Composer, VMware NSX Service Composer advanced security policies, VMware NSX Service Composer Canvas View, VMware NSX Service Composer container, VMware NSX Service Composer Security Group, VMware NSX Service Composer security policy, VMware NSX-V, VMware NSX-v design, VMware NSX-vSphere design, VMware Security Groups, VMware Service Composer, VMware virtual machine, VMware VM, VMware vSphere, vSphere
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Network Virtualization with Dell and VMware NSX [Video]
Check out my latest Dell Networking video on Network Virtualization with Dell and VMware NSX. You can view it on the Dell VMware wiki site, the Dell YouTube channel, or see the video embedded below via direct link.
Posted in Dell, Dell EqualLogic, Dell Force10, iSCSI, Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Protocols, Storage, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged DCB, DCB capable storage, Dell, Dell EqualLogic, Dell EqualLogic DCB capable storage, Dell EqualLogic iSCSI storage, Dell EqualLogic PS 6110XS, Dell EqualLogic PS6110XS, Dell EqualLogic storage, Dell Force10, Dell MXL, Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Dell PowerEdge M620, Dell PowerEdge R620, Dell PowerEdge Servers, Dell S4810, Dell S6000, Dell VMware NSX, distributed firewall, distributed routing, distributed switching, DLR, EqualLogic, EqualLogic DCB capable storage, EqualLogic iSCSI storage, EqualLogic PS6110XS, ESXi, ESXi 5.5, ESXi hypervisor, firewall, Force10, Force10 Networks, hypervisor, iSCSI, iSCSI storage, L2 Bridge, L2 Gateway, Logical Network, Logical Networks, MXL, MXL Blade Switch, Network Virtualization, Network Virtualization with Dell Infrastructure and VMware NSX Reference Architecture, NSX, NSX Controller Cluster, NSX Distributed Logical Router, NSX DLR, NSX L2 Gateway, NSX Manager, NSX Perimeter Edge, NSX Services Edge, OSPF, S4810, S6000, SDN, software defined networking, vCenter, vCenter Virtual Appliance, VDS, virtual distributed switch, Virtual Network Identifier, virtualization, vmware, VMware ESXi, VMware NSX, VMware vCenter, VMware vSphere, VMware vSphere 5.5, VMware vSphere ESXi, VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5, VMware vSphere vCenter, VMware vSphere vCenter Virtual Appliance, VNI, vSphere, vSphere 5.5, vSphere vCenter, vSphere vCenter Virtual Appliance, VXLAN
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