Category Archives: Network Architecture
Cisco vPC with Dell S4810 at ToR
Cisco’s vPC technology is similar to Dell’s VLT; it enables an access/leaf switch or server to have single LAG connecting up to two separate switches. This allows for an non-blocking, multipathing scenario. You can read more about Dell’s VLT technology … Continue reading
Posted in Cisco, Dell, Dell Force10, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Technology
Tagged 5548, Cisco, Cisco 5548UP, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus 5548UP, Dell, Dell Force10 S4810, Dell S4810, Force10 S4810, mlag, Nexus, Nexus 5548UP, Nexus switch, port channel, S4810, S4810 switch, switch, Virtual Port Channel, vPC
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Understanding Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (FEX) behave and can be considered as remote line cards for Cisco Nexus switches. The fabric extender acts as an extension to the parent Cisco Nexus switch fabric; the fabric extender and the parent … Continue reading
Posted in Cisco, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Technology
Tagged Cisco, Cisco distributed modular system, Cisco FEX architecture, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus 2000, Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender, Cisco Nexus 2000 Fabric Extenders, Cisco Nexus 2000 FEX, Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders, Cisco Nexus 2248PQ, Cisco Nexus 2248PQ Fabric Extender, Cisco Nexus 2248PQ FEX, Cisco Nexus 5548UP, Cisco Nexus Fabric Extender, Cisco Nexus FEX, Cisco Nexus switch, distributed modular system, east-west traffic, edge ports, etherchannel, EtherChannel Fabric Interface Connection, EtherChannel interface, Fabric Extender, FEX, FEX architecture, fex associate, Nexus 2248PQ, Nexus 2248PQ Fabric Extender, Nexus 2248PQ FEX, Nexus 5548UP, spanning tree edge ports, Static Pinning Fabric Interface Connection, switchport mode fex-fabric
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Dell Networking S5000 – FCoE Configuration [Video]
In my prior blog posts, I discussed Dell’s new converged switch, the Dell S5000, and provided links to two Dell S5000 whitepapers I recently published. Now you can see the Dell S5000 converged switch in action within a converged infrastructure … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell Compellent, Fibre Channel, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Protocols, Technology
Tagged Brocade, Compellent, Compellent SC220, Compellent SC8000, converged infrastructure, converged network, converged networks, Dell Compellent SC220, Dell Compellent SC8000, Dell Force10 S5000, Dell Networking S5000, Dell S5000, Dell S5000 configuration, Dell S5000 converged switch, Ethernet-FC bridge, FC, FC Switch, FCF, FCoE, FCoE configuration, FCoE-FC Bridge, Fibre Channel Forwarder, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Fibre Channel switch, Froce10 S5000, N_Port_ID Virtualization, NPIV, NPIV Proxy Gateway, S5000, S5000 configuration, S5000 converged switch, SC220, SC8000
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Deploying a Dell PowerEdge M1000e Chassis with Dell Blade Servers and Dell MXL Blade Switches
In this blog I demonstrate how to setup a Dell M1000e chassis with a Dell PowerEdge M620 server and two Dell MXL blade switches [FTOS 8.3.16.2]. The Dell M1000e chassis is part of a larger network composed of three Dell … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Technology, Windows Server 2008 R2
Tagged 57810S CNA, Broadcom, Broadcom 57810, Broadcom 57810S, Broadcom 57810S CNA, Broadcom CNA, Dell, Dell Force10 MXL, Dell Force10 S4810, Dell M1000e, Dell M1000e chassis, Dell M1000e PowerEdge chassis, Dell MXL, Dell MXL Blade Switch, Dell MXL switch, Dell S4810, Dell S4810 switch, Force10 MXL, Force10 Networks MXL, Force10 Networks S4810, Force10 S4810, M620 server, Open Shortest Path First, OSPF, PowerEdge, PowerEdge M620, PowerEdge M620 server, PowerEdge server, S4810 switch, server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise
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Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE
Checkout my latest Dell Networking document and learn how to deploy FCoE using the Dell S5000 converged switch: “Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE“.
Posted in Brocade, Dell, Dell Compellent, Fibre Channel, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Protocols, Storage, Technology
Tagged Brocade, Compellent, Compellent SC220, Compellent SC8000, converged infrastructure, converged network, converged networks, Dell Compellent SC220, Dell Compellent SC8000, Dell Force10 S5000, Dell Networking S5000, Dell S5000, Dell S5000 configuration, Dell S5000 converged switch, Ethernet-FC bridge, FC, FC Switch, FCF, FCoE, FCoE-FC Bridge, Fibre Channel Forwarder, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Fibre Channel switch, Froce10 S5000, N_Port_ID Virtualization, NPIV, NPIV Proxy Gateway, S5000, S5000 configuration, S5000 converged switch, SC220, SC8000
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Dell Networking S5000: The Building Blocks of Unified Fabric and LAN/SAN Convergence
Check out my latest Dell Networking whitepaper: Dell Networking S5000: The Building Blocks of Unified Fabric and LAN/SAN Convergence. The whitepaper demonstrates and explains the movement from a traditional non-converged LAN/SAN network to a converged LAN/SAN infrastructure and how the … Continue reading
Posted in Brocade, Dell, Dell Compellent, Fibre Channel, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Protocols, Storage, Technology
Tagged _Port_ID Virtualization, Brocade, Compellent, Compellent SC220, Compellent SC8000, converged infrastructure, converged network, converged networks, Dell Compellent, Dell Compellent SC220, Dell Compellent SC8000, Dell Force10 S5000, Dell Networking S5000, Dell S5000, Dell S5000 converged switch, Ethernet-FC bridge, FC, FC Switch, FCF, FCoE, FCoE-FC Bridge, Fibre Channel Forwarder, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Fibre Channel switch, Froce10 S5000, NPIV, NPIV Proxy Gateway, S5000, S5000 converged switch, SC220, SC8000
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Buying a Converged/FCoE Switch?
I felt the urge to write this article after receiving several inquiries about buying used Cisco Nexus 5010 and Nexus 5020 switches because they are available on some third-party site at large discounts – at least compared to the new … Continue reading
Posted in Brocade, Cisco, Dell, Juniper, Network Architecture, Networking, Protocols, Technology
Tagged Adapter-FEX, Brocade, Brocade 6720, Brocade 6730, Brocade converged switch, Brocade FCoE switch, Brocade VDX 6720, Brocade VDX 6730, Cisco, Cisco 5010, Cisco 5020, Cisco 5548UP, Cisco 5596UP, Cisco converged switch, Cisco FCoE switch, Cisco Nexus, Cisco Nexus 5010, Cisco Nexus 5020, Cisco Nexus 5548UP, Cisco Nexus 5596UP, Cisco Nexus switches, Converged switch, Data Center Bridging, DCB, Dell, Dell converged switch, Dell FCoE switch, Dell Force10, Dell S5000, Dell S5000 converged switch, Dell S5000 FCoE switch, Dell S5000 switch, FabricPath, FC, FCoE, FCoE-FC bridging, FCoE-FC bridging capabilities, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Juniper, Juniper converged switch, Juniper FCoE switch, Juniper QFX3500, Nexus 5010, Nexus 5020, Nexus 5548UP, Nexus 5596UP, QFX3500, S5000 converged switch, S5000 FCoE switch, TRILL, VDX 6720, VDX 6730, VM-FEX
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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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