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VMware NSX: Advanced Security Services with Check Point vSEC
In early 2014, the well known security company, Check Point, announced it was collaborating with VMware to integrate its security software with NSX to help automate and simplify the provisioning of advanced security services. Just last month, Check Point announced … Continue reading
Posted in Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Security, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
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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
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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
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Dell VRF-lite & VMware NSX: Multitenancy Across Physical & Logical Networks
Please checkout the white paper Dell Networking: Multitenancy Across Physical and Logical Environments with VRF-lite and VMware NSX. In the white paper I discuss use cases and how NVO and VRF-lite can be used together to deploy a consistent multitenant … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Protocols, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
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Firewalling & Micro-segmentation with VMware NSX
One very exciting and strong use case for VMware NSX is advanced security. VMware NSX has some inherent security features and also allows for 3rd party security appliance integration. In this blog, I’ll briefly discuss the firewalling and micro-segmentation capabilities … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Labs, Network Architecture, Network Security, Networking, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware
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Dell Networking and VMware NSX: Bridging Between Logical & Physical Networks
In a prior blog, Creating Logical Networks and Services with VMware NSX on Dell Infrastructure, I discussed how easily VMs can be moved from physical (VLANs) to logical networks (Network Virtualization Overlays or NVOs). In practicality, there will almost always … Continue reading
Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Labs, Network Architecture, Networking, Protocols, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing, VMware, VMware
Tagged CLI, decouple network, decoupled, Dell, Dell NSX Reference Architecture, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge Rack Server, Dell PowerEdge Server, 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, 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, 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 server, Rack Server, router CLI, S6000, SDN, SDN solution, SDN solution with NSX, software defined networking, 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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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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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
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