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Creating Logical Networks and Services with VMware NSX on Dell Infrastructure

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Humair

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 | 1 Comment

EMEA DEF HOL Labs – Get Hands-on Experience with Dell Networking, Servers, and Storage

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Humair

EMEA Dell Enterprise Forum (DEF) kicked off this week in Frankfurt, Germany. Great venue with tons of information and training for Dell customers and partners. Make sure to stop by the Hands-on labs in the Skyloft. I will be there … Continue reading →

Posted in Dell, Dell Compellent, Dell Force10, EMEA Dell Enterprise Forum 2014, Fibre Channel, Networking, Storage, Tech Events, Technology | Tagged DEF, Dell Active Fabric Manager, Dell Enterprise Forum, Dell Enterprise Forum 2014, Dell FC Flex IO Module, Dell Fc Flex IOM, Dell Force10, Dell MXL, Dell MXL Blade Switch, Dell MXL Blade Switch with FC Flex IO Module, Dell MXL Blade Switch with FC Flex IOM, Dell N-Series, Dell Networking, Dell S5000, Dell S6000, Dell Servers, Dell Storage, EMEA DEF, EMEA DEF 2014, EMEA DEF Frankfurt Germany, EMEA Dell Enterprise Forum, EMEA Dell Enterprise Forum 2014, Enterprise Forum 2014, FC Flex IO Module, FC Flex IOM, Frankfurt Gerany, mlag, Multi-chassis Link Aggregation, NPG, NPIV Proxy Gateway, VRF-lite | Leave a comment

FCoE with Dell S5000 Converged Switch and Dell MXL Blade Switch [Video]

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Humair

Check out the latest Dell S5000 converged switch video which demonstrates FCoE with the Dell S5000 converged switch and the Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis w/ MXL blade switch. The Dell S5000 switch is configured in NPIV Proxy Gateway mode and … Continue reading →

Posted in Brocade, Dell, Dell Compellent, Dell Force10, Fibre Channel, Labs, Microsoft, Networking, 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 MXL, Dell MXL Blade Switch, Dell Networking S5000, Dell S5000, Dell S5000 configuration, Dell S5000 converged switch, dual fabrics, Ethernet-FC bridge, FC, FC Switch, FCF, FCoE, FCoE configuration, FCoE Transit, FCoE-FC Bridge, Fibre Channel Forwarder, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, Fibre Channel switch, FIP-snooping bridge, Froce10 S5000, FSB, multipathing, MXL, MXL blade, MXL Blade Switch, N_Port_ID Virtualization, NPIV, NPIV Proxy Gateway, S5000, S5000 configuration, S5000 converged switch, SAN, SAN multipathing, SC220, SC8000 | Leave a comment

Deploying a Dell PowerEdge M1000e Chassis with Dell Blade Servers and Dell MXL Blade Switches

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Humair

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 | 2 Comments

Stacking the Dell MXL Blade Switch

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Humair

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 | 7 Comments