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6WIND – From Data Plane Acceleration to Virtual Appliances

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Humair

6WIND is an interesting company I’ve been following for some time now, initially out of curiosity, and then out of more curiosity :-). They first started as a networking software company claiming to solve performance challenges for software defined networks … Continue reading →

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Dell Networking and VMware NSX: Bridging Between Logical & Physical Networks

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Humair

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 →

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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 →

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Dell PowerEdge M1000e – FlexAddressing

Posted on January 31, 2014 by Humair

Let’s say you have a Dell PowerEdge M1000e chassis populated with Dell blade servers with CNAs. Let’s also assume you enable FCoE on the CNA and utilize it for LAN and SAN traffic. What if you were to use the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dell, Dell Force10, Dell PowerEdge Blade Servers, Labs, Networking, Servers, Technology, Troubleshooting, Troubleshooting | Tagged Dell, Dell blade, Dell Blade Server, Dell M1000e chassis, Dell M1000e Chassis CMC, Dell M60 Blade server, Dell M620, Dell PowerEdge, Dell PowerEdge M1000e, Flex, FlexAddressing, FlexAddressing technology, FlexAddrress, M1000e, MAC address, PowerEdge, PowerEdge M1000e, virtual address, virtual MAC address, virtual World Wide Port Name, virtual WWPN, World Wide Port Name, WWPN, zoning | 1 Comment

Configuring a Syslog Server on CentOS 6.3 for Dell Force10 Switches

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Humair

In this lab I’m going to demonstrate how to configure a syslog server to use with Dell Force10 switches. A syslog server can be used to store log files remotely on an external server. Syslog servers can be invaluable when … Continue reading →

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Cisco Nexus 5548UP – Configuring the Management Interface

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Humair

This is a relatively simple blog on configuring the Cisco Nexus 5548UP management interface. When Cisco moved away from IOS to NX-OS for the operating system on their new Nexus datacenter switches, some of the commands and syntax for even … Continue reading →

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Connecting Dell PowerEdge M I/O Aggregator with Dell Force10 S4810 and Cisco Nexus 5548UP

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Humair

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 →

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