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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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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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Distributed Core Network Architecture
There is no doubt you have probably heard by now the importance of supporting ‘east-west’ traffic flow in large data center networks. So why is this and what does it mean? And when Gartner claims that 80 percent of data … Continue reading
Posted in Dell Force10, Force10 Networks, Hadoop, Network Architecture, Networking, Servers, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Tagged 'east-west' traffic flow, 10 GbE, 10 gig, 3-Tier, 3-Tier Network Architecture, 40 GbE, 40 gig, Data Center, Dell, Dell Force10, Dell Force10 S4810, Dell Force10 Z9000, Dell S4810, Dell Z9000, distributed cloud computing, distributed cloud computing platform, distributed cloud computing platforms, distributed core architecture, Distributed Core Network Architecture, east-west, east-west traffic, Facebook, Force10, Force10 Networks, Force10 Networks S4810, Force10 Networks Z9000, Force10 S4810, Force10 Z9000, Hadoop, server-to-server, server-to-server traffic, server-to-server traffic flow, Spanning Tree Protocol, spine and leaf, spine and leaf architecture, spine and leaf network, STP, Traditional 3-Tier Network Architecture, Z9000
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