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Practical SDN: Security in NSX, DFA, and ACI
It’s time to talk (briefly!) about how NSX, DFA, and ACI handle Security. This blog series has already covered ARP, L2 forwarding and L3 forwarding, complete with many technical details. I’m hoping...
View ArticleSDN Tutorial at Enterprise Connect 2014
I am doing a 3-hour workshop on SDN at Enterprise Connect 2014 in Orlando, Florida, March 19, 2014. The session is titled “Powering Enterprise Communications with Software-Defined Networks (SDNs).”...
View ArticleMonitoring an SDN, Part 3 (Management System Architecture)
The third in the series on SDN monitoring (Monitoring a Software Defined Network, Part 3) talks about the management system architecture. What factors drive the placement of monitoring system...
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Upcoming February 25, 2014 CMUG
I will be presenting in the CMUG (Cisco Mid-Atlantic User Group) session on Tuesday February 2/25/2014. The formal abstract and announcements are here. The location is: Loyola University Columbia...
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Practical SDN: What’s Right for Your Network?
In this blog, I’d like to come at Practical SDN from a different point of view. Thanks to all those who slogged through the previous blogs in the series. I suspect those either had too much or too...
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Datacenter Topics (CMUG February 25, 2014)
I presented a Cisco Mid-Atlantic Users Group session on “Datacenter Topics” today. It covered NSX, DFA, ACI, among other things. I even said “SDN” a couple of times. And thanks to the 80 or so people...
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Recent DFA and ACI Links
Here in the Baltimore-DC area, we can’t wait for Spring to end all the cold snowy weather we’ve been having. We don’t quite see the signs yet. We need a new groundhog! Anybody want a used one? In...
View ArticleEnterprise Connect & Interop Sessions
I’m speaking at both Enterprise Connect and Interop again this year. The Enterprise Connect conference is March 17 – 20, 2014. I’ll be presenting the very successful session titled How to Keep Video...
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Heading for ONUG 2014
On Sunday afternoon 5/4/2014 I’ll be heading to New York City. I’ll be joining some of the Tech Field Day bloggers extraordinaire on Monday and Tuesday 5/5-6/2014, for Tech Field Day at ONUG 2014 (Open...
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Network Design for Automation
A blog I wrote was recently posted on blogs.cisco.com. It is about how appropriate design can prepare for automation — and that the lesson from automation is that we should be using “cookie cutter”...
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Practical SDN: L3 Forwarding in NSX, DFA, and ACI
How does L3 forwarding work in NSX, DFA, and ACI? That's the topic for this blog, blog #3 in a series. The series attempts to contrast the various behaviors of NSX, DFA, and ACI. So let's jump right in...
View ArticleNetwork Designs that Support SDN
In my quest to really understand SDN, I’ve been reading a number of research papers and watching presentations by industry researchers. It has been quite educational and I thought that it would be...
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Practical SDN: Security in NSX, DFA, and ACI
It's time to talk (briefly!) about how NSX, DFA, and ACI handle Security. This blog series has already covered ARP, L2 forwarding and L3 forwarding, complete with many technical details. I'm hoping...
View ArticleSDN Tutorial at Enterprise Connect 2014
I am doing a 3-hour workshop on SDN at Enterprise Connect 2014 in Orlando, Florida, March 19, 2014. The session is titled “ Powering Enterprise Communications with Software-Defined Networks (SDNs).”...
View ArticleMonitoring an SDN, Part 3 (Management System Architecture)
The third in the series on SDN monitoring ( Monitoring a Software Defined Network, Part 3) talks about the management system architecture. What factors drive the placement of monitoring system...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Upcoming February 25, 2014 CMUG
I will be presenting in the CMUG (Cisco Mid-Atlantic User Group) session on Tuesday February 2/25/2014. The formal abstract and announcements are here. The location is: Loyola University Columbia...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Practical SDN: What’s Right for Your Network?
In this blog, I'd like to come at Practical SDN from a different point of view. Thanks to all those who slogged through the previous blogs in the series. I suspect those either had too much or too...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Datacenter Topics (CMUG February 25, 2014)
I presented a Cisco Mid-Atlantic Users Group session on "Datacenter Topics" today. It covered NSX, DFA, ACI, among other things. I even said "SDN" a couple of times. And thanks to the 80 or so people...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Recent DFA and ACI Links
Here in the Baltimore-DC area, we can't wait for Spring to end all the cold snowy weather we've been having. We don't quite see the signs yet. We need a new groundhog! Anybody want a used one? In...
View ArticleEnterprise Connect & Interop Sessions
I’m speaking at both Enterprise Connect and Interop again this year. The Enterprise Connect conference is March 17 – 20, 2014. I’ll be presenting the very successful session titled How to Keep Video...
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