For the Cisco fans or those curious about Cisco’s VN-Link see my post on my colleagues Unified Computing Blog: http://bit.ly/dqIIQK.
Inter-Fabric Traffic in UCS–Part II
In the first part of this post (http://www.definethecloud.net/inter-fabric-traffic-in-ucs) I discuss server traffic flows within a UCS system focusing on End-Host mode (EH mode.) EH mode is the default and recommended mode for the majority of UCS implementations, but the system can also be used in ‘Switch mode’ which causes the…
SDN – Centralized Network Command and Control
Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a hot topic in the data center and cloud community. The geniuses <sarcasm> over at IDC predict a $2 billion market by 2016 (expect this number to change often between now and then, and look closely at what they count in the cost.) The concept…
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Why Cisco UCS is my ‘A-Game’ Server Architecture
A-Game: When I discuss my A-Game it’s my go to hardware vendor for a specific data center component. For example I have an A-Game platform for: Storage SAN LAN (access Layer LAN specifically, you don’t want me near your aggregation, core or WAN) Servers and Blades (traditionally this has been…