The Cisco / Insieme ACI Launch, Part 1
I'm writing this at and after the Cisco / Insieme #ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) launch today in New York City. There's much to cover! Recall that in some prior blogs I threw out a bunch of...
View ArticleThe Cisco ACI Launch, Part 2
This is the second of at least two blogs about Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI). The first covered the broad set of announcements with a focus on the hardware, and can be found at...
View ArticleApplication Centric Networking After-Thoughts
Well, now that some time has elapsed, I have some more thoughts -- after-thoughts -- about Application Centric Networking (#ACI). And I'd like to share them. I include some thoughts about VMware NSX...
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Thinking About NSX, DFA, and ACI
I've been trying to blog about NSX, DFA, and ACI for a while. I'll blame Cisco -- they're now coming out with additional info. And I kept coming up with more Things I Don't Know. Hence, deferred...
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Practical SDN: NSX, DFA, and ACI, The All-Seeing Eye
This blog is the first in a planned series, aimed at describing how some of the current SDN offerings (NSX, DFA, and ACI) work from a practical perspective. I'll explain the title in a moment....
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Practical SDN: L2 Forwarding in NSX, DFA, and ACI
How does L2 forwarding work in NSX, DFA, and ACI? That's the topic for this blog, blog #2 in a series. The series attempts to contrast the various behaviors of NSX, DFA, and ACI. We'll look at L2...
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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...
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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...
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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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What Is POAP and Why Aren’t You Using It?
I get the strangest looks when I talk about POAP and ask people "Why Aren't You Using It?" Admittedly, it doesn't help that I like to pronounce acronyms like words, and POAP comes out sounding like...
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What Features Does the Nexus 9K Support?
Ever since I heard that the Nexus 9K has 50% less code, I've been wondering what features were removed from the code. So I did my best to figure it out, since I haven't seen a detailed features list...
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New Details about Cisco ACI: OpFlex
Recently, Cisco generously provided a briefing to the CiscoChampions, updating the group with new details about Cisco ACI. The presentation was NDA until April 2, I presume coordinated with...
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