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Fountainhead: Infrastructure Orchestration in use within SPs.

Fountainhead

In the way virtualization abstracts & configures the software world (O/S, applications, etc.), Infrastructure Orchestration abstracts and defines/configures the infrastructure world (I/O, NIC cards, HBA cards, storage connectivity, LANs, switches, etc.). regardless of whether those applications are virtual, or native.

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Fountainhead: Where the Server Industry Went Amiss

Fountainhead

Usually the local network had state too – ensuring that the IP and MAC address of the motherboard were attached to switches and LANs in a particular way. Add to this the fact that with critical applications, all of these components (plus naming/addressing) were frequently duplicated for redundancy. ► 2007. (33).

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7 Software Defined Networking Considerations » Data Center.

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The good news is that data center networks will receive more attention and product development than other technologies (such as WANs and LANs). 3) The dynamic nature of an organization’s applications and workloads. 6) The organization’s need to simplify security measures and control access to applications.