Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

As we start a new year, here’s a collection of links and articles from around the web. Nir Yechiel posted an article on using the Cumulus VX QCOW2 image with Fedora and KVM. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM. Servers/Hardware. Here’s hoping you find something useful to you! Networking.

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

In any case, here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Net on the major data center technology areas. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Servers/Hardware. I’ll try to correct that for the next one. Have fun reading!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

As usual, I’ve gathered what I hope to be a useful but varied collection of articles and links on key data center technologies. The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. Servers/Hardware. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Timothy Perrett has an article on Envoy with Nomad and Consul. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Career/Soft Skills.

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Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2018

For almost eight years (Technology Short Take #1 was published in August 2010), I’ve been collecting and sharing links and articles from around the web related to major data center technologies. Ben Piper shares an example of automating Cumulus Linux with Ansible. Time really flies when you’re having fun! Good luck!

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Devops Hardware Resources Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Bruce Schneier writes about how some Chinese hackers are bypassing RSA software token authentication (the title is a bit more broad, implying other forms of two-factor authentication are affected, but the article focuses on attacks against the use of RSA software tokens). Networking. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Here’s a look at a few of the articles and posts that have caught my attention over the last few weeks. Via Kirk Byers (who is himself a fantastic resource), I read a couple of articles on network automation that I think readers may find helpful. There’s some good information in their article. Servers/Hardware.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Until then, here’s some data center-related articles and links for your enjoyment. Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. Servers/Hardware. Via Corban’s article (see previous bullet), I found this.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles about the major data center technologies. While I’m talking about the overlay/underlay model, I found this article by Tom Nolle discussing how using the overlay/underlay model could enable agile infrastructure. Servers/Hardware. Welcome to Technology Short Take #66!

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #39, in which I share a random assortment of links, articles, and thoughts from around the world of data center-related technologies. Servers/Hardware. Another interesting tidbit regarding hardware: it seems as if we are now seeing the emergence of another round of “hardware offloads.”

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Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 14, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #52, the latest collection of news, links, and articles from around the web on data center technologies. QualiSystems has a series of articles on open networking standards. Dale Coghlan has a few useful NSX-related articles that I recently found. Servers/Hardware. Networking.

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Vmware Devops Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #125, where I have a collection of articles about various data center and cloud technologies collected from around the Internet. Servers/Hardware. Eric Hammond has a great article on running AWS CLI commands across multiple accounts in an AWS organization. Networking. Good stuff here!

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Tor Anderson has an article on using IPv6 for network boot using UEFI and iPXE. has a great blog series going called “Hey, I can DevOps my Network too!” Servers/Hardware. If you’re looking for a cost-effective home lab setup, you might check out this article on a $500 vCloud Suite lab. I highly recommend this article.

Firewall 60

Firewall Windows Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #48, another installation in my irregularly-published series that collects links, articles, and thoughts from around the web. Matt Oswalt recently wrapped up his 3-part “DevOps for Networking” series. Tom Hollingworth has a nice article on getting more bang for the buck with whitebox networking gear.

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Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60