Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. Servers/Hardware. There’s a lot of talk about container security, but now there’s something you can actually do about it.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. 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.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Simon Leinen (from SWITCHengines) explains their use of IPv6 with OpenStack. Servers/Hardware. If you’re interested in learning more about some of the new security features in vSphere 6.5, check out this post by Mike Foley—he has pointers to more details on VM Encryption, Secure Boot, and Encrypted vMotion.

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Charles Min-Cheng Chan has a write-up on using IPv6 in Mininet. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Is there really a problem with vendors labeling hardware as VMware Ready and it not actually being certified/validated as VMware Ready? Enough of that, though…bring on the content! Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Case Study Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2023

Nick Buraglio discusses IPv6 Unique Local Addressing (ULA). Servers/Hardware Kevin Houston provides some instructions on backing up the Dell PowerEdge MX7000 settings and configurations. Rob Novak shares his experience in replacing Meraki with TP-Link Omada. Anton Kuliashov writes about why Palark uses Cilium for Kubernetes networking.

IPv6 74

IPv6 Linux Tools Network 74

Scott Lowe

APRIL 21, 2016

This should probably go in the “Cloud Computing/Cloud Management” section, but the boundaries between areas are getting more and more blurry every day. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. VMware’s Cloud-Native Apps group recently released v0.8 Want to run Docker Swarm with IPv6?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Network 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

In the future, industries will inevitably focus on developing their own digital capabilities, with increasing requirements for digital, cloud-based, and intelligent development. Huawei is known for its innovations in optical access and for its long distance and highly secure transmission products. The Time Is Now.

Network 100

Network Transportation Storage Industry 100

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Tor Anderson has an article on using IPv6 for network boot using UEFI and iPXE. Servers/Hardware. We all know that security is more than just a host-based firewall, but a host-based firewall can be part of an overall security strategy. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Welcome to Technology Short Take #57.

Windows 60

Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 25, 2015

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This article by Michael Gugino provides some details on getting GRE tunnels over IPv6 with Open vSwitch running on CentOS 7. Nothing this time around, but I’ll keep my eyes peeled for content to include in future posts. Thanks Mike!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Virtualization Tools 60

Sean Daniel

JUNE 29, 2011

I'm wondering if it could be an adapter (hardware) issue. Installation of the DHCP role is straightforward enough until the question of IPv6 is raised. After the install, the server keeps warnin me to set a static IPv6 address on the server in order to be able to manage an IPv6 scope in DHCP. Cloud Computing. (10).

Small Business 58

Small Business LAN Windows IPv6 58

Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A MAC Address is the hardware address of the local network card. The address listed is actually your ipv6 ip address. Apparently, Lion disables a security protocol this depended on. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Cloud Computing. (10). Cloud Computing.

Backup 82

Backup How To Windows Small Business 82