Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

VMware recently released a reference design guide for NSX-T; see here for more details. VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). Servers/Hardware. Dimitri de Swart has a write-up on LAMP stacks made easy with VMware and Puppet. Networking.

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Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. Dwayne Sinclair (an NSX SE at VMware) has a write-up on what micro-segmentation is not.

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Here’s a pair of articles ( one here and one here ) that describe the port connections required between the various components in a VMware NSX deployment. Servers/Hardware. These posts are a bit slanted toware VMware vSphere environments, but very detailed, very thorough, and very useful. Virtualization. Thanks Jason!

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Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. Dwayne Sinclair (an NSX SE at VMware) has a write-up on what micro-segmentation is not.

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

What’s really interesting to me is the (completely uncoordinated) alignment between Matt’s list of skills for networking pros and the list I provided to virtualization pros in a series of recent VMUG presentations (refer to slide 15, but the list is software development basics, Linux, automation/orchestration, and public cloud services).

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Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

PowerNSX is pretty cool—it’s a set of PowerShell cmdlets for administrators of VMware NSX running in vSphere environments. Tony Sangha has a nice article providing step-by-step instructions on setting up a site-to-site IPSec VPN between VMware NSX and a Cisco CSR 1000v. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Networking.

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The folks over at Cilium took a look at a recent CNI benchmark comparison and unpacked it a bit. Servers/Hardware. Christopher Damerau explains how to use Ansible to manage VMware resources. Virtualization. Next is an older article from Patrick Ogenstad that provides an introduction to ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning).

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Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Erik Hinderer takes a stab (based on his field experience) at estimating how long it takes to upgrade VMware NSX. Servers/Hardware. I thought I also saw a VMware blog post on the provider as well, but couldn’t find any link (guess I was mistaken). Virtualization. recently hit 1.0,

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Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Servers/Hardware. John Welsh has a post on why someone might use VMware NSX. Virtualization. Check out the GitHub repository. This one is definitely worth a read, in my opinion.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Servers/Hardware. John Welsh has a post on why someone might use VMware NSX. Virtualization. Check out the GitHub repository. This one is definitely worth a read, in my opinion.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Serve The Home takes a critical look at the Bloomberg Supermicro stories, debunking or at least calling into question many details of the alleged hardware hack as reported by Bloomberg. Fellow VMware alum Steve Flanders has a write-up on running Kubernetes locally (on a Mac). Virtualization.

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. This is great news, and something VMware needed to do. Check back next time!

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

This Tech Short Take marks the end of an era (sort of); it’s the last Tech Short Take published while I’m a VMware employee (today is my last day; see here for more details). Servers/Hardware. Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison. Virtualization. Welcome to Technology Short Take 97! Networking.

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Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN). This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt).

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Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Werner Ruegg has a post on an alternative hardware solution for vSphere home labs. Need a comparison of CloudFormation versus Terraform? Virtualization. (Do I need to talk about how understanding a service mesh is a good thing for networking professionals? No worries, Andreas Wittig has you covered.

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Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Theyre also both teaming with virtualization providers, as well as hoping for success in cloud computing. True, both have made huge strides in the hardware world to allow for blade repurposing, I/O, address, and storage naming portability, etc.

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Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Servers/Hardware. John Welsh has a post on why someone might use VMware NSX. Virtualization. Check out the GitHub repository. This one is definitely worth a read, in my opinion.

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Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. Bruce Davie and Martin Casado (with Nicira, now part of VMware) have written a post comparing the VXLAN and STT tunneling protocols. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. I needed to fill in some other knowledge gaps first.)

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Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Given the prevalence of VMware’s ESXi hypervisor, I suppose it was only a matter of time before the bad guys really started targeting it in a major way. This time, they’re exploiting a weakness that VMware can’t patch: people. Virtualization. I’m not sure about that.

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Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Anthony Burke’s series on VMware NSX continues with part 5. He makes comparisons among server virtualization, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and SDN, and feels that in order for SDN to really hit this market it needs to be “not a user-facing feature, but rather a means to an end” (his words). Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Storage Network Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2014

Ben Fathi, CTO of VMware, takes the stage to start the keynote, and goes through a recap of yesterday’s announcements: EVO and EVO:RAIL, vCloud Air rebranding and the availability of new services, VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO), and new product versions (vCloud Suite 5.8, betas of vSphere and VSAN).

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Vmware Architecture Applications Storage 65

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Ben Cherian, Chief Strategy Officer for Midokura, helps make a case for network virtualization. Note: Midokura makes a network virtualization solution.) If you’re wondering about network virtualization and why there is a focus on it, this post might help shed some light. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

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Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 102

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Here’s hoping I’ve managed to find something of value and interest to you in this latest collection of links and articles from around the web on networking, storage, virtualization, security, and other data center-related technologies. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Welcome to Technology Short Take #55! Networking.

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