Virtualized Greek

DECEMBER 4, 2013

For example, a question I get all the time is “Have I missed the boat on VMware?” But, just as Novell was the best network operating system in the late 90’s/00’s, timing is everything. I used my Cisco/Novell comparison for a reason. General Cisco OpenStack SDN VMWare' I know it may seem like a silly question.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Networking. Netmiko, if you haven’t heard, is a fantastic Python library that’s really useful when writing Python-based network automation scripts. 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. Thanks Jason!

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Networking. 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. First up is a treatise from Mircea Ulinic on whether network automation is needed. I first ran into Forward Networks a few years ago at Fall ONUG in New York.

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Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 14, 2013

This is not because of some fancy new feature in VMware View or Citrix XenDesktop but due to a new feature of Windows 8. You can think VMware vSphere but with a GUI. A better comparison would be with XenClient which I wrote about here. VMware and Citrix try to address the issue using two different approaches.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Networking. NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Layer with Multivendor support) looks like a really cool tool. Gabriele (the author of that post) also has a nice article on some resources to get you started with network automation. Dwayne Sinclair (an NSX SE at VMware) has a write-up on what micro-segmentation is not.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Networking. I enjoyed Dave McCrory’s series on the future of the network (see part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 —part 5 hadn’t gone live yet when I published this). Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). In any case, enjoy!

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Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Networking. I enjoyed Dave McCrory’s series on the future of the network (see part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 —part 5 hadn’t gone live yet when I published this). Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). In any case, enjoy!

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Networking. Lindsay Hill walks through using Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana to monitor network statistics. Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I found this article by Diane Patton at Cumulus Networks talking about container network designs. The vSphere provider for Terraform (did you know there was one?) recently hit 1.0,

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

Networking. I love this post from Matt Oswalt on five next-gen skills for networking pros. Anthony Burke (disclaimer: Anthony works for VMware in the NSBU) has a post on how to use Python to automate the bulk creation of firewall rules for use with the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Bring on the content!

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Networking. PowerNSX is pretty cool—it’s a set of PowerShell cmdlets for administrators of VMware NSX running in vSphere environments. Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). (Cue Seen this ?

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Networking. Biruk Mekonnen has an introductory article on using Netmiko for network automation. 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. Virtualization.

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Cloud Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Although Shawn already possesses numerous vendor certifications from companies like VMware, Cisco and CompTIA, this “non-vendor specific” preparation, will enable him and his team to deliver the high-level training needed to implement quick hybrid cloud adoption at the demanding pace of IT.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Networking. NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Layer with Multivendor support) looks like a really cool tool. Gabriele (the author of that post) also has a nice article on some resources to get you started with network automation. Dwayne Sinclair (an NSX SE at VMware) has a write-up on what micro-segmentation is not.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Networking. I enjoyed Dave McCrory’s series on the future of the network (see part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 —part 5 hadn’t gone live yet when I published this). Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko).

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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). Networking. Jérôme Petazzoni test drives AppSwitch , the “network stack from the future.” Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Networking. Ajay Chenampara has a post on using the Ansible network-engine command parser to parse the output of commands on network devices. Ajay Chenampara has a post on using the Ansible network-engine command parser to parse the output of commands on network devices. Here’s his latest piece.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Networking. Tyler Christiansen recently published a post on a network automation workflow that was based on a presentation he gave at the SF Network Automation meetup. This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN). Use at your own risk.). Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Networking. I found the articles at step 5, the benefits of Git for network engineers , but the previous four articles also look helpful. Do I need to talk about how understanding a service mesh is a good thing for networking professionals? Need a comparison of CloudFormation versus Terraform? Servers/Hardware.

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Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

” From a network performance perspective, Matrix includes 2x10Gb ‘fabric’ connections, 16x8Gb SAN uplinks, and 16x10Gb Ethernet uplinks. Note, that at the bottom of their "stack", Cisco turns to partners such as BMC for "higher level" value such as high-availability and VMware for virtualization management.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Networking. Fellow VMware alum Steve Flanders has a write-up on running Kubernetes locally (on a Mac). Steven Acreman shares a brief, high-level comparison of the major Kubernetes ingress solutions. It’s been quite a while (over a month) since the last Tech Short Take, as this one kept getting pushed back.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

Networking. Ali Al Idrees has a post on using NSX ALB (formerly Avi Networks) with Kubernetes clusters in a vSphere with Tanzu environment. This post provides some examples of shared control planes (and thus shared failure domains) within networking. At least, I hope that’s the case!) ” Get ready to get nerdy!

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Networking. Anthony Burke’s series on VMware NSX continues with part 5. Bob McCouch has a post over at Network Computing (where I’ve recently started blogging as well—see my first post ) discussing his view on how software-defined networking (SDN) will trickle down to small and mid-sized businesses.

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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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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Networking. If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. Also see the “Networking” section above for a related post on the networking aspects involved.

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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. Networking. The article shows you how to build a Cumulus VX lab on Ravello Systems. Very nifty stuff.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

This Technology Short Take is a bit heavy on the networking side, but I suppose that’s understandable given my recent job change. Networking. Ben Cherian, Chief Strategy Officer for Midokura, helps make a case for network virtualization. Note: Midokura makes a network virtualization solution.) Am I wrong?

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Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Cloud architects must also evaluate, and plan for the appropriate compute, network, database, and security components to build a solution that meets the needs of their organization. In addition, they must secure, monitor, and optimize those solutions. Olisipo from Olisipo on Vimeo. This content is being syndicated through multiple channels.

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