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

MAY 22, 2015

I’m not sure if this falls here or into the “Cloud Computing/Cloud Computing” category, but Shannon McFarland—fellow co-conspirator with the Denver OpenStack Meetup group—has a nice article describing some design and deployment considerations for IPv6 in the OpenStack Kilo release. Servers/Hardware. Get all the details here.

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Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Charles Min-Cheng Chan has a write-up on using IPv6 in Mininet. Servers/Hardware. 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. It’s pretty cool stuff. followed by a quick 2.4.1

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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. Virtualization.

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. Storage This is a good (albeit slightly dated) overview of EBS volume types. This time I’m including two of his articles.

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IPv6 Linux Tools Network 74

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

Digital infrastructure, of course, includes communications network infrastructure — including 5G, Fifth-Generation Fixed Network (F5G), Internet Protocol version 6+ (IPv6+), the Internet of Things (IoT), and the Industrial Internet — alongside computing infrastructure, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), storage, computing, and data centers.

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Network Transportation Storage Industry 105

Scott Lowe

APRIL 21, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Bruce Schneier asks the question that society has yet to answer (and may be afraid to answer): “…do we prioritize security over surveillance, or do we sacrifice security for surveillance?”. Want to run Docker Swarm with IPv6? Nothing this time around. Maybe next time! multipathing with KVM. Just sayin’.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Network 60

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. Welcome to Technology Short Take #57. I hope you find something useful here!

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Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 25, 2015

Servers/Hardware. This article by Michael Gugino provides some details on getting GRE tunnels over IPv6 with Open vSwitch running on CentOS 7. Brent is one of the folks who clearly sees that the role of a networking professional is changing, and is working to help others through the transition. Thanks Mike!

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Tools 60

Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A MAC Address is the hardware address of the local network card. Labels: Aurora , Backup , Customization , Home Server , Mac , Macintosh , MediaSmart , NAS , SBS 2003 , SBS 2008 , SBS 2011 Essentials , SBS 2011 Standard , SBS7 , Small Business Server , Storage Server Essentials. The address listed is actually your ipv6 ip address.

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Backup How To Windows Small Business 82

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. 11/14/2011 1:18 PM.

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Small Business LAN Windows IPv6 58