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Thinking About NSX, DFA, and ACI
I've been trying to blog about NSX, DFA, and ACI for a while. I'll blame Cisco -- they're now coming out with additional info. And I kept coming up with more Things I Don't Know. Hence, deferred...
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Practical SDN: NSX, DFA, and ACI, The All-Seeing Eye
This blog is the first in a planned series, aimed at describing how some of the current SDN offerings (NSX, DFA, and ACI) work from a practical perspective. I'll explain the title in a moment....
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Practical SDN: L2 Forwarding in NSX, DFA, and ACI
How does L2 forwarding work in NSX, DFA, and ACI? That's the topic for this blog, blog #2 in a series. The series attempts to contrast the various behaviors of NSX, DFA, and ACI. We'll look at L2...
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Practical SDN: L3 Forwarding in NSX, DFA, and ACI
How does L3 forwarding work in NSX, DFA, and ACI? That's the topic for this blog, blog #3 in a series. The series attempts to contrast the various behaviors of NSX, DFA, and ACI. So let's jump right in...
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Practical SDN: Security in NSX, DFA, and ACI
It's time to talk (briefly!) about how NSX, DFA, and ACI handle Security. This blog series has already covered ARP, L2 forwarding and L3 forwarding, complete with many technical details. I'm hoping...
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Datacenter Topics (CMUG February 25, 2014)
I presented a Cisco Mid-Atlantic Users Group session on "Datacenter Topics" today. It covered NSX, DFA, ACI, among other things. I even said "SDN" a couple of times. And thanks to the 80 or so people...
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What Is POAP and Why Aren’t You Using It?
I get the strangest looks when I talk about POAP and ask people "Why Aren't You Using It?" Admittedly, it doesn't help that I like to pronounce acronyms like words, and POAP comes out sounding like...
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Nexus: What Goes Where
The Cisco announcement last November of Insieme ACI and Nexus 9K hardware gave us a plethora of choices, and left many wonder what Nexus box they should use, and where. It behooves us all to understand...
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Recent DFA and ACI Links
Here in the Baltimore-DC area, we can't wait for Spring to end all the cold snowy weather we've been having. We don't quite see the signs yet. We need a new groundhog! Anybody want a used one? In...
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Network Design for Automation
A blog I wrote was recently posted on blogs.cisco.com. It is about how appropriate design can prepare for automation -- and that the lesson from automation is that we should be using "cookie cutter"...
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