So what is the role of the Network Engineer in the world of the Software Defined Network (SDN)?
Somewhat surprising, it’s about removing the mundane aspects of data networking and focusing more on the data center design and architecture combined with standards to support network orchestration and automation…
There are many blogs and KB’s detailing vSphere Auto Deploy – For larger vSphere environments, it is pretty much a requirement to help manage large scale hypervisor host deployment. The great news is Auto Deploy can also be used with NSX although there are a couple of small “gotchas” associated with Auto Deploy itself…
A nice KB with Video detailing best practices for ESXi 5.5 installations and upgrades…
Enjoy!
I recently completed an NSX implementation on Nutanix with no issues. My peers ran into a little “gotcha” where the NSX VIB’s needed to be loaded before Nutanix VIB’s…
During VMWorld I was asked about VXLAN and thought I would share with you as well…
VXLAN is VMware’s network encapsulation technology used in VMware vCloud Networking & Security products and NSX for vSphere. It is also used by switch vendors Arista, Juniper, Broadcom, HP, and others to provide top of rack integration with VMware’s NSX for Multi Hypervisor via VXLAN Tunnel EndPoint or VTEP for short…