Posts in 2015
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OpenStack Neutron and OVS (Open Virtual Switch) translated to the Network Engineers language
Saturday, November 07, 2015 in Virtualization and Private Cloud
Introduction to Open Virtual Switch (OVS) IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) is provided by a group of different, interconnected Services. OpenStack is an Operating System that makes the IaaS possible, by controlling the “pools” of Compute, Storage …
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OpenStack and NSX integration
Sunday, February 15, 2015 in Virtualization and Private Cloud
OpenStack is basically an open source CLOUD stack, and it delivers the possibility to consume the platform resources using the REST API calls. The “plug-in” architecture of OpenStack services enables various vendors (such as VMware) to …
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Python Programming for Cisco Nexus (NX-OS) Series
Sunday, January 25, 2015 in Virtualization and Private Cloud
Before I get into the Python for NX-OS, let me explain a few concepts that I’ve seen Network Engineers have been struggling with. DevOps DevOps is a software development method that combines the Software Development (Apps) and the IT Operations …
Posts in 2014
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How vSphere sees VLANs
Monday, November 24, 2014 in Virtualization and Private Cloud
-Virtual Switch (vSwitch): Manages virtual machine and networking at the host level. There is NEVER a direct connection between two vSwitches, and the Spanning Tree is OFF. So EAST-WEST Traffic is NOT ALLOWED between the vSwitches, and the only way …
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vSphere Networking for CCIEs
Monday, November 10, 2014 in Virtualization and Private Cloud
Before you even consider getting into the NSX, be sure you understand deeply the vSphere, vCenter and ESXi concepts, including the vSphere Networking (vSwitch and vDS). If this is not the case, I highly recommend you start with a vSphere-networking …
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OpenStack and OpenDaylight for Network Professionals
Friday, July 11, 2014 in Virtualization and Private Cloud
Disclaimer: I wanted to name the post “OpenStack for dummies”, but I took a wild guess that CCIEs don’t really like to be called dummies, so I “tuned” the title a little bit. You’re welcome :) * OpenStack * Cisco …