2014 Archive

2014 Briefs

Chronological archive of briefs published in 2014.

December 2014

Cloud Sovereignty & Platforms NetworkingVMwareVPCCisco

How VXLANs Work

Practical notes on how vxlans work — Networking, VMware configuration, design, and troubleshooting guidance.

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Cloud Sovereignty & Platforms VMwareNetworkingCisco

VMware NSX Fundamentals

In July 2012 VMware acquired Nicira (Nicira was founded by Martin Casado of Stanford University and it had a product called NVP - Network Virtualization Platform), and that’s basically how VMware started the NSX...

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November 2014

Cloud Sovereignty & Platforms VMwareNetworking

How vSphere sees VLANs

\-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.

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Cloud Sovereignty & Platforms VMwareCiscoNetworking

vSphere Networking for CCIEs

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).

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July 2014

Cloud Sovereignty & Platforms NetworkingCisco

Network Virtualization vs SDN

SDN (Software Defined Networking) and Network Virtualization, although often in the "same basket", are two different concepts.

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Cloud Sovereignty & Platforms NetworkingCiscoOpenStack

CCIE RSv5 Transition Technologies

CCIEv5 started in June, and since my plan is to have the exam prepared for December, I'll first be getting into the New Topics of the Blueprint v5 Lab Curriculum.

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Cloud Sovereignty & Platforms NetworkingCiscoPythonVMware

CCIE vs SDN

Most of you who've been following my blog in the past, or even most of you who've stumbled upon it by randomly looking for "some Cisco stuff "on Google, are aware that this blog was originally designed as my personal...

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June 2014

January 2014