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VMware to make serious network virtualization news VMworld?
A nice find by Stu Miniman at Wikibon. He dug up this video in which VMware's director of research and development Howie Xu previews his session at VMworld, "The Future Direction of Networking Virtualization. News
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Can application delivery controllers support virtualization?
Combining application delivery controllers and virtualization is unavoidable, but load balancers have a tougher job ensuring virtual machine performance and application optimization in this environment. Tip
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Using network virtualization to simplify WAN management
In enterprise IT, virtualization always increases complexity. Luckily for wide area network (WAN) managers, network virtualization can simplify WAN management. To learn how, read this tip. Tip
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vSphere networking features: distributed vSwitches; private VLANs; IPv6
VMware's release of vSphere 4 brings to the table a host of enhanced vSphere networking features that give network managers enhanced control over VM traffic with distributed vSwitches, as well as IPv6 support and the ability to build private VLANs. Tip
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Open vSwitch: Can you use an open source distributed virtual switch?
The Open vSwitch Project offers downloadable code for an open source virtual switch that matches the Cisco Nexus 1000v in distributed virtual switch functionality, including granular traffic and policy control and remote management of virtual network... Article
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Virtualization basics for network professionals: PrepLogic training video
In this PrepLogic virtualization training video, learn virtualization basics for networking professionals, including various hypervisor architectures, factors that affect virtualization performance and network capacity planning for virtualization. Videos
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How to configure Virtual Switch Tagging for vSphere VLANs
Virtual Switch Tagging is the most commonly used method of 802.1Q VLAN tagging for VLANs for vSphere. In this tip, learn how to configure a switch for VLAN Switch Tagging. Tip
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vSphere VLAN: Understanding 802.1Q VLAN tagging
vSphere VLANs have requirements different from those of VLANs in physical environments because VMs are fluid and can't be assigned to one physical NIC. So 802.1Q VLAN tagging offers a new approach to configuring and managing VLANs in vSphere. Tip
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Data center networks and server virtualization: Who has a silver bullet?
Server virtualization has forced network vendors to reinvent the data center network. Everyone has his own vision of how to deliver a network that is optimized for virtual data centers. Enterprises should think twice about just going with their incum... Article
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Edge virtualization technologies solve virtual network switch woes
Virtual network switches have posed serious problems for networking pros, but network edge virtualization technologies, including distributed virtual switches, may be what makes manageability possible in networking for virtualization. Tip