Network Virtualization Implementation

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  • Brocade rolls out first switches for Layer 2 data center fabrics

    Enterprises see large Layer 2 data center fabrics as the future of virtual server networking. Data center network infrastructure vendors are inching toward delivering this technology. Brocade's VDX switches are the first to market. 

  • 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... 

  • Cisco makes its Nexus 1000v virtual switch less virtual

    Network administrators now have the option of making Cisco's Nexus 1000v virtual switch less virtual. The Nexus 1010 Virtual Services Appliance provides a hardware platform for the control plane of Cisco's virtual switch product. This improves virtua... 

  • Virtual switch standards: Let the fighting begin (again)

    New virtual switch standards offer networking admins a way to reclaim visibility and management of virtual machines, but they could also intensify the struggle between data center and networking teams. 

  • Virtual network switches add scalability to server virtualization

    Cisco's Nexus 1000v and Arista's vEOS virtual switches manage virtual network connections within ESX host servers. While the switches aim to help network admins, system admins could use them to bypass the networking team altogether.