Network Management Strategies for the CIO
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vSphere vSwitch primer: Design considerations
It takes the right kind of vSphere vSwitch design to implement segmentation for traffic manageability, security, redundancy and failover in a virtual environment. Tip
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Virtualization security challenges are plentiful: What's the answer?
The network plays a role in addressing virtualization security challenges, but typical firewalls are not necessarily part of the solution. Tip
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How to connect virtual environments to DMZ network architecture
Connecting virtualized environments to DMZ network architecture creates new challenges. Network managers must learn new design methodologies to protect virtual traffic in the DMZ. Tip
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Best practices for connecting virtualization hosts to DMZ networks
DMZ networks can be used to protect virtualization hosts, but best practices must be considered, including combing virtual and physical firewalls and locking down virtual switches. Tip
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The ideal virtualization networking solution may not exist yet
In a perfect world, virtualization networking would mean non-blocked, any-to-any access between nodes on the network, but that doesn't really exist yet. So what's the alternative? Tip
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Live migration networking: Enter long-distance data center bridging
Live migration networking poses all sorts of challenges, including the potential need for long-distance data center bridging that results in traffic trombones. When it comes to server virtualization networking, is it possible to avoid the pitfalls? Tip
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Using virtual appliances and desktop virtualization
IT organizations are implementing desktop virtualization and virtual appliances for virtual WAN optimization and virtual application delivery, but there are challenges to overcome along the way. Tip
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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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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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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