Cisco UCS and Nexus 1000V design diagram with Palo adapter
This is a follow-up and enhancement of a previous design diagram in which I showed Cisco UCS running the standard VMware vSwitch. In this post I am once again showing Cisco UCS utilizing the Cisco...
View ArticleA simple example of Network Interface Virtualization
I’m seeing some confusion in the blogosphere about how Cisco’s implementation of Network Interface Virtualization (NIV) really works so perhaps a very simple example is needed, and that is the intent...
View ArticleSimple use cases for Network Interface Virtualization
My most recent post Simple Example of Network Interface Virtualization generated enough interest and curosity to warrant a follow-up post showing simple uses cases for NIV. NIV takes a single physical...
View ArticleCisco UCS Fabric Failover: Slam Dunk? or So What?
Fabric Failover is a unique capability found only in Cisco UCS that allows a server adapter to have a highly available connection to two redundant network switches without any NIC teaming drivers or...
View ArticleThe end to end (FCoE) justifies the means to means
I was pleasantly surprised to see that Mike Fratto, site editor and lead analyst from Network Computing, called me out in this article, with the following statement: two nodes using FCoE connected to a...
View ArticleCisco UCS Fabric Extender (FEX) QoS
What is the role of the fabric extender (FEX) in Cisco UCS QoS? This question was posted as a comment to my recent article VMware 10GE QoS Design Deep Dive with Cisco UCS, Nexus — as well as here, at...
View ArticleGreat questions on FCoE, VN-Tag, FEX, and vPC
I received some really good questions about FCoE, VN-Tag, FEX, and vPC from a reader named Lucas. Although I had 10 other things to do, I just couldn’t resist highlighting these questions, and my...
View ArticleCisco UCS criticism and FUD: Answered
One of my readers recently submitted a comment asking me to respond to some criticisms he frequently hears about Cisco UCS. This is a pretty typical request I get from partners and perspective...
View ArticleCisco UCS Fabric Failover: Slam Dunk? or So What?
Fabric Failover is a unique capability found only in Cisco UCS that allows a server adapter to have a highly available connection to two redundant network switches without any NIC teaming drivers or...
View ArticleThe end to end (FCoE) justifies the means to means
I was pleasantly surprised to see that Mike Fratto, site editor and lead analyst from Network Computing, called me out in this article, with the following statement: two nodes using FCoE connected to a...
View ArticleCisco UCS Fabric Extender (FEX) QoS
What is the role of the fabric extender (FEX) in Cisco UCS QoS? This question was posted as a comment to my recent article VMware 10GE QoS Design Deep Dive with Cisco UCS, Nexus — as well as here, at...
View ArticleGreat questions on FCoE, VN-Tag, FEX, and vPC
I received some really good questions about FCoE, VN-Tag, FEX, and vPC from a reader named Lucas. Although I had 10 other things to do, I just couldn’t resist highlighting these questions, and my...
View ArticleCisco UCS criticism and FUD: Answered
One of my readers recently submitted a comment asking me to respond to some criticisms he frequently hears about Cisco UCS. This is a pretty typical request I get from partners and perspective...
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