This afternoon Cisco released a new member of the Nexus family of switches, the Nexus 1000V. This is the first switch to take advantage of VMware opening up their ESX and ESXi platforms to for third party network device manufacturers. This switch directly address some pretty big pain points surrounding current virtualization implementations.
The boundary between [...]
Cisco releases Nexus 1000V virtual switch for VMware
September 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments
Tags: CISCO · DC3.0 · Nexus 7000 · cloud computing · vmware
Measuring and mitigating risk involved with sharing virtual infrastructure between DMZ and Internal environments
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Ivan Pepelnjak over at IOS Hints and Tricks wrote a post about DMZ VLAN leaking that got me thinking.
He writes about “the VLAN leaking myth” and how it encourages clients to utilize physically separate network infrastructure in the DMZ’s. Now first things first, I wouldn’t call VLAN leaking a myth. At one time it was [...]
Tags: hyper-v · virtualization · vmware
Protecting the integrity of the CCIE lab - Verbal Interviews being tested
August 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Brian Dennis over at Internetwork Experts blog caught wind of an interesting email from Cisco -
Dear Candidate:
On August 27, Cisco will introduce a pilot for the CCIE Routing and
Switching lab exam in Beijing, China. The pilot will add a 10-minute
interview that will assess the candidate’s ability to apply expert-level
networking skills and knowledge to networking problems [...]