Colin McNamara – CCIE 18233 , VCP, EMCIE, NCDA, GEEK

Technical reviews and articles from a CCIE with extensive experience in designing and implementing converged enterprise networks.

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Entries Tagged as 'VCP'

Is your network ready for Cloud Computing with Virtual Infrastructure 4?

November 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · CISCO, cloud computing, DC3.0, FCOE, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet

Cloud computing is coming whether you like it or not. VMware’s next release , Virtual Infrastructure 4 (Vi4) is going to change how applications are fundamentally delivered in your Data Center. But what does that really mean to you as a network and systems architects? First and foremost it is important to discuss how many [...]

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Tags: cloud computing·VCP·vi4·vmware

Where is Colin ? Passing the VCP exam (VMware Certified Professional)

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments · CISCO, vmware

Life has been busy lately, with the promotion, CCDE practical, and new team members I have been working 60 to 70 hour weeks for the past month or so. Part of my new role is developing new reference architectures surrounding Data Center technologies. Of course, VMware and virtualization technologies in general are key pieces of [...]

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Tags: CISCO·VCP·vi3·vi4·vmware

Challenges integrating VMware into Cisco networks

March 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments · CISCO, Technology, virtualization, vmware

UPDATE – for those looking for the Nexus 1000v release, check out this post In the past couple years, VMware has changed from a product hidden in development and testing environments to a full fledged enterprise computing platform. It brings many benefits to the companies that implement it, however with those benefits come changes to [...]

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