Don't Believe The Hype: Cisco and VMware SDN Solutions Could Work Better Than You Think

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Time Is Nigh For Cisco-VMware Software-Defined Networking Tech Integration

Cisco Systems talk to VMware in a deeper and more meaningful software-defined network connection, could the formal integration of their respective technologies far behind?

This is a question that many partners are now thinking that customers have begun deploying VMware and Cisco application-based NSX Infrastructure (ACI) in their data center environments.

Until recently, customers saw their purchasing decision RPS as one or proposition either between the NSX and ACI, mainly because the former is only software and also includes Nexus 9000 switches and Cisco Application Infrastructure Policy Controller (APIC).

Patrick Cronin, director Kovarus, partner of VMware and Cisco in San Ramon, Calif., Says NSX and ACI can coexist and work well in customer environments.

"NSX offers rich functionality of the virtual switch, abstracting from the network using a controller and overlays," Cronin said. "ACI combines hardware and software in a government policy-based network infrastructure built around the requirements of specific applications."

VMware NSX positioned as a way to facilitate network management and speed service delivery, and as technology network security. Cisco launch of ACI emphasizes hardware-based security and automating tasks, accelerating the deployment of data center applications and monitoring traffic from the virtual machine.

Ryan Marsyla, Technical Director RPS Trace3, Cisco and VMware partner based in Irvine, California, said that if customers benefit from Cisco and VMware to align and integrate AIT and the NSX. "The obvious advantage is the ease of customer adoption, [and] clarity around which support. This would eliminate discussions between computers on the network and virtualization," he said

Another potential RPS beach integration of a network of sub-layer visibility benefits during deployment NSX - which could facilitate the troubleshooting - for centralized management, policy implementation and scale, Marsyla said.

However, there are obstacles to customers using both technologies. Despite the AIT and the NSX can provide "a powerful politician, compliance and highly scalable network," the cost of buying both may be prohibitive for some customers, according to Cronin.

"If a customer would pay for the ACI and NSX, which would get the Cadillac of networks. But Caddy cost a pretty penny," Cronin said.

Ron Lin, vice president for August Schell, a partner of VMware based in Rockville Maryland, does not see the NSX-ACI integration as a short-term game. "I see a world where you have the integration between VMware NSX Controller [the NRS management system vendor] and control of the AIT for this," he said.

While it remains to be seen whether the AIT-more-NSX becomes a trend full blown, partners working with two vendors said the trash talk that after the acquisition of VMware SDN startup Nicira began in 2012 has decreased a bit since Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins took over last July.

Robbins, in an interview with CRN Thursday suggested that Cisco may be open to the idea of ​​working more closely with VMware to make it easier for customers to deploy their technologies together.

"What concerns VMware, I think our teams speak where there may be points that balance the competitive nature of society, but also meet can be a part of the demand from emerging customers. So I think 'is to be determined,

VCP550D Exam Question No 53

Question No 53:

A virtual machine is unable to communicate with another virtual machine. Both virtual machines are connected to the Production port group on the same virtual switch and are running on the same host. Which configuration is causing the inability of the virtual machines to communicate?

A. LLDP was enabled instead of CDP for the vSphere Distributed Switch.
B. Promiscuous Mode has been set to Allow on the Production port group.
C. The Production port group is configured to use a secondary PVLAN.
D. The speed and duplex settings for the virtual machine vmnics do not match.
Answer: C

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger Quashes Departure Rumours

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger quashed rumors that he will leave the company once the EMC / Dell merger concluded.

The rumor was circulated in a publication channel earlier this week, citing unidentified sources.

Gelsinger now canceled rumors himself. Speaking at the Jefferies Technology Conference this week, an event recorded in this reg wall audio, Gelsinger download to mark 1:45, which says: "I categorically deny categorically denies EMC and Dell refuses, so there absolutely no merit or substance in the rumor of it ".

"My intention is to stay here and [Dell] Michael intention is that I left here yesterday."

Gelsinger added that it was the man with Dell earlier this week for internal R & D of VMware conference when his public relations team sent him a text in the report of his departure. Gelsinger said Dell showed his phone, he asked. "Is there something I do not know and I had a laugh about it"

Address concerns Gelsinger also said Father Martin Casado NSX continues to work with VMware on a mission of undetermined Council, a fact mentioned as a refutation of the idea that the recent wave of departures of executives Virtzilla weakened society. Gelsinger added that recent outings were a sign of executives reach new milestones in your life, instead of getting tired of VMware.

Some teenage children. Others have closed 100 consecutive quarters in state enterprises and wants new horizons. Gelsinger also said that replacing VMware executives is experienced and hunger does not feel his team is undiminished.

This optimism has permeated the discourse Gelsinger, which suggested VMware is in good health, that outcome data center its software offerings-defined deeper and broader customer commitments. When bettors to buy VMware's vision, the resulting contracts relationships produce long-term support to VMware very, very difficult to dislodge.

VCP550D Exam Question No 52

Question No 52:

A virtual machine is receiving a large number of network packets, which is affecting the performance of other virtual machines connected to the same virtual network. What should the vSphere administrator do to resolve the issue?

A. Migrate the virtual machine to a standard switch that has been configured for ingress traffic shaping
B. Configure the distributed switch to which the virtual machine is connected for ingress traffic shaping
C. Migrate the virtual machine to a different port group on the same distributed switch
D. Enable Network I/O Control on the standard switch to which the virtual machine is connected

Answer: B

VCP550D Exam Question No 51

Question No 51:

An administrator is deploying vSphere 5.5. The administrator creates a vSphere Distributed Switch, then uses Auto Deploy to deploy several ESXi hosts. After the hosts are deployed, the administrator notices that LACP packets are not being sent between them. Which condition would cause this issue to occur?

A. The LACP support settings do not exist in the Host Profile.
B. The LACP installation bundle is not included in the Image Profile.
C. The LACP setting is not enabled on vCenter Server.
D. LACP has not been configured on the Auto Deploy server.

Answer: A

Exclusive: VMware Cloud Chief Exits

Parents Bill, which led to the vCloud air for three years, goes ahead

Parents bills, executive vice president, who led the project VMware vCloud air, leaves the company, according to several sources close to the company.

His role will be filled by two "general co-managers" for the cloud, Allwyn Sequeira and Laura Ortman, sources said. Both were executives with VMware VMW -1.09% since 2008, according to their profiles on LinkedIn LNKD 2,02% respectively.

The news was announced in a note to CEO Pat Gelsinger staff Tuesday, but it was not announced publicly.

Note: A VMware spokesman confirmed the personnel changes and said the two new heads report directly to cloud Gelsinger.

leaving parents are not a big surprise as cloud efforts the company were in the process of change for more than a year ago. This further blur in October, when Dell and VMware parent company EMC EMC -0.31% revealed its planned merger of $ 67 billion. There was an overlap in the cloud strategies of three companies that scrambled over the water.

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Finally, EMC and VMware said they would merge in vCloud Air Virtustream cloud company EMC as Chief Rodney Rogers Virtustream, with parents taking a strategic advisory role to Gelsinger. But the clouds convergence plan was scuttled to help calm the angry shareholders VMware.

During the call of the most recent results of VMware, Gelsinger said the development vCloud Air was reduced although no one seemed to know exactly what that means. (The spokesman said VMware vCloud air now focus on disaster recovery and expansion of data centers specific job.)

Initially dubbed hybrid services vCloud, vCloud air launched three years ago as VMware's answer to Amazon AMZN 9.59% giant Web Services public cloud computing.

A public cloud consists of a network of data centers that massive networks of servers, storage and networks running, all owned and operated by a single company. Guests can rent power and data storage shared infrastructure and pay only for what they use when they use it.

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A public cloud comprises a network of data centers running massive arrays of servers, storage and networking—all owned and operated by one company. Customers can rent out computing power and storage on that shared infrastructure and just pay for what they use when they use it.

Public cloud is seen as an affordable and flexible alternative to building more customer-owned data centers. Amazon’s cloud growth has been explosive, forcing legacy IT companies—including VMware, IBM IBM -0.77% , Oracle ORCL -1.17% , and Microsoft MSFT -0.04% —to react. VMware was (and is) relying on third-party service providers like telephone companies to run its software and provide a counterweight to AWS.

Very few of even the biggest traditional IT companies can field the sorts of resources that Amazon (or Microsoft or Google GOOG 0.29% do which is why the rest of the providers are seen as tier two players. Thus far, then vCloud Air sales have disappointed if you ask anyone outside the VMware executive staff.