Aug
11
2009
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 (Palo) virtualized adapter with an implementation of VMware vSphere 4.0, however in this design we are running ESXi and the [...]
Aug
14
2008
Want lightning fast VMotion? Just install a CNA (Converged Network Adapter) from Emulex or QLogic and connect it to a Cisco Nexus 5000.
Mario Apicella of InfoWorld did just that and writes:
“I had intended to post a movie clip of the test VM moving to the new ESX server using VMotion, but the action [...]
Tags: cna, fcoe, Nexus, vmotion
Jul
21
2008
Brocade announces intent to buy Foundy — Why would Brocade do this?
The writing was on the wall … Either become a Ethernet company or get crushed by Cisco.
Tags: brocade, fcoe, foundry, Nexus
Apr
08
2008
What is the new Cisco Nexus 5000? — The industry first switch to deliver unified server I/O, providing Fiber Channel and IP traffic over a single 10G Ethernet port to the server. Nexus 5000 delivers very low latency wire speed lossless Ethernet service to the server.
Tags: nexus 5000
Mar
30
2008
If you are not familiar with the innovation in Cisco Nexus 7000 it’s easy to just dismiss it as “Cisco’s answer to Force10″. The reality is, the Nexus 7000 is much more than just a “me too” 10-gig switch to compete with likes of Force10, Foundry, Extreme, and others — Nexus is a [...]
Tags: nexus 7000