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	<description>Studies in Data Center Networking, Virtualization, Computing</description>
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		<title>Cisco UCS Networking Best Practices (in HD)</title>
		<link>http://bradhedlund.com/2010/06/22/cisco-ucs-networking-best-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Hedlund</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a presentation I developed covering networking best practices for Cisco UCS, and now have recorded in High Definition for your viewing pleasure! Sweet!  
This presentation assumes familiarity with basic networking and server VNIC concepts in UCS, and familiarity with virtual port channels.
This version of the presentation (v2.5) focuses primarily on the Ethernet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting the stage for TRILL, rethinking data center switching</title>
		<link>http://bradhedlund.com/2010/05/07/setting-the-stage-for-trill/</link>
		<comments>http://bradhedlund.com/2010/05/07/setting-the-stage-for-trill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 17:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Hedlund</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Switching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRILL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bradhedlund.com/?p=1003</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As data centers become increasingly dynamic and dense with virtualization &#8211; how the classic Ethernet switching design adopts to these new models and scales becomes an important and challenging question. Virtualization and cloud based services says that any workload can exist anywhere, at anytime, on demand, and move to any location without disruption. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cisco UCS and Nexus 1000V design diagram with Palo adapter</title>
		<link>http://bradhedlund.com/2009/08/11/cisco-ucs-nexus-1000v-design-palo-virtual-adapter/</link>
		<comments>http://bradhedlund.com/2009/08/11/cisco-ucs-nexus-1000v-design-palo-virtual-adapter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Hedlund</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nexus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unified computing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vmware]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bradhedlund.com/?p=641</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Cisco UCS and VMWare vSwitch design with Cisco 10GE Virtual Adapter</title>
		<link>http://bradhedlund.com/2009/07/05/cisco-ucs-vmware-vswitch-design-cisco-10ge-virtual-adapter/</link>
		<comments>http://bradhedlund.com/2009/07/05/cisco-ucs-vmware-vswitch-design-cisco-10ge-virtual-adapter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Hedlund</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[FCoE]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This diagram is a sample design of Cisco UCS running vSphere 4.0 utilizing the VMWare vSwitch and Cisco&#8217;s virtualization mezzanine adapter.  The Cisco adapter is a dual port 10GE Converged Network Adapter supporting Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and Network Interface Virtualization (NIV).  The Cisco adapter is &#8220;virtual&#8221; in the sense that this single physical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top of Rack vs End of Row Data Center Designs</title>
		<link>http://bradhedlund.com/2009/04/05/top-of-rack-vs-end-of-row-data-center-designs/</link>
		<comments>http://bradhedlund.com/2009/04/05/top-of-rack-vs-end-of-row-data-center-designs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Hedlund</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data Center]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article provides a close examination and comparison of two popular data center physical designs, "Top of Rack" and "End of Row".  We will also explore a new alternative design using Fabric Extenders, and finish off with a quick look at how Cisco Unified Computing might fit into this picture.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>Nexus 1000V with FCoE CNA and VMWare ESX 4.0 deployment diagram</title>
		<link>http://bradhedlund.com/2009/01/01/nexus-1000v-with-fcoe-cna-and-vmware-esx-40-deployment-diagram/</link>
		<comments>http://bradhedlund.com/2009/01/01/nexus-1000v-with-fcoe-cna-and-vmware-esx-40-deployment-diagram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Hedlund</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does the virtual data center environment look like when you have a CNA (Converged Network Adapter) installed in a ESX 4.0 server running the Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switch?  I decided to draw it out in a diagram and came up with this:

(Click the diagram to view a larger image in a new browser [...]]]></description>
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