Why do we need Data Center Modernization? In Today’s competitive business every organization is coming with more innovations and they are trying to reduce the timeline for Go to Market. Unfortunately, only a few organizations are winning the battle because of their back-end infrastructure which was not optimized for Availability, Scalability, Reliability Performance & Automation […]
We will briefly explain about Cisco CIMC and how update and upgrade are used interchangeably but have different meanings. This will further explain: What to expect when you want to upgrade your CIMC device, Why should one do so, What are the challenges, What are the steps or procedure? How these are different from the […]
VXLAN is the extension of VLAN, and it stands for Virtual Extension Local Area Network. This is an encapsulation protocol that provides the virtual L2 tunnel connection over the L3 Underlay.We need this protocol because it resolves:• Mobility (VMs can move anywhere from one data center to another location without any changes)• Scalability (VLAN 4K […]
Balancing generally corresponds to the process of maintaining and managing several things through equal distribution i.e., to achieve equilibrium. Load simply means total utilization of resources. What is Load Balancing? Load Balancing is referred to as a process or technique of distributing workloads across multiple resources to optimize efficiency, reliability, and capacity. This in turn will […]
What is Profiling in Cisco ISE? Profiling is functionality in Cisco ISE which discover, locate and determine the capabilities of the attached endpoints, whether it is connected via wired or wireless. ISE will detect the device type then only ISE will authorize it according to the policy which you configured. In order to gathers, these […]
Before going deep into how to configure Cisco ACI (Network Centric Mode), let’s understand what Cisco ACI is. Cisco ACI (Application Centric Infrastructure) is Cisco’s Software Defined Networking Solution for the Data Center. It let’s the application requirements define the network. At a high level, it comprises of: 1. An APIC cluster (Application Policy Infrastructure […]
What is VxRAIL? Before discussing the errors when installing VxRAIL, Let’s talk about VxRAIL itself. VxRAIL is an HCI (Hyper converged infrastructure) appliance optimised for the Vmware hypervisor. At it’s heard – it’s powered by Vmware VSAN. Think of it as a Dell PowerEdge server + VSAN + customised installation and maintenance scripts. It comes […]
What is Intent-based Networking and why should you care? Intent-based networking is the hot new concept being discussed in the Networking Industry right now. Intent-based networking also known as Intent Based Networking uses machine learning and advanced orchestration which in result, reduces the complexity of maintaining and managing network policies. However, managing computer networks has […]
Introduction – Software Defined WAN This article first articulates the top two Software Defined WAN offerings as per Gartner (Cisco’s Viptela, and Vmware NSX SD-WAN VeloCloud), and then double clicks on the top considerations when choosing an Software Defined WAN solution for your enterprise. Why SD-WAN? Traditional WANs have been hardware centric. You’ll need your […]
Building a response to an RFP can be very tedious depending on the complexity and scale of the RFP. A lot of organizations struggle when submitting a proposal to the RFP. Missing out on documenting critical information and you could end up getting disqualified. Bidding in an RFP can be a very lucrative business but […]
