Cisco’s Unified Computing System (UCS) redefines the economics and operational model of data centers. It combines computing, networking, and storage infrastructure with management and virtualization in a single system to reduce total cost of ownership and increase agility. This roundtable session at Tech Field Day 2 featured a discussion of UCS technologies by leading industry […]
Part 1: What is an Ethernet Fabric?
Part 1 of the Virtual Symposium focuses on Ethernet fabrics: Historical Ethernet LAN design: The 3-layer Hierarchy with Spanning Tree The demand for fabric technology, from Ethernet to Fibre Channel Core-Edge Ethernet Fabric Architecture The design of Ethernet and Fibre Channel switches Brocade’s VCS technology: Auto-healing and improved utilization Virtual machine-aware network automation (port profiles and […]
VMworld 2012 TFD Roundtable with Scale Computing
In this Tech Field Day Roundtable video, a group of independent influencers discuss the new Scale Computing HC3 converged infrastructure offering introduced that day. This video includes the following participants: Stephen Foskett Jeff Ready, Scale Computing Colin McNamara Jason Collier, Scale Computing Ryan Adzima Howard Marks Bill Hill Roger Lund Fabio Rapposelli Patrick Conte, Scale […]