Nuage Networks Bare Metal Workloads and Hardware VTEPs

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Nuage Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Nuage Networks

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Personnel: Florin Balus

Florin Balus, co-founder and Director of Product Management, discusses Nuage Networks solutions for bare metal workloads and use cases for security and gateways.


Nuage Networks Welcome and Introduction

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Nuage Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Nuage Networks

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Personnel: Florin Balus

Florin Balus, co-founder and Directory of Product Management, introduces Nuage Networks and talks about their methodology around software defined networking.


Nuage Networks Application View of Networking

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Nuage Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Nuage Networks

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Personnel: Dimitri Stiliadis

Dimitri Stiliadis, CTO and Chief Architect, discusses application virtualization with containers and demonstrates Nuage Networks capabilities.


Nuage Networks Scalability Demo

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Nuage Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Nuage Networks

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Personnel: Dimitri Stiliadis

Dimitri Stiliadis, CTO and Chief Architect, demonstrates the scalability of Nuage Networks by creating 20,000 Docker containers in 8 minutes.


Spirent OpenStack Velocity Demo

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Spirent Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Spirent

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Personnel: Iben Rodriguez

Iben Rodriguez, Principal Architect – Cloud and Virtual, demonstrates Spirent Velocity with OpenStack


Spirent Efficient Virtualized Continuous Integration

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Spirent Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Spirent

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Personnel: Marc Hornbeek

Marc Hornbeek, Senior Solutions Architect, introduces Spirent Efficient Virtualized Continuous Integration (EVCI) and talks about use cases and applications.


Spirent Continuous Cloud Validation

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Spirent Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Spirent

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Personnel: Paul To

Paul To, Director of Virtualization and SDN Solutions, introduces Spirent Continuous Cloud Validation and discusses the methodology behind it.


Spirent Introduction and Overview

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Spirent Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Spirent

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Personnel: Paul To

Paul To, Director of Virtualization and SDN Solutions, introduces Spirent and discusses their testing methodology and products.


David Meyer on Software Defined Intelligence

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Brocade Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Brocade

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Personnel: David Meyer

An introduction to the concept of Software Defined Intelligence (SDI) and a brief overview of one of its foundational technologies, Machine Learning. Also includes a look at a few applications of SDI in a “network setting.”


Cisco ACI Programmability Demo

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Cisco Datacenter

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Personnel: Paul Lesiak

Paul Lesiak demonstrates Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) programmability and automation.


Cisco ACI Programmability and Automation

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Cisco Datacenter

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Personnel: Paul Lesiak

Paul Lesiak presents Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) programmability and automation.


Cisco ACI Fabric Forwarding

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Cisco Datacenter

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Personnel: Joe Onisick

Joe Onisick, Principal Engineer at Cisco, presents Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) fabric forwarding.


Defining Applications Using Policy with Cisco ACI

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Cisco Datacenter

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Personnel: Joe Onisick

Joe Onisick, Principal Engineer at Cisco, presents Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI).


Introduction to Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure – What It Is

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Cisco Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Cisco Datacenter

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Personnel: Joe Onisick

Joe Onisick, Principal Engineer at Cisco, introduces the concept of Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) in this Tech Field Day presentation. He begins by clarifying that ACI is a form of Software-Defined Networking (SDN), addressing initial confusion about whether ACI fits within the SDN framework. Onisick emphasizes that ACI is designed to modernize network operations, making them more efficient and aligned with current technological advancements. He highlights three major technical shifts in the data center: the rapid increase in compute power, the evolving landscape of virtualization, and the changing data traffic patterns from North-South to East-West. These shifts necessitate higher bandwidth and more efficient network designs, such as spine-leaf architectures, to handle the increased data flow and avoid the limitations of traditional oversubscribed hardware.

Onisick delves into the complexities of modern networks, comparing network engineers to MacGyver for their ability to use protocols like IP and spanning tree to solve problems. He points out that while storage and compute have evolved rapidly, networking has lagged, leading to complex environments that SDN aims to simplify. ACI addresses the siloed nature of data center teams, particularly the disconnect between application and network teams. Onisick introduces the concept of an application network profile, a logical description of the end-to-end connectivity and policy requirements for an application. This profile allows for the automatic translation of application requirements into network configurations, simplifying the deployment process and ensuring that policies are consistently applied across different environments.

The presentation also covers the practical aspects of implementing ACI, including its compatibility with existing network designs and its cost-effectiveness. Onisick explains that ACI can operate in two modes: ACI mode and NXOS mode, the latter being a traditional Nexus operating system mode that fits into existing network designs. He emphasizes that ACI is designed to scale linearly, making it suitable for both small and large deployments. Security is a key focus, with ACI offering built-in security features that act like a stateless firewall, ensuring that no traffic is allowed without explicit policy. This approach simplifies compliance and auditing, as policies can be centrally managed and applied across both physical and virtual devices. Onisick concludes by discussing the cost advantages of Cisco’s hardware, including their BiDi optics, which allow for 40 gigabit connections using existing 10 gigabit fiber infrastructure, further reducing the overall cost of network upgrades.


Pluribus Networks Corporate Intro: Netvisor, SDN, and Hyperconvergence

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Pluribus Networks

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Personnel: Dave Ginsburg

Dave Ginsburg, Pluribus CMO, introduces the Networking Field Day session and gives background on the company.


Pluribus Networks CloudFlare Customer Case Study

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Pluribus Networks

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Personnel: Noah Wallach

Noah Wallach, network engineer for Pluribus customer CloudFlare, presents his company’s solution. He discusses CloudFlare Anycast, networking challenges, and Project Galileo, supporting DDOS protection for significant Internet sites.


Pluribus Networks Fabric-Cluster Demonstration

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Pluribus Networks

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Personnel: Sunay Tripathi

Pluribus Co-Founder and CTO, Sunay Tripathi, demonstrates the company’s internal Fabric-Cluster.


Pluribus Networks Fabric-Connect

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Pluribus Networks

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Personnel: Sunay Tripathi

Pluribus Co-Founder and CTO, Sunay Tripathi, presents Fabric-Connect.


Pluribus Networks Fabric-Cluster Application

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Pluribus Networks

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Personnel: Sunay Tripathi

Pluribus Co-Founder and CTO, Sunay Tripathi, presents the Fabric-Cluster application.


Pluribus Networks Technology and Applications

Event: Networking Field Day 8

Appearance: Pluribus Networks Presents at Networking Field Day 8

Company: Pluribus Networks

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Personnel: Alessandro Barbieri

Alessandro Barbieri, Pluribus Sr. Director, PLM, presents the network hypervisor, network virtualization, converged SDN platform, network analytics, and OpenStack Cloud Controller.