[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]Google Data Center Pictures: Year in Review[/fancy_header3] Google Data Center Pictures: Year in Review :In 2012 Google opened the doors up to some of it’s data centers in the typical colorful fashion we expect from Google. Hyper-scale content and cloud providers are ultra secretive about their trade secrets. Facebook’s Opencompute project is probably the… Continue reading Google Data Center Pictures: Year in Review
Floodlight OpenFlow Controller: Using the Static Flow Entry Pusher
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Floodlight OpenFlow Controller: Using the Static Flow Entry Pusher[/fancy_header3] Floodlight OpenFlow Controller: Using the Static Flow Entry Pusher: The first post in this tutorial can be found at Tutorial to Build a FloodLight SDN OpenFlow Controller . For those looking to do things with early SDN / OpenFlow controllers this post may be of some… Continue reading Floodlight OpenFlow Controller: Using the Static Flow Entry Pusher
Cacti Network Management Installation Tutorial
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Cacti Network Management Installation Tutorial[/fancy_header3] Network management has to be, one of the most neglected pieces of networking. I am sure we all have our hypotheses as to why but that is for another day. This tutorial is for installing the latest stable release 0.8.8a, released on 04/29/12. I needed to proof Cacti and… Continue reading Cacti Network Management Installation Tutorial
Programming the NSP: Vendors on SDN for SP Operators
[fancy_header3 variation=”deepblue”]Programming the NSP: Vendors on SDN for SP Operators[/fancy_header3] [dropcap3 variation=”steelblue”]L[/dropcap3] ast week we looked at what the Network Service Provider Customers are looking for from vendors in the Network Virtualization Function (NFV). This week, let’s take a look at what the vendors were proposing in October at the SDN & OpenFlow World Congress.… Continue reading Programming the NSP: Vendors on SDN for SP Operators
Open vSwitch Red Hat Installation
[fancy_header3 variation=”deepblue”]Open vSwitch Red Hat Installation[/fancy_header3] This is an updated tutorial for an Open vSwitch Red Hat Installation. It is a little tricky at the moment from a kernel-devel bug that has a broken symbolic link. I did a screencast also in case anyone gets stuck. Just let me know if I mistyped anything and… Continue reading Open vSwitch Red Hat Installation
Cisco acquisition of Cariden
[fancy_header3 variation=”deepblue”]Cisco acquisition of Cariden[/fancy_header3] [dropcap1 variation=”slategrey”]C[/dropcap1] isco announced today the intended acquisition of Cariden, a network management software company. Cisco will purchase the self-funded Cariden for $141 million. This deal is on the heels of two other Cisco acquisitions. The purchase of the WiFi company Meraki for $1.2 billion and the cloud software company Cloupia for $125 million.… Continue reading Cisco acquisition of Cariden
Bad Idea List: ITU UN Plan To Regulate The Internet
[fancy_header3 variation=”orange” ]Bad Idea List: ITU UN Plan To Regulate The Internet[/fancy_header3] The International Telecommunication Union Standardization (ITU-T) is no longer only interested in telecommunications standards, now they what to regulate the whole Internet. ITU-T is a part of the United Nation that had a leaked document over the summer that outlines their plans of regulating,… Continue reading Bad Idea List: ITU UN Plan To Regulate The Internet
Software Defined Network (SDN) -Looking Toward 2013 – Part 2
[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]Software Defined Network (SDN) -Looking Toward 2013 – Part 2[/fancy_header3] In the second part of the two parter I am looking at some of the softer sides of the networking futures and what I expect to see in the coming year. Click here for Part I. [fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]SDN for HyperScale and Everyone Else[/fancy_header3] Today Google back-hauls… Continue reading Software Defined Network (SDN) -Looking Toward 2013 – Part 2