Full Steam Ahead for AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit in California
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Full Steam Ahead for AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit in California was written by Martin Courtney at The Next Platform.
MLAG Clusters without a Physical Peer Link
With the widespread deployment of Ethernet-over-something technologies, it became possible to build MLAG clusters without a physical peer link, replacing it with a virtual link across the core fabric. Avaya was one of the first vendors to implement virtual peer links with Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) transport, and some data center switching vendors (example: Cisco) offer similar functionality with VXLAN transport.
MLAG Clusters without a Physical Peer Link
With the widespread deployment of Ethernet-over-something technologies, it became possible to build MLAG clusters without a physical peer link, replacing it with a virtual link across the core fabric. Avaya was one of the first vendors to implement virtual peer links with Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) transport, and some data center switching vendors (example: Cisco) offer similar functionality with VXLAN transport.
What is IP Subnetting? How to Subnet IP Network Addresses
Learn purpose of IP subnetting, how to read IP subnet addresses, and best practices for creating and deploying multiple subnets within your organization.The Need for a Source of Truth in Network Automation
Learn the importance of a Source of Truth (SoT) for successful network automation and how defining the intended network state can fuel your data-driven journey.Cisco Viptela drops the ball
In 2012, we saw the launch of Viptela, a pioneer in SDWAN network solutions. While they weren’t the first in SDWAN, I believe that badge goes to Talari; Viptela was the first company that caught my interest. I first saw what they were doing in 2015 on the Packet Pushers Podcast. Back then, the networking world was on fire with SDWAN offerings.
Sadly in 2017, Cisco purchased Viptela. I’m sure the leadership at Viptela was excited to be acquired by such a large networking company and hoped to develop Viptela to the pinnacle of their vision. But – despite calling themselves, and being repeatedly lamented for doing so, “a software company”, Cisco did what they so often do. They stopped platform development and tried to lower costs by integrating the vEdge software into their own. While I haven’t personally used the hybrid code, I haven’t heard good things from my coworkers. Eventually, we got the ISR1100 platform running Viptela code, but that was only a substitute for the vEdge 100 and 1000. We have still yet to see a replacement for the vEdge 2000.
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The Silicon Valley Co-Los Know What’s Really Going On With AI
If you want to get a sense of what companies are really doing with AI infrastructure, and the issues of processing and network capacity, power, and cooling that they are facing, what you need to do is talk to some co-location datacenter providers. …
The Silicon Valley Co-Los Know What’s Really Going On With AI was written by Timothy Prickett Morgan at The Next Platform.
How the coronation of King Charles III affected Internet traffic
When major events in a country happen Internet traffic patterns are often impacted, depending on the type of event. But what about the coronation of a king or queen? There’s no similar precedent, with a worldwide impact, in the Internet age, except maybe the coronation of the king of Thailand, in 2019. The last time it happened in the United Kingdom was 70 years ago (June 2, 1953), with Queen Elizabeth II; it was the first British coronation to be fully televised. Neither the Internet nor ARPANET were around at the time.
Imagine a grand royal event (if you saw the broadcast or the news, there’s no need), filled with pomp and pageantry, that's so captivating it impacts Internet traffic. That's what happened during the coronation of Charles III and Camilla, the newly crowned king and queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. As the coronation ceremony unfolded, on Saturday morning, May 6, 2023, there were clear spikes and dips in traffic, each coinciding with key moments of the ceremony.
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Upcoming Course: Data Center Fabrics
On the 19th and 22nd (Friday and Monday) I’m teaching the two-part series on Data Center Fabrics and Control Planes over at Safari Books Online. This is six hours total training covering everything from Clos fabrics to eVPN.
If you register for the course you can access a recording at a later date. From Safari:
This class consists of two three-hour sessions. The first session will focus on the physical topology, including a short history of spine-and-leaf fabrics, the characteristics of fabrics (versus the broader characteristics of a network), and laying out a spine-and-leaf network to support fabric lifecycle and scaling the network out. The first session will also consider the positive and negative aspects of using single- and multi-forwarding engine (FE) devices to build a fabric, and various aspects of fabric resilience. The second session will begin with transport considerations and quality of experience. The session will then consider underlay control planes, including BGP and IS-IS, and the positive and negative aspects of each. Routing to the host and the interaction between the control plane and automation will be considered in this session, as well. EVPN as an overlay control plane will be considered next, and finally Continue reading
Day Two Cloud 194: Unpacking Flexera’s State Of The Cloud Report With Keith Townsend
When you're deep in the trenches of operating your cloud, sometimes it's helpful to step back and get a broader view of what's happening in the industry. On today's Day Two Cloud we explore the results of an annual State of the Cloud survey to get a snapshot of trends impacting the cloud industry, including multicloud adoption, services used, cloud usage and spending, and the challenges of finding and training talent. Our guest to help us unpack the report is Keith Townsend.Day Two Cloud 194: Unpacking Flexera’s State Of The Cloud Report With Keith Townsend
When you're deep in the trenches of operating your cloud, sometimes it's helpful to step back and get a broader view of what's happening in the industry. On today's Day Two Cloud we explore the results of an annual State of the Cloud survey to get a snapshot of trends impacting the cloud industry, including multicloud adoption, services used, cloud usage and spending, and the challenges of finding and training talent. Our guest to help us unpack the report is Keith Townsend.
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Learn about Event-Driven Ansible at Red Hat Summit and AnsibleFest 2023
As you may have heard, AnsibleFest will be taking place at Red Hat Summit in Boston May 23-25. This change will allow you to harness everything that Red Hat technology has to offer in a single place and give you even more tools to address your automation needs. Join Ansible and automation-focused audiences to hear from Red Hat and Ansible leaders, customers, and partners while getting the latest on future Ansible product updates, community projects, and what’s coming in IT automation.
Event-Driven Ansible is a key component to address the complexities of managing varying assets at scale. We announced this product feature as a developer preview last October at AnsibleFest 2022, and we are excited to talk even more about it. So what can you expect to see about Event-Driven Ansible at AnsibleFest and Red Hat Summit this year?
- Red Hat Summit keynote with a customer story around their use of Event-Driven automation
- AnsibleFest keynote about why the next wave of automation will be event-driven
- Breakout sessions from Ansible experts and customers
- Hands on labs
- Discovery Theater mini sessions in the expo hall
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