Rick Donato

MTU The MTU is the maximum payload length for a particular transmission media. For example, the MTU for Ethernet is typically 1500 bytes. (The maximum packet length for Ethernet is typically 1518 bytes, but that includes 14 bytes of Ethernet header and 4 bytes of CRC, leaving 1500 bytes of

Introduction HPEs - Virtual Connect FlexFabric networking, can take a while to wrap your head around. So I thought I would take a moment to explain what HPE Virtual Connect is, and also share some knowledge and also resources that you may find useful. What is Virtual Connect? Virtual Connect

Introduction Within this short article, we will answer the question: What is a FlexibleLOM? First of all, What is a LOM? LOM LOM (LAN on motherboard) refers to a chip or chipset capable of network connections that have been embedded directly on the motherboard of a desktop, workstation or server.

Introduction This article provides a summary to some of the key points around vSAN network design. For full details around vSAN network design please review https://storagehub.vmware.com/export_to_pdf/vmware-r-vsan-tm-network-design. What is vSAN? vSAN is a hypervisor-converged, software-defined storage solution for the software-defined data centre. It is

Introduction If you look at the market around OpenStack distro's it can be daunting, there are many flavours, that all look to do the same thing - automate the installation of OpenStack and ease the tweaking of the nerd knobs. In my quest to find a suitable OpenStack

VMware recently announced changes to the NSX portfolio (the new NSX pillars shown below), introducing new NSX product pillars, on in other words a rebrand on the previous NSX product set. Figure 1: NSX Portfolio However, when it comes to licensing, it is good to know that the previous licensing

What is the Local Preference? Local Preference (aka LOCAL_PREF) is a BGP well-known attribute that is used when there are multiple exit paths out from a single AS exist. Whereas the MED is used to tell routers outside of an AS which entrance path to take, the LOCAL_PREF

What is the MED? The MED (Multi-Exit Discriminator) is an optional BGP attribute, that is used when there are multiple external points for a single AS. For example, you may want traffic coming into your AS destined for network A to take one path but traffic destined for network B

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), have just released issue #1 of their new magazine. For those of you who may not have heard of ETSI, they are an independent, not-for-profit, standardization organization in the telecommunications industry. This includes standards such as the NFV MANO framework. For those of you