Sunday, March 14, 2010

Network Fabric:TRILL for Server and Network People. Welcome RBridges

March 30, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 9 Comments 

TRILL is a key net­work tech­no­logy for enabling Cloud Computing by allow­ing for bet­ter migra­tions of VM’s, and bet­ter util­isa­tion of the net­work switch­ing fab­ric and much improved sta­bil­ity of the Data Centre Server Fabric.

Internets of Interest: 24th Mar

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Network Dictionary — Functionality

March 24, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment 

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» List of Posts in this series:Network Dictionary  —  FreelanceNetwork Dictionary  —  Resume Generating EventsNetwork Dictionary  —  ScalableNetwork Dictionary  —  magic hand wave­N­et­work Dictionary  —  NAT’dNetwork Dictionary  —  Pain Relief TechnologyNetwork Dictionary  —  work­shopNetwork Dictionary  —  Process HumpingNetwork Dictionary  —  appsel­la­tionNetwork Dictionary  —  Spinning RustNetwork Dictionary  —  Server HuggerNetwork Dictionary  —  FacepalmNetwork Dictionary  —  NortardNetwork Dictionary  —  CiscotistNetwork Dictionary  —  long­hornNetwork Dictionary  —  IEEEdiotNetwork Dictionary  —  fooN­et­work Dictionary  —  EtherealNetwork Dictionary  —  Signal SlopeNetwork Dictionary  —  lever­ageNetwork Dictionary  —  Microsoft StandardNetwork Dictionary  —  BrandalizeNetwork Dictionary  —  BlamestormingNetwork Dictionary  —  CCIE PoundsNetwork Dictionary  —  borked­Net­work Dictionary  —  tech­nobabbleNetwork Dictionary  —  MarkenautsNetwork […]

Network Dictionary — Distributed Attention

March 24, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment 

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» List of Posts in this series:Network Dictionary  —  FreelanceNetwork Dictionary  —  Resume Generating EventsNetwork Dictionary  —  ScalableNetwork Dictionary  —  magic hand wave­N­et­work Dictionary  —  NAT’dNetwork Dictionary  —  Pain Relief TechnologyNetwork Dictionary  —  work­shopNetwork Dictionary  —  Process HumpingNetwork Dictionary  —  appsel­la­tionNetwork Dictionary  —  Spinning RustNetwork Dictionary  —  Server HuggerNetwork Dictionary  —  FacepalmNetwork Dictionary  —  NortardNetwork Dictionary  —  CiscotistNetwork Dictionary  —  long­hornNetwork Dictionary  —  IEEEdiotNetwork Dictionary  —  fooN­et­work Dictionary  —  EtherealNetwork Dictionary  —  Signal SlopeNetwork Dictionary  —  lever­ageNetwork Dictionary  —  Microsoft StandardNetwork Dictionary  —  BrandalizeNetwork Dictionary  —  BlamestormingNetwork Dictionary  —  CCIE PoundsNetwork Dictionary  —  borked­Net­work Dictionary  —  tech­nobabbleNetwork Dictionary  —  MarkenautsNetwork […]

Network Diagrams: Drawing Freehand Curves (and Then Fixing Them)

Network Diagrams: Drawing Freehand Curves (and Then Fixing Them)

March 23, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 5 Comments 

Continuing on with absurdly pop­u­lar posts about mak­ing dia­grams in Visio. Lets draw a line in free­hand. It will be broken, because we aren’t artists so lets talk about how to fix it.

The Greatest Risk to Cloud Computing ? The Vista Effect.

March 22, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments 

Everyday brings news of another fail­ure of a “Cloud Computing” ser­vice. It won’t take much in the cur­rent eco­nomic cli­mate for the mar­ket to take a “Vista view” and not buy it.

Internets of Interest: 13th Mar — 22nd Mar

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Network Dictionary — Implementation

March 20, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment 

Define Implementation

HP Hit Cisco First, Not the Other Way Round.

March 19, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 7 Comments 

Some people are think­ing that Cisco is attack­ing HP and IBM in the server space. You can con­sider that HP hit Cisco first..

Top 4 Things About IBM Buying Sun

March 19, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment 

Some ideas, humour and bile about IBM buy­ing Sun.

5 Things About Cisco Announcement and a Wrap Up[Post Prandial]

March 16, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 3 Comments 

So Cisco announced it Intel Servers today. Its kind of excit­ing if you are into Data Centers and Virtualisation. They have done some­thing very different.

Network Dictionary — Markenauts

March 16, 2009 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment 

This Post is Part of a Series  —  click for list on Network Dictionary» List of Posts in this series:Network Dictionary  —  FreelanceNetwork Dictionary  —  Resume Generating EventsNetwork Dictionary  —  ScalableNetwork Dictionary  —  magic hand wave­N­et­work Dictionary  —  NAT’dNetwork Dictionary  —  Pain Relief TechnologyNetwork Dictionary  —  work­shopNetwork Dictionary  —  Process HumpingNetwork Dictionary  —  appsel­la­tionNetwork Dictionary  —  Spinning RustNetwork Dictionary  —  Server HuggerNetwork Dictionary  —  FacepalmNetwork Dictionary  —  NortardNetwork Dictionary  —  CiscotistNetwork Dictionary  —  long­hornNetwork Dictionary  —  IEEEdiotNetwork Dictionary  —  fooN­et­work Dictionary  —  EtherealNetwork Dictionary  —  Signal SlopeNetwork Dictionary  —  lever­ageNetwork Dictionary  —  Microsoft StandardNetwork Dictionary  —  BrandalizeNetwork Dictionary  —  BlamestormingNetwork Dictionary  —  CCIE PoundsNetwork Dictionary  —  borked­Net­work Dictionary  —  tech­nobabbleNetwork Dictionary  —  MarkenautsNetwork […]

Top 5 Things About the Cisco Data Centre 3.0 Announcement Today [Humour]

March 16, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 3 Comments 

Just before the much bal­ly­hooed launch of Cisco sup­posed serv­ers, let look at Etherealmind’s Top 5 Things about Cisco’s launch today.

FCoE and the Return of Spanning Tree

March 14, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 8 Comments 

One of the most amus­ing parts about Fibre Channel over Ethernet(FCoE) is that Spanning Tree is mak­ing a tri­umphant comeback. And I am talk­ing a Roman style parade after the gates to the city have been built and the streets lined with gold.

Cisco Is Wishfully Wishing for FCoE Sales ?

March 13, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 3 Comments 

Is Omar Sultan from Cisco is wish­ing that FCoE would actu­ally get some sales ?

Network Diagrams:Aligning Shapes

Network Diagrams:Aligning Shapes

March 12, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments 

In this post we are look­ing at align­ing shapes in straight lines which will enhance your presentation.

Network Diagrams:Locking the Background Shape

Network Diagrams:Locking the Background Shape

March 10, 2009 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments 

Once you are using back­ground shapes, you find that they keep on get­ting in the way. This post looks at how to lock the shape so you dia­gram over the top of it.

Internets of Interest: 7th Mar — 10th Mar

March 10, 2009 by bookmarks · Leave a Comment 

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