INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres
The new IP –
Getting started in
the data centre
The New IP allows you to take evolutionary steps
to achieve revolutionary results. So, where do you
start? There are two basic components to a New
IP network: The overlay and the underlay. Many
feel that the overlay is a bit more complex than
the underlay, but you can gain benefits from either
component alone, or eventually both together, writes
Yarob Sakhnini, Regional Director, MEMA, Brocade.
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uilding a foundation
In terms of the underlay, every
network ultimately needs to
move data and forward packets. And
if you’ve virtualised your compute
environment, like just about everyone
else, you need a packet underlay
that lets you get more out of that
virtualised compute system.
In fact, you need to be able to
track the VMs as you move them,
monitor traffic between them, and
troubleshoot everything. This is a
very hard problem to solve with old
IP networks, but it’s much easier with
New IP networks. In fact, a New IP
underlay will make a current VMware
environment run better, while also
paving the way to a new software
overlay.
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