A few weeks ago I got a chance to play with some of that technology for a technical review I was doing. Basically in a nutshell I see it like this:
vSwitches (vSphere or distributed vSwitches) are very robust. I didn't see much that a basic shop couldn't do with them by themselves. But in doing so the business would be moving management of network resources away from their network team, and into the hands of the server team. Using the Nexus for example would afford a company the ability to leverage its in house network team to have the IOS tools and features they are already familiar with. That means IOS features like QOS, Policing, NetFlow, ACLs, Layer 2 security, AAA and Etherchannels are all migrated to the virtual environment. Additionally I was told about special integration between the Nexus and vMotion but I honestly didn't get to look at that very much. So honestly it just seemed to me that no one needed to learn anything new. Of the places I support with vSphere over half are using distributed vSwitches rather than the more costly Cisco vSwitches and still loving life. However, recently there have been some grumbling about missing features as opposed to their old physical network capabilities. Hope that helps out some! Terry On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 2:35 PM, marc abel <[email protected]> wrote: > Can someone explain to me the value proposition in the Cisco virtual VMware > switch? What could I do with it that can't be done with the built in VM > Ware virtual switch? > > Thank you, > > -- > Marc Abel > CCIE #35470 > (Routing and Switching) > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs > -- *Terry D. Vinson* *CCIE# 35347 (R&S)* _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
