VMware Networking Blog

For those who have not yet kicked the tires of the vNetwork Distributed Switch (vDS), or were a little confused when they did, help is at hand. I have written a guide titled, “VMware vNetwork Distributed Switch: Migration and Configuration.”

It’s a lengthy read at 37 pages, but I’ve tried to keep it as complete as possible with diagrams, screen shots and other such things to guide you on your way.

As with all our virtual networking papers for vSphere, it’s located in the Resources page behind the easy to remember URL, vmware.com/go/networking

DMZ’s with virtualization seems to elicit opinions from all quarters—security folks, network folks and server folks. A couple of months ago, we updated the DMZ with ESX paper to vSphere 4 level and reposted it as Network Segmentation in Virtualized Environments. This paper discusses and describes three different trust zone configurations with associated best practice approaches for secure deployment. (I blogged on this topic last month)

Last week we added a new paper on this topic, in this case using the Cisco Nexus 1000V virtual switch. This is a co-branded Cisco/VMware paper titled, “DMZ Virtualization Using VMware vSphere 4 and the Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch”. You will also find this posted on the Cisco website.

This 19-page paper is a great tutorial on the considerations around DMZ’s and how the Nexus 1000V can be used for DMZ virtualization.