Chapter 27
Virtualization
This chapter covers the following subjects:
Server Virtualization: This section describes server virtualization technologies such as virtual machines, containers, and virtual switching.
Network Functions Virtualization: This section describes the NFV architecture and its application to an enterprise network.
Server virtualization is the process of using software to create multiple independent virtual servers (virtual machines) or multiple independent containerized operating systems (containers) on a physical x86 server. Network functions virtualization (NFV) is the process of virtualizing specific network functions, such as a firewall function, into a virtual machine (VM) so that they can be run in common x86 hardware ...
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