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SDN and NFV Simplified: A Visual Guide to Understanding Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization
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SDN and NFV Simplified: A Visual Guide to Understanding Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization

by Jim Doherty
March 2016
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
400 pages
8h 34m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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7. Networking Gear in Virtualized Data Centers

As you have just learned in the previous chapter, virtualization within the data center had a considerable impact on network addressing and how individual virtual machines (VMs) were uniquely identified within the switched network. You learned that the hypervisor took the role of a virtual switch within the hypervisor software layer and interacted with the network controller to assign and manage Layer 2 switching identifiers. The data center access switches were oblivious to these new networking elements, and they continued to operate as before using the standard Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) to update their switching tables.

The Evolution of Data Center Switching

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