8. VMware, VSphere, VMotion, and VXLAN
In the previous chapters, we looked at virtualization in the data center, from both a server and network perspective, but from a software-agnostic viewpoint. This was fine when dealing with high-level overviews of the theory behind the technology and its operation. However, now we need to move forward to discuss lower-level details, and that will require looking at specific hypervisors rather than generic examples. To simplify matters, this chapter takes a deep look at the leading hypervisor vendor, VMware, and their products, such as VSphere, VMotion, and VXLAN and others.
VMware Product Design
VMware is probably the most well-known virtualization vendor around. Indeed, many technical people were first ...
Get SDN and NFV Simplified: A Visual Guide to Understanding Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
