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Configure physical firewalls based on VM groups? Sure, use DSE from Plexxi

Ivan Pepelnjak from IPSpace.net writes:

Plexxi has an interesting problem. They have a  shiny new solution  that requires  unorthodox approaches  to network forwarding and allows them to implement  potentially cool concepts like affinities  (traffic engineering in disguise). They also need to sell these new concepts to the customers, and the first question I would ask after recovering from a hefty dose of cool-aid is “and how do I configure these affinities?”

Ivan comes through with an awesome use case for Plexxi’s DSE, along with some of the things that excites him about it. And when Ivan gets giddy about a technology, you’d better be paying attention.

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Tom Hollingsworth

Tom Hollingsworth is a networking professional, blogger, and speaker on advanced technology topics. He is also an organizer for networking and wireless for Tech Field Day.  His blog can be found at https://networkingnerd.net/

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