Chris Marget of Fragmentation Needed comments: The Broadcom switching OS running on HP’s Moonshot 45G and 180G switches can do a neat trick1 that I haven’t seen on other platforms. Background: LACP-Individual The trick revolves around interfaces that are sometimes aggregated, and sometimes run as individuals. Lots of platforms don’t support this behavior. On those […]
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Aruba and HP – The Remaining Pieces
Matthew Norwood of In Search Of Tech writes: Ask anyone who follows the industry about HP, and you will get a variety of thoughts. However, one of them that always seems to surface is in regards to their ability to execute. There is a history of missteps regarding HP in the executive arena over the […]
E54 – Aruba HP and CCIE Wireless v3 Update
No Strings Attached Show comments: Another Aruba Atmosphere event is in the books, this one had some big news at it regarding Aruba Networks as a company. Sam and I give our opinions on the matter and what we think it means for Aruba as well as the industry. Again this is our opinion and […]
My Thoughts on the HP / Aruba Acquisition
Drew Lentz of Wireless Nerd comments: I received a message on LinkedIn asking about my opinion of the HP / Aruba deal. After writing it out, I thought I’d share. Please let me know your thoughts and why you think ’em. Here’s the question that started it: Whats your take on the HP Aruba deal. […]
HP SDN App Store Launches
Lindsay Hill comments on his blog HP’s SDN App Store has finally seen the light of day. This is intended to be a common platform for users and developers, to find and distributed real-world, practical SDN applications. Some of the launch apps include: Network Optimizer, for automated QoS for Lync Network Protector, for security & […]
HP Talks SDN Turkey at Interop
John Herbert of Lame Journal comments: Basically, HP have three data centers in this example — San Francisco (SFO), Denver (DEN) and EWR (Newark), shown across the top of the diagram, all interconnected with 1G links. Then there’s the “Warehouse” where they stage networks to be used at events like Interop, before they are shipped […]
Taking POHO to Interop 2014 — Three Roads To Take
Robert Novak of RSTS11 writes: First, I’m looking forward to meeting some Twitterverse friends, and maybe a Twitter-averse friend or two, as well as contacts I’ve made at my conferences last year. I will be dropping in on the Interop HQ and Social Media Command Center to see how the UBM team handles social media […]
HP Wireless Future: Reading the Tea Leaves
Lindsay Hill comments on his blog: Recently I posted some speculation about where HP is going with their Comware and ProCurve networking lines. But what about the wireless gear? Where’s that going? As before, I have no inside information on this, and I’m just speculating based upon public information: Do your own research and thinking […]
The HP SDN APP Store — It Might Just Work
Lindsay Hill comments on his blog: HP has been laying out their SDN vision over the last few months. They want to develop a complete SDN ecosystem, including an Open Standards-based network that can integrate with common overlay models, development resources to help 3rd parties to develop applications, test & validation tools, right through to […]