You have been given the task of bringing a brand new Cisco UCS online. However, you are used to traditional server infrastructure (eg. HP, IBM, Fujitsu). If you are asking yourself, “What is policy-based computing? How do I configure this thing?” Then this series of posts is for you. Continue reading Cisco UCS Configuration Guide for vSphere – Part 1 – Overview
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Enterprise NAS with vSphere 5.1, EMC VNX VG8 & Symmetrix VMAX 20K
This article builds upon my previous post, plus the existing white papers and blogs listed below, to provide a VCDX-style guide to the design decisions that need to be considered for Enterprise-level Network Attached Storage (NAS) with vSphere 5.1 and the EMC Symmetrix VMAX 20K with VNX VG8 NAS Gateways. Continue reading Enterprise NAS with vSphere 5.1, EMC VNX VG8 & Symmetrix VMAX 20K
PCI-DSS Compliance with vSphere
What is PCI DSS? The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) is a standard that any organisation that maintains a business relationship with Europay, MasterCard or Visa must adhere to. The standard is about securing and protecting Cardholder data (eg. Primary Account Number – PAN, Cardholder Name, Service code, Expiry Date) and identifies any system that stores, transmits or processes Cardholder data as a “PCI Asset”. If you work for a bank, financial organisation or retail chain, then you will be well aware of the PCI Data Security Standard. Continue reading PCI-DSS Compliance with vSphere
EMC FAST-VP & PowerPath/VE with Storage DRS & Storage I/O Control
This article builds upon the white papers and blogs that are available (listed below). It took me a long time to understand how these mechanisms work together, since there was no single document (that I could find) describing their integration and correct usage; which left experimentation in my Pre-Production environment. This post is an attempt to correct that knowledge gap. Continue reading EMC FAST-VP & PowerPath/VE with Storage DRS & Storage I/O Control
VCDX Study Plan – Compute & vSphere
I was not going to bother with this final Study Plan post, since all VCDX candidates should know this as their first port of call, however I wanted to provide a complete set of “VCDX Study Plan” posts. Continue reading VCDX Study Plan – Compute & vSphere
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