Cloud Computing Networking: Under the Hood

This 2-hour webinar describes the networking requirements of various cloud services (from infrastructure virtualization to software-as-a-service solutions) and designs you can use to build data center networks that support them, with the focus on Infrastructure-as-a-Service and underlying scalable architectures.

If you’re a network architect, designer or implementation engineer working in environments that plan to introduce cloud-based services, this one and a half hour webinar is a must-have overview of available technologies and network designs.

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The webinar covers the following topics:

Cloud services taxonomy;
Networking requirements of various cloud services;
Infrastructure-as-a-Service and soft (hypervisor) switches;
Requirements of VM mobility;
Multi-tenant deployments with virtual firewalls;
Userspace solutions (vCider and CloudSwitch)
Layer-2 solutions (VLANs, Metro Ethernet, Edge Virtual Bridging – 802.1Qbg, vCDNI)
MAC-over-IP solutions (VXLAN, NVGRE)
IP-over-IP solutions (Amazon EC2, Open vSwitch)

Prerequisites

To attend this webinar, you should be familiar with the basics of layer-2 switching, VLANs, IPv4, IP routing and Internet-related protocols (DNS and HTTP).

Awareness of virtual networking concepts and VMware-related challenges are highly recommended. Consider listening to the Introduction to Virtual Networking and VMware Networking Technical Deep Dive webinars.

Delivery format

The Cloud Computing Networking is a 2-hour presentation that can be delivered over the Internet, combined with other topics into a longer overview presentation or incorporated into a one-day on-site workshop.

The Author

Ivan Pepelnjak (CCIE#1354) has been designing, deploying, operating and troubleshooting IP-based enterprise and service provider networks since 1990. He’s the author of EIGRP and MPLS books published by Cisco Press, numerous articles and highly praised webinars, including Data Center 3.0 for Networking Engineers and Data Center Interconnects.

His blog, where you'll find numerous data center- and virtualization-related articles, is usually considered one of the best technology-focused internetworking blogs.

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