brent timothy saner on 17 May 2018 05:29:18 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] Fwd: VMware Releases Security Update


On 05/17/2018 08:21 AM, Doug Stewart wrote:
> There's also the concept of the data plane and the control plane being
> separated. So, for instance, interior to a VMware cluster, you can route
> packets from one VM to another or from one subnet of VMs to another
> subnet. The trick lies in the fact that the "networking" might not even
> be exiting the cluster and the data may be being shuffled around on a
> few system buses instead of even hitting networking gear.
> 

this is a good point i neglected to mention, yes. the biggest valid use
for SD networking (besides vast and complex multi-tiered networks) is
virtualization applications - it tends to implement more efficient policies.

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