Network virtualisation doesnt necessarily mean additional nic ports on the nodes. Much of the switching, routing, firewalls and etc are now running in software. You will likely save on purchasing physical networking gear without neccesarily increasing nic port utilisation. Again ita really down to requirements. VMware Cloud Foundation can actually run the entire stack off 2 NIC ports with redundancy if you want it to.
I think HPE' SimpliVity is a game changer in HCi as it provides integration with SDN already
Good stuff... I should really look into this. If you have any good links or resources, do share!
Are you referring to plexxi or composable fabric as it’s now called ?
@@skiptdouglas yes integration of HPE SimpliVity with plexxi.. Composable fabric
@@thecharleschow www.hpe.com/h22228/video-gallery/us/en/700000784/EN/US/9c9dffd7-7e33-4da6-960d-d5f2e78a73fc/introduction-to-plexxi-_-the-network-for-your-hci-initiatives/video
@@ankitnarayan5138 thanks for that man! Ill have a quick look at it
Shouldn't HCI minimize the amount of NICs in use? I did one with Scale and the amount of NICS required is the same as if you used a SAN with 3 hosts.
Network virtualisation doesnt necessarily mean additional nic ports on the nodes. Much of the switching, routing, firewalls and etc are now running in software. You will likely save on purchasing physical networking gear without neccesarily increasing nic port utilisation. Again ita really down to requirements. VMware Cloud Foundation can actually run the entire stack off 2 NIC ports with redundancy if you want it to.
@@thecharleschow Yeah this one Scale Computing HCI setup a friend told me they needed 12 NICs for the 3 nodes.