Four tips for virtualization network integration and management

Nearly 60% of enterprises have slowed down their virtualization plans, according to nemertes's latest survey. The complexity of the system, especially the complexity of network configuration, is usually considered the biggest obstacle to virtual network deployment. However, virtual networks can help enterprises configure virtual networks and completely define these configurations in software, which is the key to improving the deployment of virtual networks again. As your Enterprise Network virtualization continues to develop, the following tips will help you maximize network virtualization while working with server and storage virtualization.

Tip 1: Evaluate your enterprise's organizational structure, optimize network policies andProgram

The development in the field of storage, server, and network virtualization makes it almost impossible for enterprises to do things in the data center on physical networks. However, in many enterprises, separated it and network teams make full use of these functional advantages. Many network teams believe that virtualization is the responsibility of the server team and are not eager to embrace Virtual Switches or virtual network devices. Many people are also happy to see the traffic coming out of the virtual infrastructure, routing the traffic through the physical network components, and then returning to the virtual space. IT enterprises should clarify the roles, responsibilities, policies and procedures of these teams and enable these teams to embrace virtualization functions. Virtualization "controls" the network-just as it controls servers and storage, it is only a matter of time, so it is futile to resist network virtualization.

Tip 2: consider monitoring tools and management frameworks

Traditional monitoring tools and management frameworks have been difficult to keep up with the pace of server virtualization deployment, and network virtualization will only increase this challenge. Now is the perfect time for companies to reevaluate monitoring tools and management frameworks. Using virtualization as a catalyst, consider how you should create a single management platform that integrates servers and virtualized network infrastructure, these servers and virtualized network infrastructure will share physical host resources with other workloads, move it from one place to another, or cross-Internal data centers and public or private clouds.

Tip 3: embrace open standards as much as possible

Cisco and VMWare are well-deserved leaders in the field of data center virtualization, Virtual Switching and programmable networks, and they are likely to play a significant market position in the SDN market. Both vendors have expressed support for open standards, such as openflow and openstack. However, their current solutions and product roadmap have not yet implemented these standards. Therefore, enterprises should carefully consider whether any of their purchase decisions will cause them to be further locked into proprietary solutions, although the two vendors may soon point out the advanced features and features provided by their proprietary solutions, it is best not to hook up. Enterprises should choose the open standard method, so that they will not limit your choice. In addition, embracing open standards as an incidental benefit will simplify the application to the cloud environment or transition from the cloud environment.

Tip 4: start evaluating and planning a Software Defined Network

SDN is the next big trend in enterprise it. SDN deployment will surge in the next three years. SDN supports virtual networks, but enterprises are still trying to evaluate the role of SDN and other network Virtualization Technologies in their existing network roadmap. The best way is to try it all to see which solution or solution combination is best suited to your environment, which can produce maximum cost savings and improve flexibility.

Enterprises should embrace virtual networks and use virtual networks to promote the overall deployment of virtual technologies, so as to get the maximum ROI. However, to ensure success, it may need to rethink its traditional organizational structure and enterprise system management tools. Then, enterprises can further protect their virtualization investment by embracing open standards as much as possible. Finally, determine how software defined networks will increase your flexibility and reduce deployment challenges and costs.