Citrix stretches XenServer 6.0 to cover bigger iron | Linux Today

Citrix stretches XenServer 6.0 to cover bigger iron

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 3, 2011

“Open vSwitch, the open source virtual switch that was added
with XenServer 5.6 Feature Pack 1as an option is now the default
switch with XenServer 6.0.

“These virtual switches can be ganged up across hypervisors to
create a distributed virtual switch akin to the vSwitch created by
VMware for its ESXi hypervisor. See also the Nexus 1000V, made by
Cisco for its ‘California’ Unified Computing Systems as a
replacement for VMware’s vSwitch, and speaking NX-OS like Cisco
network admins like.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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