Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals: Understanding Techniques and Designs for Highly Efficient Data Centers with Cisco Nexus, UCS, MDS, and Beyond, First Edition

Chapter 5. Instant Switches: Virtual Device Contexts

“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” (Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass)

This chapter examines virtual device contexts (VDC) as an evolution of network partitioning virtualization technologies. It covers the following topics:

Extending Device Virtualization

Why Use VDCs?

VDCs in Detail

Creating and Configuring VDCs

Allocating Resources to VDCs

Using Resource ...