Private Cloud Computing: Consolidation, Virtualization, and Service-Oriented Infrastructure (Paperback)

Chapter 1 ? Next-Generation IT Trends

• Layers of Function: The Service-Oriented Infrastructure Framework
• Blocks of Function: The Cloud Modules
• Cloud Computing Characteristics
• Computing Taxonomy

• The Data Center Consolidation and Virtualization Modus Operandi
• Server Consolidation Drivers
• Server Virtualization
• Storage Virtualization
• Layer 2 Evolutions
• Unified Data Center Fabric

• Service Integration in the Data Center
• Infrastructure Segmentation
• The Next-Generation Enterprise WAN

• What is the WAN performance challenge?
• WAN Optimization Benefits
• Requirements for WAN Optimization Deployment
• Remote Office Virtualization Designs

• Selecting an Interception Mechanism
• The WCCP Dive
• In-path Deployment In-Brief
• PBR Deployment Overview

• WAN Optimization Requirements in the Cloud
• Interception at the VM Level
• Cloud Interception with VRF-Aware WCCP
• Cloud Interception with Non VRF-Aware WCCP
• Interception at the Services Aggregation Layer

• SAN Extension Overview
• Optical Networking Solutions
• SONET/SDH Services
• FCIP
• iSCSI
• Putting It All Together

• Cloud Security
• Unified Computing System
• Cloud Management
• Cloud IaaS: The Big Picture

• Virtual Access-Layer Design Study
• ERSPAN Design Study
• Unified Fabric Design Study
• Top-of-Rack Architecture Design Study
• Basic vPC Design Study
• SAN Extension Design Study
• Service-Oriented Infrastructure Design Study