BLADE Network Technologies, Inc. just announced that its 1-10 Gigabit Ethernet switches is now equipped with VMreadyTM — making it the first network virtualization solution that automates the enterprise data center for dynamic “live” migration of virtual machines (VMs).
Now data center architects can use BLADE’s VMready switches to overcome network-based obstacles. The inability for security policies to move in concert with the VM is inhibiting broader adoption of server virtualization in the enterprise data center. VMready watches the Virtual Machine environment to ensure that when a live VM moves from one physical host to another, the destination network has been prepared in advance — preserving essential security, access and performance policies.
“In order to fully realize the benefits of server virtualization, dynamic migration of workloads is required,” said Joe Skorupa, Research Vice President, Enterprise Network Services and Infrastructure, Gartner, Inc. “To enable this environment, the underlying network must be able to automatically reconfigure itself to ensure that the appropriate polices and resources are in place before a VM is moved to a new host.”
BLADE’s VMready is designed to automate VM migration by ensuring that the wrong Quality of Service (QoS) settings do not choke the application, the wrong Virtual LAN (VLAN) does not prevent the application from connecting to the network, and the wrong Access Control Lists (ACLs) do not compromise network security. As a result, data centers can harness the promise of virtualization, enabling applications to securely scale up for high availability or scale down for energy efficiency.
“Until now, primarily due to security and manual workload concerns, enterprises have been understandably wary of enabling their production application workloads for mobility and live migration in virtual machine environments,” said Dan Tuchler, Vice President of Product Strategy and Management, BLADE Network Technologies. “BLADE’s VMready Ethernet switches work with leading hypervisors to enable a virtualization-enriched network that is not jeopardized by security vulnerabilities as virtual machines migrate, does not introduce performance bottlenecks and is easy to manage without continual manual intervention.”
With more than 90 percent of enterprises using server virtualization for consolidation and 10 Gigabit Ethernet now affordable for mainstream adoption, BLADE’s VMready switches provide a “Secure, Efficient and Easier” pathway to the “live” server mobility required in a dynamic data center environment:
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This post was written by admin on January 29, 2009
