The key to a successful data center virtualization deployment is the core network. If the infrastructure foundation is weak, the virtualization deployment will fail. The network infrastructure team is often left out of virtualization projects, as these are frequently considered data center or application initiatives. That’s a serious mistake because virtualization projects add new layers of complexity to the network infrastructure, and place additional demands and burdens on the networking team and the network architecture.
While flexibility in a virtualized environment may be a key benefit for application and data center teams, it can present major liabilities to network services. For example, automatic re-routing and re-deployment of virtual assets may result in over population of VLANs and misconfigured router and switch settings. Simply put, virtualization makes managing network services and maintaining infrastructure control both mandatory and critical. Infoblox can help you manage and maintain your network infrastructure so that virtualization deployments will succeed every time.
To manage network services and maintain infrastructure control, organizations turn to Infoblox for help. Today over 4,000 customers use Infoblox solutions to improve efficiency, ensure maximum network uptime, meet internal compliance, manage changes, and keep the business running, while simultaneously making constant improvements to their dynamic infrastructure.
Data center virtualization adds new challenges to IT and network teams through the increase in dynamic changes and flexibility in the application servers. Aspects that used to be consistent and relatively static are now changing at a moment’s notice. Many networking teams struggle with managing the infrastructure with virtualized deployments because they are always late and reactive—chasing ever-changing issues. Other challenges include:
Infoblox helps build a strong network foundation to ensure agile, resilient and predictable network services for virtualized data center environments. Infoblox greatly reduces the risk of performance impacts by finding potential problems lurking in the network infrastructure, automating the manual tasks and controlling the network services within a secure, reliable and highly-available solution.
To show the importance of the network infrastructure to virtualized solutions, VMware selected Infoblox as the Technology Alliance Partner to close the gap between automated virtual server management and the slow, labor-intensive networks services like DNS, DHCP, and IP address management.
Since every network environment is unique, the best way to see the power of the Infoblox solutions is to request a one-on-one, interactive demo. Our experts will discuss your current requirements and future needs, and tailor the presentation to cover the aspects most critical to you. Sign up today.
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