Managing physical assets in the virtualized enterprise
March 15, 2013
CommScope technical brief explains.
A new white paper from CommScope, authored by Matthew Baldassano, is entitled, Network intelligence for physical assets in a virtualized enterprise. The technical brief addresses how implementing virtualization technology can impact physical-layer cabling requirements in support of an IT organization’s current and future needs.
The paper's premise is as follows: "As enterprise IT groups continue to embrace virtualization as a solution for leveraging their hardware budgets, the question becomes, How are virtual networks, servers, storage arrays, and workstations managed at the physical layer? Or, as a CIO might ask of his IT organization, How do you know what type of services are running on this port and what is the value of each to the organization?”
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