“Chris is the most detail-oriented Systems Administrator I have ever had the pleasure to work with. Currently, his position title is Network Administrator. This doesn’t even begin to describe how many roles he has mastered. Chris is responsible for so much more than the network. He manages the entire infrastructure from end to end. This includes Cisco UCS, the iSCSI storage arrays and SAN, VMware vSphere, VMware Horizion, two different Software Defined Networking platforms (VMware NSX and Cisco ACI), access-layer networking, WiFi services and Microsoft Domain Services. This only names a handful. Without Chris, our infrastructure wouldn’t be nearly as robust as it is today. His skill at managing the infrastructure as a whole and his attention to detail have allowed our department to be incredibly agile. When it comes time to troubleshoot a problem or roll out a new IT service, Chris can accurately gauge what changes need to be made to ensure a smooth operation. It is difficult to articulate just how big of an asset Chris is to our team. I’m glad to have him as a colleague.”
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Show 289: Hutto School District Puts VMware NSX To The Test (Sponsored)
PacketPushers Weekly Podcast
On today’s show, sponsored by VMware, we talk to a VMware NSX customer to get their real-life experiences with the technology. And just to make it more interesting, this customer also uses Cisco ACI, which we’ll get into.
Our guests come from the Hutto Independent School District. Based in Hutto, TX, the district has over 6,000 K-12 students on 8 campuses.
We talk about why Hutto went down the path of choosing NSX, how the technology supports Hutto’s VDI implementation, the…On today’s show, sponsored by VMware, we talk to a VMware NSX customer to get their real-life experiences with the technology. And just to make it more interesting, this customer also uses Cisco ACI, which we’ll get into.
Our guests come from the Hutto Independent School District. Based in Hutto, TX, the district has over 6,000 K-12 students on 8 campuses.
We talk about why Hutto went down the path of choosing NSX, how the technology supports Hutto’s VDI implementation, the business aspects of the decision to go with NSX, how they deployed NSX themselves, and more.
Joining Greg and Ethan are Travis L Brown, Director of Technology; Keith Reynolds, Network Administrator; and Christopher Harding, Network Administrator.
Show Notes:
What you are you looking for from NSX in the future?
What did NSX bring to your environment that you did not expect?
How has NSX impacted your operational flow?
With NSX installed, did you use it as anticipated?
How did the installation process go? Did you do it yourself, or outsource?
What problems were you trying to solve with NSX?
Give us an overview of your network and user population
Active/Active DHCP cluster design behind NSX load balancer
Adding manageability to your VDI environment – broadcast suppression feature
Cisco ACI – needed to replace old gear, looked at 9K with ACI fabric spread over multiple locations “ACI as DCI” (leaf-spine spread over 2 locations, 160Gbps between, NSX over the top)
Deployment time for actual networking
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[CASE STUDY] Hutto Independent School District removes bottlenecks to learning with software-defined networking.
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Texas school district finds unusual tech niche for Cisco ACI
TechTarget
A Texas school district has invented a tech niche for Cisco ACI that protects the network from clever students testing their hacking skills.
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