With R2 and System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager, your network becomes a pooled resource that can be defined by software, similar to servers, managed centrally through automation, and extended beyond your datacenter.

o End-to-end network virtualization using Software-defined networking Network Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE), which enables virtual machine with Windows Server 2012 R2 isolation. o Live migration of virtual machines across and System Center 2012 R2 different physical networks while automatically maintaining the virtual Modern workloads require flexible and agile machine’s IP address and networking information technology environments. Increasingly, policies. organizations need virtualization, automation and o A foundation for disaster recovery to other the ability to incorporate cloud-related technologies. sites and in the cloud, by enabling mobility of virtual machines, network configurations, This means that traditional, rigid, physical networking and policies. infrastructures need to evolve to keep pace. o Enhanced diagnostics for troubleshooting network configurations and policies across With software-defined networking (SDN) from , multiple network boundaries. you move control of the network from hardware to  The Hyper-V Extensible Switch is a software, which reduces operational rigidity and enables foundational component of network device new levels of efficiency, flexibility and scale. Windows virtualization in Hyper-V. It powers flexible Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 help make networking in some of the largest datacenters in your network a pooled, automated resource that the world, including the Microsoft Azure global supports isolated networks and virtual machines and networking infrastructure. The extensible allows you to seamlessly integrate across datacenter software switch enables partners to provide switch functionality to more effectively manage boundaries and into the cloud. virtualized network architecture. Features include: Transform your network o Rich support for policies that provide By taking advantage of the SDN functionality built into performance, compliance and security in the overall network environment, including Windows Server 2012 R2, you can create a network Access Control Lists, Quality of Service, infrastructure optimized for modern applications. Service Level Agreements, Dynamic Host  Hyper-V Network Virtualization provides a Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Guard, and virtual network abstraction of your physical Guard. network. Administrators can use the abstraction o Filtering of inbound and outbound packets to achieve isolation and virtual machine mobility based on network address, application port, in completely new ways. You can, for example, and protocol type. host multi-tenant environments and isolate o Unified management of switch extensions traffic in a dedicated virtual network from multiple vendors. independently of the physical infrastructure and o Support for multiple vendor extensions on without using Virtual Local Area Networks the same virtual switch, which allows broad (VLANs). You also can move virtual machines capabilities on a single server. between physical servers, sites, and into the o Hybrid forwarding to direct packets to cloud while preserving virtual network different forwarding agents, based upon a assignments and policies. Capabilities include: variety of packet and operational criteria. o Deployment of multiple virtual networks, o Support for the Cisco Nexus 1000V for including networks with overlapping IP Hyper-V, which enables the Hyper-V virtual addresses, on the same physical network. switch to act similar to a Cisco virtual switch.

o Integration with NEC OpenFlow extension,  Azure Express Route enables dedicated, which enables the virtual switch to act private, high-throughput network connectivity similar to an OpenFlow controller. between Azure datacenters and on-premises IT  Windows Server 2012 R2 Multi-Tenant VPN environments. It provides connections Gateway seamlessly connects physical and with faster speeds, lower latencies, and higher virtual networks, enabling you to extend multiple security than typical Internet connections. virtual networks beyond your datacenter to Express Route can also be a robust option for another private datacenter or hosted transferring large data sets for high performance environment such as Microsoft Azure. The computing applications or for moving large Gateway can be configured for high-availability virtual machines between an Azure dev/test and can support more than 100 tenants. In environment and on-premises production addition, customers and hosting providers can environments. set up a single gateway for virtual private network (VPN), Network Address Translation (NAT), and NVGRE routing to multiple private clouds through a single entry point, while maintaining isolation. Ensure comprehensive management and connectivity Microsoft has created the most comprehensive SDN- related ecosystem in the industry, including support for industry standards and partner extensions. Management and connectivity options include:

 System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager centrally defines, creates and controls policies that govern both physical and virtual networks, including partner extensions and traffic flow. You can configure virtual networks, virtual switches, and switch extensions, and push configurations to physical and virtual hosts.  The Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) With Windows Server 2012 R2 and System helps simplify multi-vendor device management Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager, your for inclusion in the overall Microsoft SDN network becomes a pooled resource that can be solution architecture. OMI is a portable, small defined by software, managed footprint, high-performance Common centrally through automation, and extended Information Model (CIM) Object Manager. Using beyond your datacenter. OMI and System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager, you can rapidly configure devices, such as Cisco Nexus 3000 and top-of-rack (TOR) switches, in an automated way.

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