two fast paths to docker networking with brocade vdx

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Two Fast Paths To DockerNetworking with Brocade VDX

Deepak Patil, Principal Director, Product Management & Strategy, Brocade

Getting Started with Container Networking

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• Get Docker software up and running alongside a Brocade VDX switch fabric

• Docker helps configure the container side of networking via libnetwork and Docker Swarm.

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Option 1: For Orchestration and Visibility

• Container Network Configuration with Brocade Workflow Composer (BWC)

• BWC enables you to write flexible workflows for automation across domains such as physical network fabrics, Docker containers, and ChatOps tools like slack.

• Write a workflow to orchestrate your network when Docker containers are spun up

• Post messages to your tools such as slack when network events occur

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Option 2: For Network Visibility

• Gaining visibility is easy with a Brocade fabric of VDX switches

• Write a Python script and run it via BWC or you can download and run it on VDX switches.

• The Python script can interact with Docker Swarm via the API to gain visibility into the containers

• Then it can talk to each VDX switch via NETCONF/REST to get the physical switch information.

• The script can correlate the information to create a map of your physical switch ports and connected hosts in a network fabric.

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Go To Our Blog On This Topic

• For more details, step-by-step guide, and a demo video - http://community.brocade.com/t5/Data-Center/Two-Fast-Paths-to-Docker-Networking-with-Brocade-VDX/ba-p/88937

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