Communication within clouds: Open standards and proprietary protocols for data center networking

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 26-33

  Sher Decusatis, Carolyn J ^a   Carranza, Aparico ^a   Decusatis, Casimer M ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA CENTERS; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; INTEROPERABLE NETWORK; LINK AGGREGATION; NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE; NETWORKING PROTOCOLS; OPEN STANDARDS; PROPRIETARY PROTOCOLS; SPANNING TREE PROTOCOLS; VIRTUAL MACHINES;

NETWORK PROTOCOLS; STANDARDS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84866276507     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2012.6295708     Document Type: Article

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