Network Break 324: Cisco ASIC Hits 25.6Tbps; AWS Extends VPC Flow Logs For Better Visibility
Summary: Take a Network Break! This week we discuss a new slate of ASICs from Cisco, including the 25.6Tbps G100. AWS has added new metadata fields in VPC flow logs to provide a better view of application dependencies and data transfer charges.<br> Packet broker specialist Gigamon has announced Hawk, a visibility and analytics fabric for public and hybrid clouds. French cloud provider OVH suffered a massive fire at a facility that took multiple data centers offline, and Apple announces a bigger presence in Europe for silicon design.<br> Get links to all these stories below.<br> Sponsor: PathSolutions<br> PathSolutions’ TotalView automatically monitors all devices and interfaces in your entire infrastructure. The core offering includes all of the features needed to run a healthy network: Netflow, path mapping, diagramming, IPAM, network configuration automation, server monitoring and more. Visit<a href="http://www.pathsolutions.com"> www.PathSolutions.com</a> to learn more about how to get Total Network Visibility on your network today.<br> Tech Bytes: Palo Alto Networks<br> Stay tuned after the news for a sponsored Tech Bytes conversation with <a href="https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/prisma/sd-wan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Palo Alto Networks</a> about key differentiators of Palo Alto’s Prisma SD-WAN, including ML for day two operations, Cloudblades, and more.<br> Show Links:<br> <a href="https://blogs.cisco.com/sp/ciscociscosilicononeg100announcement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cisco Silicon One Easily Shatters the 25.6T Barrier</a> – Cisco<br> <a href="https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/silicon-one/white-paper-sp-product-family.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cisco Silicon One Product Family – get to know this single silicon architecture</a> – Cisco<br> <a href="https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/silicon-one/white-paper-sp-product-family.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cisco Silicon One Product Family (PDF)</a> – Cisco<br> <a href="https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2021/03/amazon-vpc-flow-logs-now-reflects-aws-service-name-traffic-path-and-flow-direction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Amazon VPC Flow Logs now reflects AWS Service name, Traffic Path and Flow Direction</a> – AWS<br> <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210309005019/en/Gigamon-Launches-Hawk-and-Partners-With-AWS-to-Simplify-and-Secure-Cloud-Adoption" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gigamon Launches Hawk and Partners With AWS to Simplify and Secure Cloud Adoption</a> – Gigamon<br> <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/12/ovh_restoration_roadmap/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OVH founder says UPS fixed up day before blaze is early suspect as source of data centre destruction</a> – The Register<br> <a href="https://us.ovhcloud.com/press/press-releases/2021/fire-our-strasbourg-site" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fire at our Strasbourg Site</a> – OVH<br> <a href="https://www.apple.com/uk/newsroom/2021/03/apple-to-invest-over-1-billion-euros-in-germany-with-new-munich-campus/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple will invest over 1 billion euros in Germany and plans European Silicon Design Center in Munich</a> – Apple<br>
