HP CTO談IEEE 802.1Qbg和802.1Qbh規范影響

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由於數據中心內虛擬機數量的爆炸式增長所引發的嚴重的管理問題，已經令傳統的管理物理服務器和交換機的方法無所適從， IEEE 802.1Qbg和802.1Qbh規范就是為瞭解決這些問題而設計的。比特網郵件采訪到瞭惠普ProCurve首席技術官Paul Congdon，請他談談這些標準將對數據中心、供應商以及工程師們產生哪些影響。 　　1. What's the influence of "IEEE 802.1Qbg" and "802.1Qbh" to datacenter? 　　IEEE 802.1Qbg和 802.1Qbh對數據中心有何影響？ 　　Both 802.1Qbg and 802.1Qbh are being designed primarily with the datacenter in mind. Their application， however， is not exclusive to the datacenter and it is likely to imagine their use elsewhere. Nonetheless， we expect to see these standards initially deployed in the datacenter. The goal is to simplify the management of datacenter systems and help network managers and system managers work together more easily. 　　IEEE 802.1Qbg和 802.1Qbh都是基於對數據中心的首要考慮設計而成的。但它們的應用並不隻是局限於數據中心，也考慮到瞭在其他地方的使用。盡管如此，我們希望看到這些標準首先在數據中心得以運用。我們的目標是：簡化數據中心系統的管理，幫助網絡管理員和系統管理員更加便利地合作。 　　2. What's the influence of "IEEE 802.1Qbg" and "802.1Qbh" to IT staff? 　　IEEE 802.1Qbg和 802.1Qbh對IT人員有著怎樣的影響？ 　　The adoption of Qbg and Qbh should make it easier for IT staff to divide roles and responsibilities much more clearly within the datacenter. These standards enable server administrators to focus on configuration duties associated with servers， and network administrators to focus on configuration duties associated with networks. Today， server administrators have to also be concerned with the network configuration of the virtual switch within the server. So， these standards should help simplify the task of IT staff. 　　采用Qbg和Qbh，將使IT工作者在數據中心的職責分工變得更加容易和清晰。這些標準使得服務器管理員可以專註於與服務器相關的配置工作，網絡管理員更加專註於與網絡相關的配置工作。現在，服務器管理員還要參與服務器內虛擬轉換器的網絡配置。所以，這些標準將會簡化IT人員的任務。 　　3. Will "IEEE 802.1Qbg" and "802.1Qbh" change relation between vendors， or their business? 　　IEEE 802.1Qbg和 802.1Qbh會改變供應商或是他們業務之間的關系嗎？ 　　Perhaps. Both Qbg and Qbh make it possible to draw a line in the sand upon what set of capabilities are ‘required’ to be implemented in particular vendor products. They do not limit vendors from innovating， but they do make it easier for vendors to only focus on a particular area of technology in their products. For example， NIC vendors can focus on NIC capabilities and not have to worry about including all of the features from the switching space. These standards may also make it easier for vendors cooperate on advance solutions and eliminate the amount of overlap between their product lines. 　　也許會的。Qbg 和 Qbh 可能會基於特定供應商產品所“要求”的性能劃清界限。他們並不會限制供應商創新，但它們的確會使供應商更易專註於產品技術的個別領域。譬如，NIC可以專註於NIC的性能，而不必操心開關間距的問題。這些標準還會使供應商在提出解決方案、消除產品線間搭接量方面 更好地合作。 　　4. When do you think will the new technology be shipped ? 　　新技術何時推出？ 　　I expect to see the base capabilities of Qbg to ship sometime in 2010 or early 2011 for sure. Qbh will take a few years longer. 　　預計Obg的基礎功能會在2010年某個時候或是2011年初推出。Obh還需要幾年時間。 Tags:IT Outsourcing,Network support,IT Support,電腦維修,IT外判服務,IT 技術支援,it outsource,IT Outsourcing Hong Kong