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VirtualizationNetwork VirtualizationEngineeringLast HopData Center SystemPhysical Network SwitchCloud ComputingVirtualized InfrastructureData Center NetworksData Center NetworkNetwork Function Virtualization
Virtualization has fundamentally changed the data center network. The last hop of the network is no longer handled by a physical network switch, but rather is typically performed in software inside the server to switch among virtual machines hosted by that server.
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