October 5, 2022

DATA CENTER

Cisco UCS X-Series – 100G Unified Fabric for storage

2 min read

Only Cisco unifies networking and computing in a way that works for both server and network admins. We provide scale, aggregation, and manageability in a way that simplifies operations for IT. Unified Fabric provides both CapEx and OpEx benefits that help your company.

October 4, 2022

DATA CENTER

FlexPod XCS Interoperability Compliance – Unique Compliance Check with Cisco HCL & NetApp IMT together

2 min read

FlexPod XCS interoperability feature leverages Cisco Intersight Cloud Orchestrator (ICO) work-flow engine to do the magic here. It collects FlexPod component inventory as discovered by the system, getting compliance data from Cisco HCL and NetApp IMT under the hood, to generating interoperability report for you to consume.

September 30, 2022

DATA CENTER

UCS X-Series answers IT’s demands for a more sustainable data center

5 min read

Cisco, our partners, and our customers are exploring many innovative and novel options to reduce data center impact on the environment. This is in line with the research from IDC that revealed the importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues as a corporate priority at all levels of organizations around the world. 

September 28, 2022

DATA CENTER

Cisco UCS X-Series – 100G end-to-end networking

3 min read

Today, only Cisco UCS X-Series supports 100Gbps end-to-end in a modular server form factor.In UCS X-Series, all the networking components are 100 Gbps.  Deploying a 100G solution not only makes bandwidth intensive applications perform well but gives you flexibility in how that bandwidth is used.

September 27, 2022

DATA CENTER

Focus on HyperFlex: Cloud-driven, many-to-one Disaster Recovery

4 min read

In today’s blog we will have a look at two distinctly different disaster recovery solutions and why it’s important to understand the use cases underpinning each solution. I will talk about the business challenges we are trying to solve, and which solution is the best fit.

September 26, 2022

DATA CENTER

Cisco ACI Best Practices: Upgrade your Fabric with Confidence

6 min read

Upgrading your ACI Fabric has never been easier.  You can approach an upgrade with intelligence, insight, and a clear plan.  With upgrades, you gain features, stability, security with Cisco ACI while realizing the best return on your investment.

September 26, 2022

DATA CENTER

Cisco MDS 9000 FSPF Link Cost Multiplier: Enhancing Path Selection on High-Speed Storage Networks

5 min read

Cisco supports the design and implementation of high-speed Fibre Channel fabrics, leading a change to the traditional FSPF link cost calculation for 128 Gbps serial interfaces due to the Cisco-only capability to create logical links with up to 16 members.

September 21, 2022

DATA CENTER

Myth Busting Part 4: Managing your networks from the cloud

3 min read

If you’re still using spreadsheets and CLIs – or if you’re looking for a simple and flexible network management toolset – perhaps it’s time to consider a cloud-based alternative.  

September 21, 2022

DATA CENTER

Performance made simple with Cisco UCS X-Series powered by Intersight

2 min read

In the first blog of this series, we saw just how easy it was to deploy a X210c Compute Node with Cisco Intersight. Last week, we showed how X-Series can deliver outstanding performance for Oracle databases. Today, we are going to go a bit deeper on configuration and show how easy it is to get great performance with very little effort.