SAN

March 23, 2023

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Cisco Storage Networking is 20 Years Young

4 min read

Twenty years ago, Cisco started shipping the Cisco MDS 9000 storage networking switches. Since then, Cisco has introduced a number of groundbreaking storage networking innovations like Nexus switching and management technologies. These innovations have benefited our customers for decades now and have advanced the storage networking industry at large.

September 26, 2022

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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.

August 30, 2022

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Cisco NDFC One View – Centralized Management of the Global SAN Infrastructure

3 min read

Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC) is a scalable application for managing Fibre Channel SAN. NDFC One View provides insights into what is happening within the Fibre Channel SANs at multiple locations in a single pane of glass.

September 28, 2021

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Migrate your SAN with no disruption

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Evolve your SAN with no disruption to support today's application workloads and performance requirements? Learn how with Cisco MDS.

August 9, 2021

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SAN Congestion Innovation with Cisco DIRL

4 min read

Cisco DIRL offers solutions to SAN congestion without any dependency on hosts or storage. Cisco DIRL is innovative technology that bridges the performance gaps between ultra-fast All-Flash NVMe storage Arrays and slower application servers.

May 6, 2021

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64Gig Fibre Channel Done Right

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By focusing on performance, observability, and automation, Cisco delivers 64G Fibre Channel Done Right with Congestion Management and Prevention and a SAN Insights Discovery Tool.

May 6, 2021

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Cisco introduces Dynamic Ingress Rate Limiting – A Real Solution for SAN Congestion

6 min read

Dynamic Ingress Rate Limiting represents the newest and shining arrow in the quiver of MDS 9000 storage network administrators for addressing slow drain and SAN congestion situations.

April 6, 2021

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Congestion: SAN compared to a Highway System – Part 2

4 min read

SAN congestion is a real challenge and can manifest in different ways. In order to exemplify the concepts, we compare the SAN to a highway system. This blog has two parts.

April 6, 2021

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Congestion: SAN compared to a Highway System – Part 1

4 min read

SAN congestion is a real challenge and can manifest in different ways. In order to exemplify the concepts, we compare the SAN to a highway system. This blog has two parts.