Cisco Data Center and Cloud

March 23, 2023

DATA CENTER

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.

March 22, 2023

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Keeping Your Apps and Data Available With HyperFlex

5 min read

The Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform (HXDP) is a distributed hyperconverged infrastructure system that has been built from inception to handle individual component failures across the spectrum of hardware elements without interruption in services.  As a result, the system is highly available and capable of extensive failure handling.

March 9, 2023

DATA CENTER

Top Ten Benefits of Upgrading from DCNM to NDFC SAN

8 min read

In January 2023, we launched the third major release (12.1.2) of NDFC SAN Controller. This makes the perfect time to upgrade from DCNM to NDFC not just because three is a magic number, but also because of ten reasons that I am sharing in this post.

March 6, 2023

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ACI Segmentation and Migrations made easier with Endpoint Security Groups (ESG)

8 min read

Endpoint Security Groups (ESGs) are the new network security component in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) which offer an alternate way of handling segmentation with the added flexibility of decoupling the earlier concepts of forwarding and security associated with Endpoint Groups (EPGs).

February 28, 2023

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Cisco Drives Simplified Operations and Energy Efficiency with Intersight and UCS X-Series

3 min read

Cisco simplifies the purchase and procure processes for Intersight, consolidating licensing, each with a suite of functionality, making it easier to select the right tier for your businesses, plus a new offer that simplifies and accelerates deployment of more energy-efficient computing systems and operations in one convenient bundle.

February 23, 2023

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Driving efficiency and innovation in the aged care industry

2 min read

Cisco HyperFlex Edge, is designed for edge locations and can be managed centrally. The platform has accelerated server deployments from minutes to days, improved technology redundancy and resiliency, and future growth and innovation.

February 16, 2023

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Network automation is being realized in different ways for different needs

2 min read

Speed and agility can’t come at the expense of security or assurance, of course, especially for a highly regulated financial institution. That’s why ACI – with validated designs, built-in automation, and simplified operations – was the best choice for Great Southern Bank.

February 8, 2023

DATA CENTER

UCS X-Series Powers FlexPod for Horizon 8

3 min read

Cisco just launched a new CVD for VDI Horizon 8 on Datacenter FlexPod with X-Series. This is an excellent design and deployment guide for customers desiring to implement FlexPod with X-Series managed by Cisco Intersight.