fiber channel

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.

April 6, 2021

DATA CENTER

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

DATA CENTER

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.

October 28, 2015

NETWORKING

Cisco Wins Gold in Data Center Infrastructure Survey

1 min read

Cisco swept three product categories of IT Brand Pulse’s 2015 Data Center Infrastructure IT Brand Leader survey. Cisco took home the prizes in the WLAN Controllers and Access Points, Fiber Channel Network Monitoring and Network Performance Monitoring product categories. No other company in the survey placed in more than two product categories. For the third […]

July 10, 2013

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S3|Ep3: FCOE, Fact or Fiction (Part 1)

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Welcome to another episode of Engineers Unplugged! This week features Cisco’s Andrew Levin (@AndLevin) discussing the use cases for FCOE with Nexus IS’s Paul Sferratore (@MadItalianATL). This is a detailed and nuanced debate of the pros and cons based on a variety of scenarios from large-scale to smaller deployments. Listen in and let us know […]