Overview: Cisco Unified Fabric
See how it provides a flexible and comprehensive data center network solution. (4:57 min)
Overview: Cisco Unified Fabric
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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
- Features state-of-the-art Cisco NX-OS operating system with rich Unified Fabric features
- Delivers high-density 10, 40, and 100 Gigabit Ethernet
- With 550G per slot, scales to more than 17 Tbps switching capacity
- Supports core, aggregation, and various access-layer implementations
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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- Consolidates the data center and protects investment assets
- Lowers total cost of ownership by simplifying data center infrastructure
- Increases agility with faster, more pervasive data center virtualization
- Enhances business resilience through greater operational continuity
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Cisco Nexus 4000 Series Switches
- Reduces number of switches, network interface cards, and power requirements
- Purpose-built with Unified Switch ASIC
- Line-rate, extremely low-latency 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch
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Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
- Ultra-low latency for High Frequency Trading (HFT) and Big Data environments
- Increased application performance through wire-rate Layer 3 switching
- Options on connectivity speeds from 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GE) to 40 GE
- Simplified management with Python scripting, EEM, and XML management tools
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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Fabric extensibility with single point of management
- Provides server connectivity for 100 Mb Ethernet, 1 and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (including 10GBase-T)
- Reduces data center cabling costs and footprint, optimizes inter-rack cabling
- Extends to partner blade servers such as HP BladeSystem
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Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches
- Integrates directly with server hypervisors
- Delivers virtual machine-aware network services such as VM mobility in cloud environments
- Accelerates server virtualization deployments and simplifies management
- Reduces total cost of ownership, provides consistency and network visibility
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Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches
- Provides investment protection for traditional data centers
- Delivers enhanced operational management, high availability, and future proofing
- Simplifies infrastructure and adopts pervasive network security
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Cisco Catalyst 4900 Series Switches
- Supports up to 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
- Provides up to 320 Gbps forwarding capacity
- Supports critical routing protocols and IPv6 in hardware
- Features hot-swappable, redundant power supply and fans
All Products
The Cisco Nexus and Catalyst families of switches are designed to meet the stringent requirements of the next-generation data center.
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches
Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Cisco Fabric Manager
Cisco NX-OS Software
The Cisco Nexus family of products provides a wide range of business benefits.
Convergence
Cisco Nexus solutions simplify the data center network by converging LANs and SANs, using Data Center Bridging (DCB), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols, and Unified Ports.
- Lower total cost of ownership by up to 50 percent
- Reduce capital expenses through fewer host adapters, switches, and cables
- Cut operational expenses through reduced power, cooling, rack space, and floor space requirements
- Adopt solutions incrementally, without complete upgrade
- Minimize disruptions to existing management and operations
Scalability
Cisco Nexus solutions help enterprises scale for the more-complex workloads of virtualization, the proliferation of virtual machines, and the challenges of cloud computing.
- Unify all network locations into one environment
- Support efficient access and use of resources, regardless of size or scope
- Provide resilient, scalable networks with predictable performance and reduced complexity
- Fabric extensibility with simplified management
Intelligence
Cisco Nexus delivers intelligent services directly into the network fabric. It transparently extends the network to encompass all network locations into a single, extended environment with consistent services and policy.
- Make services available consistently across applications and workloads
- Scale service delivery capability automatically
- Deploy applications faster, with policy-based compliance instead of physical infrastructure changes
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At A Glance
Building Next-Generation Data Centers
Resource virtualization is central to the Cisco Data Center Business Advantage architectural framework. It helps you reduce costs in three ways:
- Increases asset utilization
- Improves business resilience
- Enhances responsiveness to business needs
These next-generation virtualized data centers need a network infrastructure that delivers the full potential of technologies such as server virtualization and unified fabric.
Cisco Nexus Products
- Cisco Nexus 7000 Series: Scalable Data Center Class Platform (PDF - 420 KB)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches: Simplifying Data Center Transformation (PDF - 460 KB)
- Cisco Nexus 4001I Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter (PDF - 530 KB)
- Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switch: Ultra-Low Latency with Wire-Speed L2/L3 Switching (PDF - 211 KB)
- Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders (PDF - 350 KB)
- Cisco Nexus 1000V Series Switches (PDF - 290 KB)
Cisco Catalyst Products
- Cisco Catalyst 4948E Ethernet Switch (PDF - 400 KB)
- Cisco Catalyst 4900M Series (PDF - 440 KB)
