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Cisco Data Center FabricVision. Evolution. Innovations
Cisco Data Center Business Advantage
Shashi KiranDirector, Data Center/Virtualization, CMO
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New Data Center DemandsImpact of Virtualization and Cloud
Dynamic responseAnything-as-a-Service VM Mobility
Heterogeneous Workloads for
ANY APPLICATION
Optimize resource allocation across ANY LOCATION
Respond in real-time at ANY SCALE
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Traditional IT Silos
Inefficient Resource Utilization
Operationally Complex—Higher TCO
Promotes Human Silos
Network Compute
Application Services Storage
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Cisco’s Approach: Data Center Fabric
Unified Computing
Unified Network Services
Unified Fabric
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Cisco Data Center Fabric Vision
Flexible, High-performance, Shared Infrastructure
Tightly Integrated Network, Storage, Compute and Application Services
Cisco Life cycle Services and Innovations that facilitate “enter anywhere, grow anywhere”
Open Integrated Flexible Scalable Resilient Secure
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Cisco Data Center Fabric EvolutionIndustry-Leading Transitions since 2008
Evolutionary Innovations Offering Investment Protection
Data Center Fabric
2008
• Nexus• MDS
• Nexus 1000V• VM-FEX• VSG
• UCS B-series•UCS C-series•Adapter FEX
• UCS Manager• Service profiles • NX-OS Open API
2011
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Data Center Fabric: Business BenefitDelivering Value to the Real World
• Revenue increased 2-3%• Cabling reduced 70% • Power consumption down 60%
• Device count reduced 60%• Power consumption down 38%
• 50% reduction in servers• 80% reduction in cabling/chassis
• Consolidated 80 servers > 4• Consolidated multiple SANs• Reduced cabling 30-60%
Cisco Data Center Business Advantage
in Action
4000 UCS customers
33% FCoE attach
40+ ISVs
10,000 NX-OS customers
7M+ Nexus, 6M+ MDS ports
59% annual DC growth rate
• 30% improvement in app. performance
• Server density by 300%
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