Data Center 3.0 has arrived with Cisco’s Nexus 7000 Data Center switch. I hope I am not to sensational in saying this, but the Data Center as you know it has changed drastically.
Highlights of the the Nexus 7000′s features are -
- 15 Terrabit per second backplane
- Support for 40 and 100 gig ports in the future
- Seperate control and data planes
- link layer encryption
- front to back airflow (FINALLY available in a non NEBS chassis)
- Lossless non blocking fabric (VOQ enabled)
- Fibre Channel, Infinaband, and Ethernet blades in one unified platform
- Cisco Data Center Network Manager (MDS Fabric Manager on steroids)
- Virtual Device Contexts (Network Systems virtualization, the next level past VRF route tags)
You can learn more about this switch in upcoming articles, and at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9402/index.html
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