Cisco ACI is designed to automate and manage the network infrastructure within data centers, making it more efficient and scalable.
Cisco OTV is used for high-speed data center interconnect, enabling seamless connectivity between data centers.
UCS Manager is the component responsible for managing server profiles, configurations, and policies in a Cisco UCS environment.
Cisco ACI uses VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN) for its policy enforcement mechanism to provide scalable and flexible network segmentation.
The Cisco Nexus 9000 series switches are optimized for high-performance, low-latency applications in data centers.
The Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) enables servers to dynamically share storage resources, providing flexible connectivity options.
An EPG is a logical grouping of endpoints (such as VMs, servers, or other devices) that share common network policies in Cisco ACI.
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Cisco Fabric Path provides a scalable, high-performance Layer 2 multipath Ethernet fabric for data center networks.
Cisco MDS switches natively support Fibre Channel, which is a key protocol used in Storage Area Networks (SANs).
Stateless computing in Cisco UCS allows server identities, configurations, and policies to be abstracted from the physical hardware, enabling flexibility and ease of management.
Cisco DCNM is used to monitor and manage data center network infrastructure, providing visibility and management capabilities for network operations.