Nexus 9000
Cisco ACI – A Hardened Secure Platform With Native, Built-in Security
This blog has been developed in association with Javed Asghar, Insieme Business Unit The Cisco ACI Platform consists of the Cisco APIC controller and Nexus 9000 series switches connected in a spine/leaf topology in a CLOS architecture configuration. All management interfaces (REST API, web GUI and…
A Summary of Cisco VXLAN Control Planes: Multicast, Unicast, MP-BGP EVPN
With the adoption of overlay networks as the standard deployment for multi-tenant network, Layer2 over Layer3 protocols have been the favorite among network engineers. One of the Layer2 over Layer3 (or Layer2 over UDP) protocols adopted by the industry is VXLAN. Now, as with any other overlay networ…
Ready, Set…Cloud! Vblock, VxBlock and Cisco ACI usher in operational simplicity and software defined innovation fo …
Complexity is easy. Simplicity is hard. Solving operational complexity has been one of the hardest challenges in data center and cloud build-outs. For customers, the challenge of interfacing with different infrastructure vendors and driving integration has been a significant hurdle in the past, slow…
Cisco ACI and Nexus 9000 Activities at Cisco Live Milan 2015
Interested in learning more about Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and Nexus 9000? We are hosting a myriad of activities here at Cisco Live Milan 2015! With Meet the Expert sessions and Demos at the World of Solutions, DevNet Zone labs, a plethora of breakout sessions, and customer whisper s…
Software Defined Networks with L4-L7 ADC Policy Automation
It appears only a short time ago we introduced Cisco ACI to the market, but it is already the one-year anniversary time. In this one-year period, we have seen tremendous momentum on customer adoption and partner eco-system for both the Nexus 9k hardware platform and the ACI software. To date there a…
Cisco Adds Check Point Next-Gen Security Gateway to Growing List of Strategic ACI Partners
Cisco is announcing another important strategic partner to its list of ACI-compliant vendors with the addition of the Check Point Next Generation Security Gateway to the ecosystem. A couple months ago I wrote about the inherent security architecture in ACI (Security for an Application Centric World)…
ACI and Nexus 9000 Win 2014 infoTECH Spotlight Data Center Excellence Awards
[Note: For more perspective on the growing momentum for Cisco ACI and Nexus 9000, register today for our upcoming live ACI webcast: “Is Your Data Center Ready for the Application Economy”, January 13, 2015, 9 AM PT, Noon ET, featuring more ACI customers and several key ACI technology par…
New Data Center Webcast – Cisco ACI and Nexus 9000 Production Customers Discuss Game Changing Business Outcomes; E …
Business requirements define Applications. Applications run on IT infrastructure. If the IT infrastructure is more responsive to the needs of applications, then, it almost certainly guarantees better business outcomes. That is the premise of Cisco’s next Data Center webcast to be broadcast on Januar…
ACI Customers Share Experiences at Gartner Data Center Conference
[Note: If you like hearing these customer perspectives, register today for our upcoming live ACI webcast: “Is Your Data Center Ready for the Application Economy”, January 13, 2015, 9 AM PT, Noon ET, featuring more ACI customers and several key ACI technology partners.] Happy New Year to…