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Create a More Flexible, Efficient Data Center

Meet current operational challenges and dynamically align with future application and business needs with Cisco Data Center 3.0.

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Expanding Virtualization Capabilities

John McCool and Peter Linkin discuss how Cisco is enabling more efficient and sustainable IT operations for the data center. (4:12 min.)

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Expanding Virtualization Capabilities

John McCool and Peter Linkin discuss how Cisco is enabling more efficient and sustainable IT operations for the data center. (4:12 min.)

Cisco Data Center 3.0 helps you break down infrastructure silos into pools of resources to help meet application and business objectives. As a result, you can create a data center that's more:

  • Responsive
  • Efficient
  • Resilient

Cisco offers virtualization capabilities that enable you to fully exploit the value of your data center, aligning all aspects of IT—people, process, and technology—with your business objectives.

Cisco data center solutions are based upon tested, proven designs that enable low-risk, incremental evolution to the next-generation of data centers.

Solutions

Data Center Switching

Flexible Options for Demanding Environments

  • Rapidly respond to business demands through dynamic infrastructure
  • Increase business agility with pervasive data center virtualization
  • Enhance business resilience and application availability
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Data Center Ethernet

A Unified Fabric for the Data Center

  • Simplifies server connectivity, cabling, and data center infrastructure
  • Lowers overall power consumption
  • Easier administration and management
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Storage Networking Solutions

Improve Storage Protection

  • Strengthen data lifecycle management and protection
  • Increase utilization and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) through virtualization
  • Enhance capability with intelligent fabric applications
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Application Networking Solutions

Secure, Optimized Application Delivery

  • Protect critical applications, infrastructure, and data
  • Increase application availability
  • Minimize cost and complexity
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High Performance Computing

Increase Competitiveness

  • Create scalable, cost-effective supercomputers
  • Make better investment decisions
  • Reduce research and development costs
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Data Center Virtualization

Transform Your Data Center

  • Respond quickly to new application demands
  • Boost operational efficiency, lower capital costs
  • Improve resilience
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Featured Content

The Energy-Efficient Data Center

The Efficiency Assurance Portal (EAP) provides best practices and practical guidance for creating an energy-efficient and environmentally sustainable data center.

Spotlight on Data Center Evolution

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Cisco innovator Tom Edsall discusses trends in the architectural evolution of the data center.

New Data Center Switches

The next-generation Cisco Nexus 5000 and 7000 Switches meet the business, service, application, and operational requirements of the next-generation data center.
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Presentations (1)

Data Center Virtualization Video

Videos (1)

Cisco/APC Data Center Facilities VoD

Brochures (15)

Cisco and VMware Facilitate Virtualization Strategies

Cisco AON Streamlines Financial Market Data and Trade-Order Latency

Cisco Application Networking Assessment

Cisco Branch Consolidation Assessment

Cisco Data Center Network Architecture and Solutions Overview (PDF - 1 MB)

Cisco Data Center Networking (DCN) Storage Assessment

Cisco Data Center Networking Architecture and Operations Assessment

Cisco Data Center Networking Architecture Assessment

Cisco Data Center Networking Business Continuance Assessment

Cisco Lifecycle Services for Cisco Optical Network Systems

Cisco SONA At-a-Glance (PDF - 220 KB)

Data Center Network Applications Lab Brochure (PDF - 590 KB)

Data Center Network Architecture At-A-Glance (PDF - 150 KB)

Data Center Networking Services At-a-Glance (PDF - 290 KB)

Independent Tests Verify Cisco Wireless WAN Access  (PDF - 960 KB)

White Papers (7)

Business Overview of Cisco SONA

Efficient Transport of Storage & Ethernet Across Hybrid DWDM & SONET/SDH Networks

Enterprise Data Center Architecture - Business Continuance Networking Solutions (PDF - 1 MB)

Facilities Consideration for the Data Center (PDF - 3 MB)

Network Implications of Server Virtualization in the Data Center

Next-Generation Federal Data Center Architecture

Transport Options for Data Center Optical Interconnection

Design Guides (12)

Application Networking--Optimizing Oracle E-Business Suite 11i across the WAN (PDF - 1 MB)

Cisco Application Networking for SAP Design Guide (PDF - 2 MB)

Data Center High Availability Clusters Design Guide (PDF - 3 MB)

Data Center Infrastructure Design Guide 2.5 (PDF - 3 MB)

Enterprise Data Center Wide Area Application Services (PDF - 1 MB)

Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite 11i in the Cisco Data Center (PDF - 1 MB)

SAN Extension for Business Continuance SRND (PDF - 2 MB)

Securing Server Farms SRND (PDF - 2 MB)

Server Farm Security in the Business Ready Data Center Architecture v2.1 (PDF - 4 MB)

Server Farm Security in the Business Ready Data Center Architecture 2.0 (PDF - 4 MB)

Service Provider Service Delivery Design Guide. (PDF - 4 MB)

VMware Infrastructure 3 in a Cisco Network Environment

Case Studies (33)

Atos Origin - Cisco Enterprise Data Center Architecture Strategy in Action

Cisco Unified Communications Helps Victrex Cut Cost and Decentralize Operations (PDF - 150 KB)

Cisco's Wide Area File Services Technology Helps Dutch Government (PDF - 220 KB)

City Accelerates Applications Across WAN to Police, Fire, and Parks (PDF - 320 KB)

Engineering Firm Gains Business Continuity with WAN Optimization (PDF - 290 KB)

Financial Services SMB Relies on Cisco Storage Area Network

Global Transportation Leader Improves Application Performance

Healthcare Manufacturer Gains 4X Improvement for SAP Deployment

Healthcare Provider Consolidates and Optimizes Siebel CRM Servers

Hospital Places Care of Mission-Critical Data on Cisco SAN

Kindred Healthcare Selects Cisco for New Data Center Storage Network

Lawn and Garden Leader Speeds WAN while Centralizing Servers (PDF - 280 KB)

Lippobank Puts Trust in Cisco for Storage Consolidation and Business Continuance

Manufacturer Boosts Engineering Productivity and Operating Profits (PDF - 140 KB)

Manufacturer Optimizes Data Center Network for SAP Portal (PDF - 250 KB)

Manufacturer Reduces Infrastructure Cost and Conserves WAN Bandwidth (PDF - 350 KB)

NTL Deploys the World's Largest Cisco Content Delivery Network in Two Months (PDF - 89 KB)

Online Consumer Media Company Optimizes Broadband Video

Pioneer of Polish Internet Implements Cisco SAN Virtualization in Data Center (PDF - 2 MB)

Premier European Telecom Chooses Cisco for Applications/Siebel

Retail Star Manages Rapid Data Growth to Keep Pace with Business Success

Retailer Expands PeopleSoft Portal, Improves Web Access

Shipping Firm Centralizes IT with Data Center Network and WAN (PDF - 290 KB)

Stanford University Dramatically Expands Compute Capacity with Cisco and Dell (PDF - 390 KB)

Top U.S. Law Firm Delivers Quality Service While Containing Costs

Travel Leader Centralizes IT, Speeds Applications, and Lowers Risk (PDF - 390 KB)

U.S. Telco Increases the Value of its Siebel Enterprise Applications

University Creates Flexible, Customized Data Storage Solution

University of Stuttgart: SAN Solution

University Pioneers Grid Computing and High-Speed Networking

University Protects Vital Data with End-to-End Cisco Data Center Architecture (PDF - 210 KB)

Virgin Megastore's Powerful Converged network (PDF - 200 KB)

WAN Optimization Helps Engineering Firm with Collaboration (PDF - 240 KB)

Release Notes (1)

Data Center Infrastructure Design Guide 2.1--Readme notes (PDF - 200 KB)

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