Cisco Validated Design Guides

The Cisco Validated Design Program recommends validated architecture-level and solution-level designs that meet stringent quality criteria for next-generation data center networks.

Through the expanded Data Center Assurance Program, Cisco is working with key application vendors to jointly validate their applications on the Cisco network infrastructure.

• Cisco Application Networking for BEA WebLogic Portal Deployment Guide
• Cisco Application Networking for Citrix Presentation Server Deployment Guide
• Cisco Application Networking for IBM WebSphere Portal Deployment Guide
• Cisco Application Networking for IBM Lotus Domino Web Access Deployment Guide
• Cisco Application Networking for Microsoft SharePoint Solutions Deployment Guide
• Oracle 10g Application Server Suite Deployment with Cisco ACE, Version 1.0
• Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite 11i in a Cisco Data Center
• Application Networking--Optimizing Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Across the WAN
• Cisco Application Networking for PeopleSoft Deployment Guide
• Cisco Application Networking for Siebel 8.0 Solutions Deployment Guide
• Service Module Design with ACE and FWSM
• Enterprise Data Center Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Design Guide
  Design guidance and best practices for implementing WAAS in enterprise data center architectures.
• Cisco Application Networking for SAP Design Guide

Cisco Application Networking Solution Guides

• Cisco Application Networking Solutions for Oracle
• Cisco Application Networking for Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Office Communication Server 2007 (PDF - 570 KB)

Other Reference Guides

• Application Networking-Optimizing Oracle E-Business Suite 12i Across the WAN
• Scaling DNS Services (PDF - 635 KB)
• RADIUS Load Balancing (PDF - 594 KB)