Reimagine Your Data Center for Responsible AI Deployments

Most days of the week, you can expect to see AI- and/or sustainability-related headlines in every major technology outlet. But finding a solution that is future ready with capacity, scale and flexibility needed for generative AI requirements and with sustainability in mind, well that’s scarce.Cisco is evaluating the...

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Disaster Recovery Solutions for the Edge with HyperFlex and Cohesity

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The edge computing architecture comes with a variety of benefits. Placement of compute, storage, and network resources close to the location at which data is being generated typically improves response times and may reduce WAN based network traffic between an Edge site and central data center. This stated...

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Cisco Nexus 9000 Intelligent Buffers in a VXLAN/EVPN Fabric

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As customers migrate to network fabrics based on Virtual Extensible Local Area Network/Ethernet Virtual Private Network (VXLAN/EVPN) technology, questions about the implications for application performance, Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms, and congestion avoidance often arise. This blog post addresses some of the common areas of confusion and concern,...

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ACI Segmentation and Migrations made easier with Endpoint Security Groups (ESG)

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Let’s open with a question: “How are you handling security and segmentation requirements in your Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) fabric?”I expect most answers will relate to constructs of Endpoint Groups (EPGs), contracts and filters.  These concepts are the foundations of ACI. But when it comes to any...

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EVPN Myth Buster Series – To lead or follow, where does Cisco stand?

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Innovation is one of many characteristics defining industry leadership. Becoming an industry leader requires a company to innovate and find new ways to solve customer problems. Industry leadership is not something that can be created overnight. It takes more than a software release or a list of supported...

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Cisco Nexus: Connect cloud-scale performance and sustainability

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Announcing the first Cisco 800G Nexus SwitchIt’s the week of the Open Compute Project Global Summit a conference that attracts the biggest names representing cloud providers, colo-facilities, enterprises, telco service providers, media, and government entities, a group who build and operate high performance infrastructure. Our customers are here...

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Cisco MDS 9000 FSPF Link Cost Multiplier: Enhancing Path Selection on High-Speed Storage Networks

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The need for optimal path selectionWhen embarking on a journey from one location to another one, we always try to determine the best route to follow. This happens according to some preference criteria. Having a single route is the simplest situation but that would lead to long delays...

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Implementing Infrastructure as Code- How NDFC works with Ansible and Terraform

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Automation has been the focus of interest in the industry for quite some time now. Out of the top tools available, Ansible and Terraform have been popularly used amongst automation enthusiasts like me. While Ansible and Terraform are different in their implementation, they are equally supported by products...

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