WHITE PAPER - With the rapid growth in computing power and storage capacity, typical data center power consumption and power density are both spiraling upward. Read this whitepaper to learn the potential benefits that can be derived from an increased focus on power consumption and power efficiency.
Posted: March 1, 2010 | Published: March 1, 2010


Topics:  Cooling Capacity | Data Center Cooling | Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Network Infrastructure | Power Consumption Monitoring | Server Consolidation | Server Virtualization | Storage Capacity | Switches

WHITE PAPER - The reference architecture illustrated in this article shows how enterprises may make the transition to 10GbE for storage using Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series arrays and Dell PowerConnect™ switches.
Posted: February 23, 2010 | Published: September 1, 2009


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Data Center Management | Gigabit Ethernet | iSCSI SAN | Network Management | SAN | Storage Hardware | Storage Infrastructure | Storage Management | Switches

WEBCAST - Watch this webcast to learn how unified fabric can be utilized to improve data center management. Discover the benefits of unified fabric, and learn how your organization can migrate to this data transport technology incrementally to preserve your existing data center investments.
Posted: February 22, 2010 | Premiered: February 22, 2010


Topics:  Cooling Equipment | Data Center Networking | Data Centers | Data Management | Power Supplies | Server Virtualization | Switches | Systems Management

WHITE PAPER - This guide addresses the challenges network professionals face when it comes to network troubleshooting and outlines eight key steps every technician should know to aid in successful troubleshooting.
Posted: January 27, 2010 | Published: September 25, 2008


Topics:  LAN | Network Configuration Management | Network Management | Network Management Protocols | Switches | Troubleshooting

ANALYST REPORT - Established LAN design practices were created for an environment of limited switch performance. Today's high-capacity switches allow new design approaches, thus reducing cost and complexity in campus and data center LANs. Read this Gartner report to learn about maximizing LAN performance by minimizing LAN switch Tiers.
Posted: January 25, 2010 | Published: November 17, 2009


Topics:  Capacity Planning | Data Center Networking | LAN | LAN Switches | LAN Switching | Networking Hardware | Switch Fabric | Switches | Switching

EGUIDE - A company's campus network typically is made up of at least two "hierarchical layers" of LAN switching devices. Within these layers, Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) are used to manage traffic queues. This Pocket E-Guide details the best approach to implanting a Virtual LAN.
Posted: January 4, 2010 | Published: January 4, 2010


Topics:  LAN | LAN Switches | LAN Switching | Networking | Switches | Switching | VLAN | VoIP | WLAN | WLAN Management | WLAN Protocols

CASE STUDY - University of Arizona used the Cisco Nexus family to converge its data and storage networks, reducing projected infrastructure costs by 50 percent.
Posted: December 30, 2009 | Published: December 30, 2009


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Data Center Design | Data Center Management | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | SAN | Switches

CASE STUDY - NetApp met business and technical needs by using Cisco® Nexus switches in the new East Coast data center to build a cloud-computing environment; Application virtualization contributed to 40 percent savings on infrastructure.
Posted: December 30, 2009 | Published: December 30, 2009


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Applications Management | Cloud Computing | Data Center Design | Network Management | Networking Hardware | Switched Ethernet | Switches

CASE STUDY - The University opened a brand-new data center facility to accommodate massive growth in scientific and administrative computing with Cisco Nexus 7000 Switch.
Posted: December 30, 2009 | Published: December 30, 2009


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Data Center Design | Data Centers | Data Storage | Ethernet Switches | Fibre Channel SAN | High Availability | Networking Hardware | Switches

CASE STUDY - The Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum, also known as the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), has installed two innovative Nexus 5020 switches from Cisco on its high?performance network. By using the Cisco® Nexus 5000, ZIB has very cost effectively increased the speed at which huge volumes of data are transported to and from its in-house supercomputer.
Posted: December 30, 2009 | Published: December 30, 2009


Topics:  Data Storage | Fibre Channel SAN | Fibre Channel Switches | High Performance Computing | Networking Hardware | SAN | Supercomputers | Switches

WHITE PAPER - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) emerges as one of the critical areas of focus as these data centers virtualize, unify, centralize, and scale out their storage resources. This document discusses some of the critical challenges related to the BC/DR solutions and how the Cisco MDS 9000 I/O Accelerator (IOA) addresses each of them.
Posted: December 29, 2009 | Published: December 29, 2009


Topics:  Backups | Business Continuity Planning | Data Centers | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | SAN | Storage Management | Switches

WHITE PAPER - Today's data centers are faced with many challenges such as consolidation, resources optimization, power, cooling, cost reduction and more. Cisco foresaw these requirements and developed Virtual Storage Area Networks (VSANs) in 2002 to address these issues in the data center.
Posted: December 29, 2009 | Published: December 29, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Networking Hardware | SAN | Storage Consolidation | Storage Management | Storage Virtualization | Switches | TCO

WHITE PAPER - Reducing power consumption in a data center is one of the top priorities for IT professionals. When trying to design an energy-efficient data center, it is important to take a holistic view of the entire data center, comparing the solutions for total power consumption and weighing the costs and benefits.
Posted: December 29, 2009 | Published: December 29, 2009


Topics:  Data Center Management | Data Center Power Management | Network Infrastructure | Network Management | Power Consumption Monitoring | SAN | Server Virtualization | Storage Virtualization | Switches

WHITE PAPER - This document describes how users of IBM z/OS Global Mirror can reduce costs and improve performance with a tightly integrated Cisco® MDS 9000 Family solution.
Posted: December 29, 2009 | Published: December 29, 2009


Topics:  Data Encryption | High Availability | Mainframe Server Hardware | Networking Hardware | SAN | Storage Management | Switches

CASE STUDY - Coca Cola Bottling Company adopted 10 Gigabit Ethernet, consolidating from 80 servers to 4 and reducing cabling costs.
Posted: December 18, 2009 | Published: August 1, 2009


Topics:  10 Gigabit Ethernet | Data Center Consolidation | Ethernet Networks | Ethernet Switches | Power Consumption Monitoring | SAN | Server Consolidation | Server Management | Storage Consolidation | Switches