IBM and Cisco: Together for a World Class Data Center

Jon Tate, Pall Beck, Peter Clemens, Santiago Freitas, Jeff Gatz, Michele Girola, Jason Gmitter, Holger Mueller, Ray O'Hanlon, Veerendra Para, Joe Robinson, Andy Sholomon, Jason Walker, IBM Redbooks

IBM Redbooks, Jul 31, 2013 - Computers - 654 pages

This IBM® Redbooks® publication is an IBM and Cisco collaboration that articulates how IBM and Cisco can bring the benefits of their respective companies to the modern data center.

It documents the architectures, solutions, and benefits that can be achieved by implementing a data center based on IBM server, storage, and integrated systems, with the broader Cisco network.

We describe how to design a state-of-the art data center and networking infrastructure combining Cisco and IBM solutions. The objective is to provide a reference guide for customers looking to build an infrastructure that is optimized for virtualization, is highly available, is interoperable, and is efficient in terms of power and space consumption. It will explain the technologies used to build the infrastructure, provide use cases, and give guidance on deployments.

Contents

• Chapter 1 The modern data center: 1
• Chapter 2 IBM and Cisco building blocks for the data center: 29
• Chapter 3 Designing networks for the modern data center: 131
• Chapter 4 Data center physical access layer evolution: 191
• Chapter 5 Cisco virtual networking solutions: 253
• Chapter 6 Application networking solutions and data center security physical and virtual: 287
• Fibre Channel over Ethernet: 369
• Chapter 8 Overcoming the limitations of traditional data center networks: 421
• Chapter 9 NXOS network operating system: 481
• Chapter 10 Data center network management and automation: 499
• Chapter 11 Software Defined Networking and Cisco Open Network Environment: 537
• Chapter 12 IBM and Cisco next generation architectures for Small Medium and Large Data Centers: 551
• Related publications: 623
• Back cover: 630

Bibliographic information

• Title: IBM and Cisco: Together for a World Class Data Center; IBM redbooks
• Authors: Jon Tate, Pall Beck, Peter Clemens, Santiago Freitas, Jeff Gatz, Michele Girola, Jason Gmitter, Holger Mueller, Ray O'Hanlon, Veerendra Para, Joe Robinson, Andy Sholomon, Jason Walker, IBM Redbooks
• Publisher: IBM Redbooks, 2013
• ISBN: 0738438421, 9780738438429
• Length: 654 pages
• Subjects: Computers / System Administration / Storage & Retrieval