Cisco's Unified Computing architecture is data centre platform that unites computer networks, storage access, and virtualisation into a cohesive system designed to reduce total cost of ownership and increase business agility. The Cisco Unified Computing System seamlessly integrates into Cisco's Nexus Series of data centre class switches.
Unified computing simplifies the way that servers and networks are deployed today. It centralises switching resources and reduces network access-layer fragmentation by eliminating switching inside the blade. The architecture uses a unified fabric that provides transport for LAN, storage, and high-performance computing traffic over a single, cohesive infrastructure. This approach can consolidate or entirely eliminate multiple server adapters, chassis switches, cables, and other supporting infrastructure. This simplification can reduce by half the supporting infrastructure requiring power, cooling, management, and security compared to traditional computing environments.
With simplified and embedded management, data centre administrators can now use centralised management capabilities within a unified management domain that serves as a central nervous system of unified computing. Embedded device-management software can manage a system with hundreds of servers and thousands of virtual machines as a single, highly available, coherent system. This embedded approach allows multiple administrator roles to interact dynamically in managing infrastructure and its policies. Now, administrators can encapsulate the infrastructure policies needed to deploy applications into mobile, repeatable constructs known as service profiles. This construct improves IT productivity and business agility. Now infrastructure can be provisioned in minutes instead of days, shifting IT's focus from maintenance to strategic initiatives.
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