A typical data centre environment supports three or four parallel networks: one for data, one for storage, one for management network, and possibly one for server clustering. This increases management complexity and imposes significant costs for interfaces, cabling, rack space, upstream switches, power, and cooling.
Unified fabric consolidates these different types of traffic onto a single, general-purpose, high-performance, highly available Ten Gigabit Ethernet network that greatly simplifies network infrastructure and reduces costs. To do all this, a unified fabric must be intelligent enough to identify different types of traffic and handle them appropriately. Cisco unified fabric delivers a higher level of performance while guaranteeing the isolation and security of both user and data traffic.
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