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What does the Cisco Data Centre Network Architecture hope to achieve (3 bullets)? |
-Consolidate and virtualize computing, storage and network resources. |
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What are the 3 building blocks of the Cisco Data Centre Network Architecture (3 bullets)? |
-Networked infrastructure: Gigabit/10Gigabit, InfiniBand and storage switching and optical transport. |
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What is the Cisco Data Centre Network Architecture based on? |
Cisco Service-Oriented Network Architecture (SONA), the enterprise implementation of the Intelligent Information Network (IIN) technology vision. Cisco SONA emphasizes the value of the interactive services provided in the networked infrastructure, such as application optimization, security, and server and storage fabric switching, to enhance business applications. |
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What are the benefits of the Cisco Data Centre Network Architecture (6 bullets)? |
-Lower-priced server and storage infrastructure. |
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Describe the evolution of the data centre (3 bullets)? |
-Consolidation of the front-end data network and back-end storage network infrastructures achieves greater administrative efficiency and increases utilization, increasing return on investment and lowering total cost of ownership. allocated to an application in a way that best meets the needs of the organization. |
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What are the 4 key areas of Cisco's Data Centre Network Architecture? |
-Server Fabric. Used to interconnect servers to create high-performance cluster computing. |
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What products are associated with the Data Centre Network Architecture Server Fabric (3 bullets)? |
-Cisco SFS 3000 Series Multifabric Server Switches. |
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What products are associated with the Data Centre Network Architecture Storage Area/Fabric (2 bullets)? |
-Cisco MDS 9000 Multilayer Directors. |
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What products are associated with the Data Centre Network Architecture DCI (3 bullets)? |
-Cisco ONS 15302 Multiservice Customer Access Platform. |
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What products are associated with the Data Centre Network Architecture Access Network (2 bullets)? |
-Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series/7600 Series Supervisor Engine 720-3BXL. |
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What Computing and Storage resources can be found in the Networked Infrastructure Layer of the Cisco DC Network Architecture in support of SONA? (4 bullets)? |
-Computing - Server Fabric. |
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What Data Centre Services can be found in the Interactive Services Layer of the Cisco DC Network Architecture in support of SONA? (4 bullets)? |
-DC L4-7 Switching. |
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What Application Optimisation Services can be found in the Interactive Services Layer of the Cisco DC Network Architecture in support of SONA? (4 bullets)? |
-Wide area file services. |
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Describe the 3 components of Cisco's Data Centre 3.0 architecture. |
-Virtualisation - network and server. |
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Describe VN-Link. |
VN-Link enables the tagging and distinguishing of a single VM’s traffic in a trunk. |
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Name a Cisco solution that can help with the optimisation of web applications. |
Application Velocity System (AVS) 3100 (Formerly Fineground). |
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Name 4 Cisco solutions that can help with business continuity and DR. |
-MDS9500 - synchronous mirroring and asynchronous replication. |
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Name a Cisco solution that can help with the consolidation of branch file servers. |
-Cisco Wide Area File Services (WAFS) Core and Edge File Engines (formerly Actona and FineGround). |
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Name 2 Cisco solutions that can help consolidate and simplify storage management.
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-Cisco MDS 9020 - fabric switch to connect and consolidate server and storage resources. |
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Why have the LAN and SAN historically resided on different networks (4 bullets)? |
-Security – if the LAN is hacked it won’t compromise the SAN. |