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Cisco has announced the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series of data center-class switches, introduced interoperability via an ecosystem of application and systems partners, and accelerated adoption with a data center channel partner enablement strategy.
Current Perspective: Positive on Cisco’s release of the Nexus 5000 and its evolution of the Cisco Data Center Networking Infrastructure (DCNI) specialization 2.0, because these announcements fit seamlessly into its Data Center 3.0 strategy and are strong elements of the emerging data center fabric market.
Vendor Importance: High to Cisco, because it has put a considerable amount of time and resources into its Data Center 3.0 strategy, including the acquisition of Nexus 5000 creator Nuova. The Nexus line represents the first products in the emerging data center fabric market that will become increasingly more important as seamless high-speed internal data center interconnects become an enabling component in enterprise virtualization strategies.
Market Impact: High on the Ethernet switching market, as well as the nascent data center fabric market, because Cisco is literally charging out of the gate with multiple Nexus products and initiatives to strengthen its data center practice with Cisco Data Center Networking Infrastructure 2.0 specialization for reseller partners.
- The new Nexus 5000 product expands the Nexus product line to the top of rack space in the data center, a key piece of the pie. This will allow customers to attach servers at the rack and uplink either to the larger Nexus 7000 or to a Catalyst 6500.
- The Nexus 5000 uses a thin Twinax cable with attached SPF+ connectors that will make it much easier to cable a rack as well as drastically lowering the per-port cost of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity. The costs of optics in standard 10 Gigabit Ethernet optical connectivity make up a great deal of the per-port cost and the Twinax connectivity offered on the Nexus solves that problem and makes 10 Gigabit Ethernet much more attractive.
- The Nexus 5000 also offers functionality for FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) as well as iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface, RFC 3720), allowing customers to consolidate networks onto Ethernet, rather than deploying separate networks for storage.
- Cisco has implemented a number of new features to enhance the non-stop and loss-less operation of the switch, including priority flow control, which provides class of service flow control and supports storage protocols, and backward congestion notification, which provides end-to-end congestion management for Layer 2 networks as well as others.
- By evolving its channel specialization program, Cisco is ensuring that its most qualified data center resellers are onboard with the Data Center 3.0 strategy and have a full understanding of the two Nexus product lines. Cisco is creating opportunities for itself by aligning strategies, products, and resellers towards the same goal.
For more information:
Please contact the Networks Team at Repton on 020 8890 9000 or email networkssales@repton.co.uk |
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