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Brief
Cisco launches Nexus 7000 for next generation data centers
Cisco has announced the launch of its new family of data center class switching
platforms, the Cisco Nexus Series. Targeted at service providers, large banks,
and large green fields data centers, the Nexus 7000 has been designed to meet
the needs of the customers as data centers transition towards a more services-centric
model. The launch of the new family of switches is in line with the company’s
vision of next generation of data centers, known as Data Center 3.0, which essentially
is a service oriented architecture approach towards the data center.
Built on a highly scalable platform, the Nexus 7000 can deliver up to 15 terabits
per second of switching capacity in a single chassis, supporting up to 512 10-gigabits-per-second
(Gbps) Ethernet. Besides, this capacity can be increased to 40- and 100-Gbps
Ethernet to meet the future needs. Its unified fabric architecture combines
Ethernet and storage capabilities into a single platform, designed to provide
all servers with access to all network and storage resources. This enables data
center consolidation and virtualization.
“The Nexus family of switches is a network platform designed for the Data
Center 3.0 approach. The shipping of the Nexus 7000 with 1Gbps- 10 Gbps switching
capacity has already started. The investment in the research and development
for the Nexus 7000 has been to the tune of $1 billion,” said Sumit Mukhija,
Manager Sales, DataCenter- India and SAARC.
Nexus 7000 is powered by the NX-OS software, which has been
built to maximize data center resiliency and to consolidate disparate networks.
Presently, Microsoft is performing rigorous testing of the Nexus 7000 Series
for security, manageability and performance in a lab environment.
The Nexus 7000 Series starts at $75,000, and it is estimated
that that it would be available in the second quarter of calendar year 2008.
Additionally the company also intends to introduce top of the rack switches,
blade switches as a part of the Nexus family and end of the row switches in
the future.
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