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Data center virtualization has created a market transition where IT organizations are trying to reduce costs and increase flexibility. The typical data center environment supports two to three parallel networks: one for data, one for storage, and possibly one for server clustering. In addition, servers often have dedicated interfaces for management, backup, or virtual machine live migration. Supporting these interfaces imposes significant costs related to interfaces, cabling, rack space, upstream switches, and power and cooling.
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Sirius can help you determine the best strategy for your data center needs.
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| Unified fabric consolidates these different types of traffic onto a single, general-purpose, high-performance, highly available network that greatly simplifies the network infrastructure and reduces costs, delivering intelligence to identify the different types of traffic and handle them appropriately. In addition to reducing total cost of ownership, unified fabric supports broader data center virtualization by providing consistent, ubiquitous network and storage services to all connected devices. This next-generation data center approach decouples scale from complexity. |
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Sirius is a Cisco ATP Partner for UCS and a Cisco Silver Partner with Specializations in: Advanced Security, Advanced Unified Communications, Advanced Wireless, Advanced Data Center Networking, Advanced Data Center Storage |
Sirius partners with Brocade to provide Brocade products both directly as well as through the IBM storage product lines. |
| KEY BENEFITS OF UNIFIED FABRIC |
KEY COMPONENTS OF UNIFIED FABRIC |
• Reduce overall data power consumption by up to 8%.
• Extend the lifecycle of current data center. |
Unified Fabric and I/O Interfaces |
• Enables storage, Ethernet, IP, and Server Cluster traffic to converge to a single network
• Lowers overall data center power draw |
• Wire hosts once to connect to any network - SAN, LAN, Server Cluster. Faster rollout of new apps and services.
• Faster rollout of new apps and services |
Switching Platforms |
• Multi-Terabit platforms with ops-centric design
• Delivers unified fabric and I/O deployments
• Designed for the most stringent availability needs |
• Every host will be able to mount any storage target.
• Drive storage consolidation and improve utilization. |
Operating Systems |
• First multi-protocol DC-class operating system
• Virtualized control plane and scalable design sets new standard for usability |
| • Rack, Row, and Cross-Data Center VM portability become possible. |
Data Center Network Management |
• Maximizes overall data center infrastructure uptime and reliability, hence, improving business continuity
• Provides end-to-end systems visibility |
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Cisco Data Center Solutions
Cisco Systems is a market leader in data center technologies and products. Cisco Data Center 3.0 comprises a comprehensive portfolio of virtualization technologies and services that bring network, compute/storage, and virtualization platforms closer together to provide unparalleled flexibility, visibility, and policy enforcement within virtualized data centers.
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 Cisco Nexus Data Center Switches
The Cisco Nexus family of data center switches is designed to meet the stringent requirements of the next-generation data center. All Nexus switches use NX-OS Software, an operating system designed specifically for the data center and engineered for high availability, scalability, and flexibility. |
Sirius is a Cisco ATP Partner for UCS and a Cisco Silver Partner with Specializations in:
• Advanced Security
• Advanced Unified Communications
• Advanced Wireless
• Advanced Data Center Networking
• Advanced Data Center Storage
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 Cisco Unified Computing System
With the announcement of their Unified Computing System (UCS), Cisco has changed the landscape of virtualization completely. UCS combines compute (servers), network (LAN), storage (SAN) and virtualization technologies in a cohesive system that is designed to reduce your total cost of ownership (TCO) while increasing business agility. |
 Cisco Storage Area Networking
Storage area networks are central to the Cisco Data Center 3.0 architecture, providing a networking platform that helps IT departments achieve lower total cost of ownership, enhanced resiliency, and greater agility through Cisco data center storage solutions. Evolving business requirements underscore the need for high-density, high-speed, and low-latency networks that improve data center scalability and manageability while controlling IT costs. The Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides the leading high-density, high-bandwidth storage networking solution along with Integrated Fabric Applications to support dynamic data center requirements. |
Brocade Data Center Solutions
Brocade is an industry leader in data center networking solutions and services that enable organizations to manage their most vital information assets and address the wide variety of requirements for next-generation data centers. |
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 Brocade offers an extensive end-to-end Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE)/Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) offering. With such a wide array of products, organizations can choose from top-of-rack and end-of-row solutions. Brocade CEE/FCoE products provide high-performance cut-through and non-blocking architecture, allowing organizations to achieve line-rate performance on both CEE and Fibre Channel ports. In addition, organizations can seamlessly introduce CEE and FCoE technologies to their data centers without disrupting existing SANs or IT management practices.
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Sirius partners with Brocade to provide Brocade products both directly as well as through the IBM storage product lines.
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How can Sirius help you with your data center needs?
Sirius is highly specialized in providing value-added services focused on your data center needs. We have a team of experienced and certified individuals to help you plan, design, deploy and maintain your data center.
Sirius service offerings include:
• Data Center and Network Assessments
• Cisco Data Center Architecture Workshops
• Server Virtualization and Consolidation Assessments
• Security Assessments |
