Cisco ACI Layer 3 Out (L3Out) The Layer 3 Out (L3Out) in Cisco ACI is the set of configurations that define connectivity outside of…
Packet Forwarding within the ACI Fabric The ACI fabric appears as a single switch to the outside world, capable of bridging and routing. As…
ACI Access Policies Access policies configure external-facing interfaces that connect to devices such as virtual machine controllers and hypervisors, hosts, network attached storage, routers,…
ACI Fabric Policies Fabric policies govern the operation of internal fabric interfaces and enable the configuration of various functions, protocols, and interfaces that connect…
Fibre Channel Storage Networking The SAN fabrics are built from the initiators (servers), the targets (storage systems), and the Fibre Channel switches. The SAN…
Fibre Channel Topologies The SAN fabrics are built based on three physical topologies: Figure 10-12 shows the different SAN topologies. Figure 10-12 FC…
Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) The Internet Small Computer System Interface is a transport protocol that allows SCSI communication between two nodes over…
NVM Express and NVM Express over Fabrics The storage devices are usually tape drives or hard drives, and the SCSI protocol is used for…
Cisco MDS Product Overview Cisco Systems is one of the major vendors of SAN infrastructures nowadays. Its journey in the world of the storage…
Cisco MDS 9700 Series 64Gbps Ready Directors The Cisco MDS 9700 Multilayer Director switches have a modular architecture. In this architecture is the flexibility…