The Cisco Nexus and Catalyst families of switches are designed to meet the stringent requirements of the next-generation data center. The Cisco Nexus family of products provides a wide range of business benefits.

Simplified

• Improve efficiency, simplify mobility for physical and virtual machines and services, and provide end-to-end visibility for any topology.
• Significantly speed up workload delivery for both physical and virtual rollouts with network automation and provisioning, and better integration with orchestration, automation tools, and cloud platforms.
• Make troubleshooting easier with centralized fabric management across physical and virtual workloads.

Convergence

• Cisco Nexus solutions simplify the data center network by converging LANs and SANs, and by using Data Center Bridging (DCB), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols, and Unified Ports.
• Lower total cost of ownership by up to 50 percent
• Reduce capital expenses through fewer host adapters, switches, and cables
• Cut operational expenses through reduced power, cooling, rack space, and floor space requirements
• Adopt solutions incrementally, without a complete upgrade
• Reduce disruptions to existing management and operations

Scalability

Cisco Nexus solutions help enterprises scale for the more-complex workloads of virtualization, the proliferation of virtual machines, and the challenges of cloud computing.

• Unify all network locations into one environment
• Support efficient access and use of resources, regardless of size or scope
• Provide resilient, scalable networks with predictable performance and reduced complexity
• Simplify management with fabric extensibility

Intelligence

Cisco Nexus delivers intelligent services directly into the network fabric. It transparently extends the network to encompass all network locations into a single, extended environment with consistent services and policy.

• Make services available consistently across applications and workloads
• Scale service delivery capability automatically
• Deploy applications faster, with policy-based compliance instead of physical infrastructure changes