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Achieving Agility Your Data Center Architecture Should Enable Scalable Virtualization


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LTHOUGH virtualization offers many benefi ts, virtual workloads increase demands on the network


infrastructure and signifi cantly impact system and application performance. Server virtualization changes the


long-standing relationship between software and hardware. Decoupling software and hardware disrupts the mapping that network infrastructure has relied on to identify each app/OS/server combination so it can control access, segment traffi c, and secure the network.


Building a data center network that can


deliver the capacity to handle virtualized workloads may seem a bit daunting, but there are ways to attain the high availability and consistent service levels you need.


Ethernet Fabric Switching A factor to consider is the need to transfer large amounts of data in near real time. For cloud computing, switches need to be able to discover where virtual machines (VMs) and other resources lie


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