Cisco Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager 7.2 Data Sheet
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Data Sheet
Cisco Prime Data Center Network Manager
Release 6.1
Release 6.1
Product Overview
Modern data centers are becoming increasingly massive and complex. Proliferation of new technologies such as
virtualization is adding yet another level of complexity while enabling higher workloads to be placed on the
network. Innovations such as Cisco
®
Unified Fabric unify storage and data networking to deliver convergence,
scalability, and intelligence with reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) and faster return on investment (ROI). IT
departments today are challenged to look beyond traditional silos of networking and storage to manage this
converged, virtualized data center. Meeting this challenge calls for unification of the management plane to enable
holistic management of the data center infrastructure.
Cisco Prime
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Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) combines management of both Ethernet and storage
networks in a single dashboard. The dashboard enables network and storage administrators to troubleshoot
health and performance across the whole range of Cisco NX-OS Software platforms, including the Cisco Nexus
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and Cisco MDS 9000 Families, regardless of protocol type such as Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE), Ethernet, IBM Fibre Connection (FICON), and Small Computer System over IP (iSCSI). By using Cisco
DCNM, IT administrators can identify available port capacity, reclaim orphaned ports, and maintain inventory of
logical and physical switch components. Cisco DCNM also simplifies deployment SAN and LAN components by
providing wizard- and template-based provisioning and configuration. Role-based access control (RBAC) helps
separate configuration of LAN and SAN networks on converged network switches. DCNM supports TACACS+,
RADIUS, and now Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) remote authentication protocols to help manage
user access to switching infrastructure.
Cisco Prime
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DCNM can be licensed for SAN and LAN environments separately or together. Majority of DCNM
features used for provisioning and discovery are available for free with base image (essentials edition) while
advanced features need an advanced edition license to unlock. DCNM is priced by switch platform and licensed
per number of switches. In addition yearly service contract is required to upgrade from one major release to
another.