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Cisco Virtualized Multiservice Data Center (VMDC) Virtual Services Architecture (VSA) 1.0
Design Guide
Chapter 2 VMDC VSA 1.0 Design Overview
Solution Components
Solution Components
The following sections describe the network components used in the VMDC VSA 1.0 solutions
(summarized in
(summarized in
) and provide a snapshot of the intra-DC and overall system end-to-end
network topology model validated in VMDC VSA 1.0 (
and
Future VMDC releases will provide the opportunity to consider additional deployment model options
featuring hybrid physical and virtual service form-factors.
featuring hybrid physical and virtual service form-factors.
Table 2-1
VMDC VSA 1.0 Solution Component Matrix
Function
Components
Network
Cisco ASR 9000, ASR 1000, ISRG2 3945, CSR
Cisco Nexus 7009, 7004 (Nexus 7018 and Nexus 7010 not in SUT but
valid architectural option)
valid architectural option)
Sup2E, F2E and Sup2, F2 series 1 and 10 Gbps Ethernet cards
Cisco Nexus 5548
Cisco Nexus Fabric Extender 2248TPE
Services (vApp Form
Factor)
Factor)
Citrix NetScaler VPX Server Load Balancer
Cisco vWAAS
Cisco vNAM
Cisco Nexus 1100 (Services Chassis)
Security Services (vApp
Form Factor)
Form Factor)
Cisco IOS XE 3.10 ZBF (for example, on CSR)
Cisco ASA 1000V
Virtual Security Gateway
Compute
Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
Cisco UCS 6296UP Fabric Interconnect
Cisco Fabric Extender 2208XP IO Module
UCS 5108 Blade Server Chassis
UCS B200/230/440-M2 and B200-M3 Blade Servers
C200/240-M2/M3L Servers
UCS M81KR Virtual Interface card
UCS P81E Virtual Interface card
UCS Virtual Interface card 1280, 1240
Virtualization
VMware vSphere
VMware ESXi 5.1 Hypervisor
Cisco Nexus 1000V (virtual access switch)
Storage Fabric*
Cisco MDS 9513
(1/2/4/8 Gbps 24-Port FC Module; 18/4-Port Multiservice Module;
Sup-2A; 24-port 8 Gbps FC Module; 18-port 4 Gbps FC Module)
Sup-2A; 24-port 8 Gbps FC Module; 18-port 4 Gbps FC Module)
* Not Applicable to this release.