Cisco Cisco Prime Network Services Controller Adaptor for DFA Information Guide
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Cisco Unified Fabric Innovations
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Cisco Unified Fabric Innovations Q&A Topics
Section
Description
Fabric Management
Questions related to general and specific aspects of setup, maintenance, and operations of the fabric components
Optimized Networking
Questions related to data forwarding and data path creation within the fabric
Virtual Fabrics
Questions related to features that promote multitenancy capabilities of the fabric
Workload Automation
Questions related to features that enable automated workload instantiation, network provisioning, and the purging of
obsolete configurations from the fabric
obsolete configurations from the fabric
Miscellaneous
Questions related to management tools installation, licensing, etc.
Fabric Management
Q. What is Cisco
®
Prime
™
Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) and what functions does it serve in Cisco
Unified Fabric?
A. Cisco Prime DCNM serves as a single pane from which you can monitor, provision, and control various
aspects of your Cisco Unified Fabric network. For more information, see