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Cisco Unified Fabric Innovations 
 
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Table 1. 
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 
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 
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