White PaperTable of ContentsExecutive Summary3Evolving Needs of Monitoring in the Data Center3Best Practices: Network Monitoring in the Data Center4Cisco Network Analysis Module – Advanced Monitoring for the Modern Data Center5Staying Ahead of Scale5Staying Ahead of Virtualized/Cloud Infrastructure6Staying Ahead of Complexity7Staying Ahead via Collaboration9EMA Perspective10Size: 1.17 MBPages: 11Language: EnglishOpen manual
White PaperTable of ContentsContents3VMDC VSA 1.0 Introduction5Audience5Overview5Problem Statement6Solution Proposal7VMDC VSA 1.0 Design Overview9Design Principles9Terminology11FabricPath Topologies12FabricPath “Typical Data Center” Model12VMDC Virtualized Containers14Solution Components15VMDC Change Summary18Related Documents18VMDC VSA 1.0 Design Details21VMDC Building Blocks22PoD24Integrated Compute Stacks25Data Center Interconnect26Unified Data Center Networking26Compute27Storage29NAS Architecture30Container Models31Network34Layer 3 Design34Fabric Path35Virtualization Techniques37Services37CSR37Citrix NetScaler VPX SLB39ASA 1000V41Cisco vWAAS42vNAM44System Level Design Considerations44Scalability45Availability45Security46Manageability46Service Assurance and Monitoring47Traffic Engineering47MAC Pinning50QoS Framework51Classification and Marking52Queuing, Scheduling, and Dropping53Shaping and Policing55Application Visibility and Control57NBAR57NetFlow57Performance Agent61Network Analysis61Application Optimization61Cloud Service Assurance for VMDC61Storage QoS62Storage Oversubscription63Storage Service Tiering63Size: 2.58 MBPages: 64Language: EnglishOpen manual