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Cisco Application Control Engine in the Virtual Data Center
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What is Cisco
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Application Control Engine (ACE) the Virtual Data Center (AVDC)?
A.
AVDC is a solution that focuses on integrating key data center products in order to offer a simplified, cost
effective application delivery infrastructure. Some of the products that AVDC integrates include the ACE module,
ACE appliance, Nexus 7000, UCS, VMware and 3rd party application vendors.
Q.
What are some of the key capabilities of AVDC?
A.
The key capabilities of AVDC are targeted to address leading application delivery issues that IT organizations
are facing in virtual data centers. These capabilities include:
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Virtual machine intelligence: Improved visibility into the state of virtual machines, applications, and the
underlying support infrastructure
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Automation: Improved coordination and integration with third-party products (for example, VMware vCenter),
which allows Cisco ACE to respond dynamically to changes in the network and share network events
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Performance and scalability: Hardware enhancements to the Cisco ACE Module to address the increased
scalability requirements that large enterprise and service provider customers are demanding
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Simplification: Streamlined deployment and ongoing maintenance of the Cisco ACE solution, including
simplified provisioning through guided setup, simplified deployment through the virtualization capabilities of
Cisco ACE, and simplified upgrades through the Cisco ACE licensing model
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Flexibility: The capability to dynamically scale application services in distributed data centers using
virtualization technology
Q.
What is the purpose of Cisco AVDC?
A.
Cisco is further enhancing its existing portfolio of the Cisco Data Center Business Advantage (DCBA) solutions,
enabling customers to deploy a virtual data center. Cisco AVDC is part of Cisco Data Center Business
Advantage portfolio, unifying Compute and Switching with Applications to offer a cost-effective and streamlined
application delivery infrastructure.
Q.
What customer challenges does the Cisco AVDC solution solve?
A.
While widespread use of virtualized technology in the data center deliver multiple advantages, it also introduces
challenges including the following:
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High OPEX Costs: The dynamic nature of vDCs introduce a large volume of OPEX intensive manual &
repetitive changes VM Blind—Limited visibility into the status and operation of applications and the underlying
virtual infrastructure
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Slow and Complex Application Rollouts: Multiple “touch points” leads to increased lead-time and higher
risk of error for application and service deployments
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Limited Performance: Difficult to scale applications and infrastructure to meet the demands of customers
and users