Cisco Cisco Nexus 1010 Virtual Services Appliance 情報ガイド
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Challenge
FASTWEB knows all about unlocking value from quad-play. As part of a sustained
and forward-looking strategy, the Italian service provider has built a 32,000 km
next-generation network for delivering converged voice, data, video, and mobile
services. This investment has enabled FASTWEB to accelerate the creation of
new, differentiated offers for business and residential customers, while reducing
operational complexity and overhead.
and forward-looking strategy, the Italian service provider has built a 32,000 km
next-generation network for delivering converged voice, data, video, and mobile
services. This investment has enabled FASTWEB to accelerate the creation of
new, differentiated offers for business and residential customers, while reducing
operational complexity and overhead.
This success has been built on the early adoption of the most advanced technologies.
FASTWEB’s latest innovation focused on another common concern for virtualized
data centers: eliminating isolated operations that hinder time-to-provisioning and
troubleshooting. This practice, of using VMware vSwitches to manage the virtual
access layer of the network, offered limited flexibility, security, and accountability
when it came to virtual machine (VM) mobility and load balancing.
FASTWEB’s latest innovation focused on another common concern for virtualized
data centers: eliminating isolated operations that hinder time-to-provisioning and
troubleshooting. This practice, of using VMware vSwitches to manage the virtual
access layer of the network, offered limited flexibility, security, and accountability
when it came to virtual machine (VM) mobility and load balancing.
Server administrators were normally the first point of contact if a problem arose. If
they were unable to resolve the issue, the job would be passed to the network team,
who had no way of determining what was happening inside the virtual machine.
When it came to managing virtualized workloads, neither side had the complete
picture or necessary toolkit. As a result, the whole process was incredibly costly
and labor-intensive.
they were unable to resolve the issue, the job would be passed to the network team,
who had no way of determining what was happening inside the virtual machine.
When it came to managing virtualized workloads, neither side had the complete
picture or necessary toolkit. As a result, the whole process was incredibly costly
and labor-intensive.
Solution
FASTWEB has developed a future plan for managing virtualized workloads. The model,
another first for the Italian market, is based on the Cisco Nexus® 1010 Virtual Services
Appliance, a NX-OS server appliance that can host multiple Virtual Service Blades
(VSBs), including up to six Cisco® Nexus 1000V Series Switches (and up to ten Cisco
Nexus 1000V Series Switches under the latest 1010-X platform).
another first for the Italian market, is based on the Cisco Nexus® 1010 Virtual Services
Appliance, a NX-OS server appliance that can host multiple Virtual Service Blades
(VSBs), including up to six Cisco® Nexus 1000V Series Switches (and up to ten Cisco
Nexus 1000V Series Switches under the latest 1010-X platform).
Aligned with
, an architectural framework
for data center transformation, the Nexus 1010 supports network analysis down
to the VM layer. This capability gives FASTWEB’s network administrators granular
visibility into virtual workloads, without having to trouble the storage and virtualization
operations teams.
to the VM layer. This capability gives FASTWEB’s network administrators granular
visibility into virtual workloads, without having to trouble the storage and virtualization
operations teams.
Customer Case Study
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Customer Name:
FASTWEB SpA
Industry:
Telecommunications
Location:
Milan, Italy
Number of Employees:
3400
Challenge
• Improve management at virtual
machine level
• Speed up troubleshooting and
deployment of new services
Solution
• Cisco Data Center Business Advantage
vision, architecture, and technologies
• Cisco Nexus 1010 Virtual
Services Appliance
Results
• Time to deploy new services accelerated
by 80 percent
• Clear separation between server and
networking administrative domains
• Process efficiencies and productivity
gains expected to translate into
cost savings
cost savings