Cisco Cisco UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect White Paper

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Cisco UCS Unified Fabric

January 2016

Contents

The Challenge ................................................................................................. 3

The Solution .................................................................................................... 4

Solution Benefits ................................................................................................... 4

Cisco UCS Fabric for the Future ...................................................................... 5

Single Unified Network .......................................................................................... 5

Single Network Layer ............................................................................................ 5

Connecting to Physical Servers and Virtual Machines ........................................... 6

Based on Open Standards and Accelerated by Silicon ......................................... 7

Cisco UCS Architecture ................................................................................... 7

Upgrade Path with Investment Protection ............................................................. 9

Fabric Architecture .......................................................................................... 10

Cisco UCS 6332 Fabric Interconnect.................................................................... 10

Cisco UCS 6332-16UP Fabric Interconnect ......................................................... 12

Fabric Extenders ................................................................................................... 13

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards ........................................................................ 14

Use Cases ....................................................................................................... 16

Traditional Cisco UCS Fabric ................................................................................. 16

Cisco Unified Fabric with Cisco ACI ...................................................................... 17

Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 19

For More Information ....................................................................................... 19