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Cisco

®

 SingleConnect technology provides an exceptionally easy, intelligent, and efficient way to connect and 

manage computing in the data center. Cisco SingleConnect technology is an exclusive Cisco innovation that 

dramatically simplifies the way that data centers connect to: 

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Rack and blade servers 

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Physical servers and virtual machines 

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LAN, SAN, and management networks 

The solution addresses the challenges of today’s data center, and the result is a simple, intelligent, and efficient 

fabric: 

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Easy: Cisco SingleConnect technology provides a “wire once and walk away” solution that eliminates 

traditional manual, time-consuming, error-prone processes and instead makes connecting servers to the 

Cisco Unified Computing System

™

 (Cisco UCS

®

) fast and easy. 

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Intelligent: the technology is intelligent because it uses a zero-touch model to allocate I/O connectivity (LAN, 

SAN, and management) across any type of server: physical rack and blade servers and virtual machines. 

The network intelligence helps Cisco UCS adapt to the needs of applications. Rather than limiting 

applications to specific servers, Cisco UCS makes it easy to run any workload on any server. 

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Efficient: the technology is highly efficient because LAN, SAN, and management connections are shared 

over a single network, increasing utilization while reducing the number of moving parts compared to 

traditional approaches with multiple networks. 

Cisco SingleConnect technology is implemented with an end-to-end system I/O architecture that uses Cisco 

Unified Fabric and Cisco Fabric Extender Technology (FEX Technology) to connect every Cisco UCS component 

with a single network and a single network layer. As customers expect from Cisco, the Cisco UCS I/O architecture 

is based on open standards and is reliable, available, and secure. 

Cisco Data Center VM-FEX Technology: Cisco Data Center VM-FEX technology extends fabric interconnect 

ports directly to virtual machines, eliminating software-based switching in the hypervisor. Cisco Data Center VM-

FEX technology collapses virtual and physical networking infrastructure into a single infrastructure that is fully 
aware of the virtual machines’ locations and networking policies (Figure 4). Cisco Data Center VM-FEX technology 

is implemented by Cisco VICs with a pre-standard implementation of IEEE 802.1BR Port Extender.