DC Partner - VMware

Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch and VMware vSphere

Server, network, storage, and application virtualization present challenges because a server must host multiple applications with different security, compliance policy, and service-level requirements. The Cisco Nexus 1000V automates this process, accelerating virtualization and significantly lowering costs.

• It extends Cisco security, policy enforcement, automated provisioning, and diagnostics features into VMware vSphere environments, tightly linking network and server resources.
• Network and security policies automatically follow each virtual machine as it moves across physical servers. Policies can be mapped down to the virtual machine level. Thus, workloads with different security, regulatory, and service-level requirements can coexist without compromising policies.
• This is done without manual intervention, to improve IT staff productivity and reduce the risk of error.

Learn More about the Cisco Nexus 1000V (Video - 5:25 min)

Cisco Nexus 1000V

Close

Viewing this video requires Adobe Flash Player 8 with JavaScript enabled.

Get the Flash Player

Download free, 60-day evaluation of Cisco Nexus 1000V Switch
» Download Now (Requires Login)

Cisco Unified Computing System and VMware vSphere

Cisco UCS and VMware vSphere provide an integrated solution designed to realize the full promise of virtualization, providing superior manageability, security, performance, business agility, and cost savings.

• Cisco Extended Memory Technology enables higher consolidation ratios and significant savings by providing large, cost-effective memory footprints for memory-intensive workloads.
• Cisco VN-Link technologies help IT teams manage virtualized environments on a per-virtual machine basis to enhance security, manageability, and flexibility.
• Cisco UCS running VMware vSphere relies on unified fabric for Ethernet and Fibre Channel connections. This allows for quick, error-free deployment of VMware instances, reduces management expenses, and lowers total cost of ownership.

Cisco UCS with VMware Success Stories

• Tutor Perini Changes Data Center Economics (PDF - 538 KB)
• Savvis Chose Cisco, VMware for Cloud Platform
• Winterflood Improves Business Operations

Take Control of the Desktop

Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) integrated with VMware View combine to deliver the Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution to:

• Enhance desktop security
• Provide desktop control and agility
• Improve user experience
• Lower desktop costs

Learn about the joint solution

• Overview (PDF - 596 KB)
• At a Glance (PDF - 567 KB)
• Joint Cisco and VMware Solution for Optimizing Virtual Desktop Delivery (PDF - 544 KB)

View Validated Designs and Best Practices

• Cisco Desktop Virtualization Solution with VMware View
• Cisco Solutions for a VMware View 4.0 Environment Design Guide
• Cisco Application Networking Services for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Deployment Guide
• Enterprise Virtual Desktop Infrastructure: Design for Performance and Reliability (PDF - 531 KB)
• Scalability Study for Deploying VMware View on Cisco UCS and EMC Symmetrix V-Max Systems

Cisco and VMware Services and Support

The partnership between Cisco and VMware's helps you realize the full value of virtualization:

• As a VMware Premier Partner, Cisco has access to VMware's latest technical information, design criteria, and best practices to deploy and support solutions that deliver the full power of VMware vSphere, VMware View, and Cisco data center solutions.
• Customers receive superior customer care, whether they purchase a joint solution from VMware or from Cisco, from technical experts certified on both platforms.
• Cisco's Advanced Services experts have deep expertise in both Cisco and VMware solutions to ensure your virtualization solutions take full advantage of the benefits of both platforms.