Comments on: Exclusive – Cisco’s Unified Computing Platform: The Details http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:57:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Geisler http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34890 Jennifer Geisler Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:37:26 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34890 As the Manager of Network Systems Networking for Cisco I just wanted to add to the point made that "The more customers use virtualization, the more they need central management whereas the underlying servers become interchangeable building blocks." Our strategy is to bring transparency to virtualization. When data center resources are connected over an intelligent, unified network fabric, things that were previously invisible become visible. As customers scale virtualization, they begin to see its inherent complexities. Policies, Management, Security, Processes, Platform 'islands' still exist for virtual machines just as they did for physical machines, except now the level of scale has increased by another order of magnitude. In today's data center infrastructure, compute, virtualization, network -- and even communications -- resources are separate 'islands", and each island has a different perspective on virtualization. Cisco's unique value is at the intersection; only the network can bring transparency and visibility across the data center 'islands' to enable automation and dynamic provisioning across the data center infrastructure. As the Manager of Network Systems Networking for Cisco I just wanted to add to the point made that “The more customers use virtualization, the more they need central management whereas the underlying servers become interchangeable building blocks.” Our strategy is to bring transparency to virtualization. When data center resources are connected over an intelligent, unified network fabric, things that were previously invisible become visible. As customers scale virtualization, they begin to see its inherent complexities. Policies, Management, Security, Processes, Platform ‘islands’ still exist for virtual machines just as they did for physical machines, except now the level of scale has increased by another order of magnitude. In today’s data center infrastructure, compute, virtualization, network — and even communications — resources are separate ‘islands”, and each island has a different perspective on virtualization. Cisco’s unique value is at the intersection; only the network can bring transparency and visibility across the data center ‘islands’ to enable automation and dynamic provisioning across the data center infrastructure.

]]> By: Vaibhav http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34060 Vaibhav Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:33:54 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34060 I have a sneaking suspicion that the cisco blade server is manufactured by HP. The design and the console connector looks very very similar to HP's solution. I have a sneaking suspicion that the cisco blade server is manufactured by HP. The design and the console connector looks very very similar to HP’s solution.

]]> By: Ophir http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:57:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comments on: Exclusive – Cisco’s Unified Computing Platform: The Details http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:57:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Geisler http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34890 Jennifer Geisler Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:37:26 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34890 As the Manager of Network Systems Networking for Cisco I just wanted to add to the point made that "The more customers use virtualization, the more they need central management whereas the underlying servers become interchangeable building blocks." Our strategy is to bring transparency to virtualization. When data center resources are connected over an intelligent, unified network fabric, things that were previously invisible become visible. As customers scale virtualization, they begin to see its inherent complexities. Policies, Management, Security, Processes, Platform 'islands' still exist for virtual machines just as they did for physical machines, except now the level of scale has increased by another order of magnitude. In today's data center infrastructure, compute, virtualization, network -- and even communications -- resources are separate 'islands", and each island has a different perspective on virtualization. Cisco's unique value is at the intersection; only the network can bring transparency and visibility across the data center 'islands' to enable automation and dynamic provisioning across the data center infrastructure. As the Manager of Network Systems Networking for Cisco I just wanted to add to the point made that “The more customers use virtualization, the more they need central management whereas the underlying servers become interchangeable building blocks.” Our strategy is to bring transparency to virtualization. When data center resources are connected over an intelligent, unified network fabric, things that were previously invisible become visible. As customers scale virtualization, they begin to see its inherent complexities. Policies, Management, Security, Processes, Platform ‘islands’ still exist for virtual machines just as they did for physical machines, except now the level of scale has increased by another order of magnitude. In today’s data center infrastructure, compute, virtualization, network — and even communications — resources are separate ‘islands”, and each island has a different perspective on virtualization. Cisco’s unique value is at the intersection; only the network can bring transparency and visibility across the data center ‘islands’ to enable automation and dynamic provisioning across the data center infrastructure.

]]> By: Vaibhav http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34060 Vaibhav Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:33:54 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34060 I have a sneaking suspicion that the cisco blade server is manufactured by HP. The design and the console connector looks very very similar to HP's solution. I have a sneaking suspicion that the cisco blade server is manufactured by HP. The design and the console connector looks very very similar to HP’s solution.

]]> By: Ophir http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34890 Jennifer Geisler Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:37:26 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34890 As the Manager of Network Systems Networking for Cisco I just wanted to add to the point made that "The more customers use virtualization, the more they need central management whereas the underlying servers become interchangeable building blocks." Our strategy is to bring transparency to virtualization. When data center resources are connected over an intelligent, unified network fabric, things that were previously invisible become visible. As customers scale virtualization, they begin to see its inherent complexities. Policies, Management, Security, Processes, Platform 'islands' still exist for virtual machines just as they did for physical machines, except now the level of scale has increased by another order of magnitude. In today's data center infrastructure, compute, virtualization, network -- and even communications -- resources are separate 'islands", and each island has a different perspective on virtualization. Cisco's unique value is at the intersection; only the network can bring transparency and visibility across the data center 'islands' to enable automation and dynamic provisioning across the data center infrastructure. As the Manager of Network Systems Networking for Cisco I just wanted to add to the point made that “The more customers use virtualization, the more they need central management whereas the underlying servers become interchangeable building blocks.” Our strategy is to bring transparency to virtualization. When data center resources are connected over an intelligent, unified network fabric, things that were previously invisible become visible. As customers scale virtualization, they begin to see its inherent complexities. Policies, Management, Security, Processes, Platform ‘islands’ still exist for virtual machines just as they did for physical machines, except now the level of scale has increased by another order of magnitude. In today’s data center infrastructure, compute, virtualization, network — and even communications — resources are separate ‘islands”, and each island has a different perspective on virtualization. Cisco’s unique value is at the intersection; only the network can bring transparency and visibility across the data center ‘islands’ to enable automation and dynamic provisioning across the data center infrastructure.

]]> Comments on: Exclusive – Cisco’s Unified Computing Platform: The Details http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:57:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Geisler http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34890 Jennifer Geisler Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:37:26 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34890 As the Manager of Network Systems Networking for Cisco I just wanted to add to the point made that "The more customers use virtualization, the more they need central management whereas the underlying servers become interchangeable building blocks." Our strategy is to bring transparency to virtualization. When data center resources are connected over an intelligent, unified network fabric, things that were previously invisible become visible. As customers scale virtualization, they begin to see its inherent complexities. Policies, Management, Security, Processes, Platform 'islands' still exist for virtual machines just as they did for physical machines, except now the level of scale has increased by another order of magnitude. In today's data center infrastructure, compute, virtualization, network -- and even communications -- resources are separate 'islands", and each island has a different perspective on virtualization. Cisco's unique value is at the intersection; only the network can bring transparency and visibility across the data center 'islands' to enable automation and dynamic provisioning across the data center infrastructure. As the Manager of Network Systems Networking for Cisco I just wanted to add to the point made that “The more customers use virtualization, the more they need central management whereas the underlying servers become interchangeable building blocks.” Our strategy is to bring transparency to virtualization. When data center resources are connected over an intelligent, unified network fabric, things that were previously invisible become visible. As customers scale virtualization, they begin to see its inherent complexities. Policies, Management, Security, Processes, Platform ‘islands’ still exist for virtual machines just as they did for physical machines, except now the level of scale has increased by another order of magnitude. In today’s data center infrastructure, compute, virtualization, network — and even communications — resources are separate ‘islands”, and each island has a different perspective on virtualization. Cisco’s unique value is at the intersection; only the network can bring transparency and visibility across the data center ‘islands’ to enable automation and dynamic provisioning across the data center infrastructure.

]]> By: Vaibhav http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34060 Vaibhav Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:33:54 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34060 I have a sneaking suspicion that the cisco blade server is manufactured by HP. The design and the console connector looks very very similar to HP's solution. I have a sneaking suspicion that the cisco blade server is manufactured by HP. The design and the console connector looks very very similar to HP’s solution.

]]> By: Ophir http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34060 Vaibhav Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:33:54 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34060 I have a sneaking suspicion that the cisco blade server is manufactured by HP. The design and the console connector looks very very similar to HP's solution. I have a sneaking suspicion that the cisco blade server is manufactured by HP. The design and the console connector looks very very similar to HP’s solution.

]]> Comments on: Exclusive – Cisco’s Unified Computing Platform: The Details http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 22:57:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jennifer Geisler http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34890 Jennifer Geisler Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:37:26 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34890 As the Manager of Network Systems Networking for Cisco I just wanted to add to the point made that "The more customers use virtualization, the more they need central management whereas the underlying servers become interchangeable building blocks." Our strategy is to bring transparency to virtualization. When data center resources are connected over an intelligent, unified network fabric, things that were previously invisible become visible. As customers scale virtualization, they begin to see its inherent complexities. Policies, Management, Security, Processes, Platform 'islands' still exist for virtual machines just as they did for physical machines, except now the level of scale has increased by another order of magnitude. In today's data center infrastructure, compute, virtualization, network -- and even communications -- resources are separate 'islands", and each island has a different perspective on virtualization. Cisco's unique value is at the intersection; only the network can bring transparency and visibility across the data center 'islands' to enable automation and dynamic provisioning across the data center infrastructure. As the Manager of Network Systems Networking for Cisco I just wanted to add to the point made that “The more customers use virtualization, the more they need central management whereas the underlying servers become interchangeable building blocks.” Our strategy is to bring transparency to virtualization. When data center resources are connected over an intelligent, unified network fabric, things that were previously invisible become visible. As customers scale virtualization, they begin to see its inherent complexities. Policies, Management, Security, Processes, Platform ‘islands’ still exist for virtual machines just as they did for physical machines, except now the level of scale has increased by another order of magnitude. In today’s data center infrastructure, compute, virtualization, network — and even communications — resources are separate ‘islands”, and each island has a different perspective on virtualization. Cisco’s unique value is at the intersection; only the network can bring transparency and visibility across the data center ‘islands’ to enable automation and dynamic provisioning across the data center infrastructure.

]]> By: Vaibhav http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34060 Vaibhav Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:33:54 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34060 I have a sneaking suspicion that the cisco blade server is manufactured by HP. The design and the console connector looks very very similar to HP's solution. I have a sneaking suspicion that the cisco blade server is manufactured by HP. The design and the console connector looks very very similar to HP’s solution.

]]> By: Ophir http://virtualization.com/news/2009/03/16/cisco-california-servers-details/comment-page-1/#comment-34049 Ophir Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:12:30 +0000 http://virtualization.com/?p=2967#comment-34049 The technical figures seems impressive but no performance data was given. It is also not clear why an IBM\HP blase server would not have a similar SPEC ? They all have nice IO Architecture and still most people prefer not to go into the excellent Infiniband type of solutions. It looks like a big mainframe, but I'm not sure it is a software mainframe. Seems more like a dedicated hardware solution, which may not be the best path as an industry. Virtualization has freed us from the underlying hardware and clouds can set free even further. This server seems like a step in the other direction, but maybe I'm missing something. The technical figures seems impressive but no performance data was given.
It is also not clear why an IBM\HP blase server would not have a similar SPEC ?
They all have nice IO Architecture and still most people prefer not to go into the excellent Infiniband type of solutions.

It looks like a big mainframe, but I’m not sure it is a software mainframe.
Seems more like a dedicated hardware solution, which may not be the best path as an industry.
Virtualization has freed us from the underlying hardware and clouds can set free even further.
This server seems like a step in the other direction, but maybe I’m missing something.

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