Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches

A More Scalable and Flexible Data Center

Build a flexible, scalable framework for your new data center network with Cisco Nexus Switches.

The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series is a modular data center-class switching system designed for 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks. The Cisco Nexus architecture scales beyond 15 terabits per second, with future availability of 40Gb and 100 Gb Ethernet and unified fabric I/O modules. This new platform is designed for exceptional scalability, continuous systems operation, and transport flexibility.

The Cisco Nexus 7000 Platform is powered by Cisco NX-OS, a state-of-the-art operating system. The Cisco Nexus 7000 Series is purpose-built for the data center and has many unique features and capabilities designed specifically for the most mission-critical place in the network, the data center.

Virtualisation gets a leg up

OPEN-SOURCE solutions provider Red Hat recently announced its Integrated Virtualisation Inside campaign that aims to encourage the use of virtualisation technology among open-source software users.

The company said virtualisation will become more mainstream as enterprises look for ways to boost productivity and performance of its IT infrastructures.

“The problem with most applications is that they run on specific operating systems and are hardcoded into the hardware making it difficult to deploy,” said Red Hat Asia Pacific Pte Ltd general manager for Asean, Teong Eng Guan.

“Virtualisation will allow enterprises to run their applications on multiple operating systems while enabling them to run on virtual servers.

“So instead of running one application per server, enterprises can save on electricity and real estate by running them on one server,” he said.

Red Hat’s virtualisation capability is integrated into its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 operating system.

Red Hat virtualisation will run on most desktop and server platforms including Intel Xeon and Itanium, AMD Opteron and IBM Power systems, Teong said

Source: The Star (Malaysia)

Malaysian Government should support an open source solution for future implementation.

Juniper offers new switches

NETWORKING equipment vendor Juniper Networks Malaysia has unveiled its EX series of enterprise-class Ethernet switches – the EX 3200, 4200 and 8200.

Juniper believes the new series will allow it to compete more effectively in the crowded enterprise networking segment of the market.

“Enterprises are demanding more than what has been offered by traditional switching vendors,” said Juniper Networks Malaysia country manager Wan Ahmad Kamal. “They want performance, reliability and simplicity in a switching solution.”

He said the problem in a typical networking environment is that it is highly complex, thanks to different versions of software running on various brands of equipment.

This, he said, makes it difficult to manage and upgrade networks.

Juniper’s solution to the problem is its Junos software, which is included in the EX series. It is a single-source network operating system that simplifies operations and integrates business applications across the network, the company said.

“Aside from wanting simplicity in a network, enterprises are getting increasingly concerned about system security,” Wan Ahmad added. “The new switches will fully integrate with Juniper’s Unified Access Control solution, which allows administrators to enforce access control and security down to individual ports and users.”

The EX 3200 and EX 4200 switches will be available from next month while the EX 8200 will only be available in the second half of the year. No local pricing has been announced yet.