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Expand Your Data Search and Analysis Capability Across a Hybrid Cloud
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Because Cisco Intercloud Fabric for
Business provides a unified system
based on a single data center fabric,
your applications typically don’t know
where the on-premises system
ends and the public cloud system
begins. Unlike solutions that require
components to be managed separately,
Cisco Intercloud Fabric Director gives
you a single point of management and
control for your virtual workloads across
multiple private and public clouds.
Cisco Intercloud Fabric Director
serves as the end-user and IT portal
for the provisioning and management
of your public cloud extension. This
single console provides visibility into
virtual machines in private clouds,
complete lifecycle management
for virtual machines running in
public clouds, and management of
cloud network services (Figure 1).
Open APIs support integration with
third-party management tools.
Cisco Intercloud Fabric Secure Cloud
Extension provides a secure Layer 2
extension from your enterprise data
center to the cloud. It includes Cisco
Intercloud Fabric Extender virtual
machines placed on the private cloud
and Cisco Intercloud Fabric Switch
virtual machines placed on the public
cloud to provide secure connectivity
using the standard datagram transport
layer security mechanism.
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure
Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure
solutions accelerate IT operations
and create the modern technology
foundation you need for your big data
and cloud initiatives. The solutions
are based on Cisco UCS, a next-
generation data center platform that
unites computing, network, storage
access, and virtualization into a
cohesive system. Many technical
innovations support Cisco’s unified
computing vision, including just-
in-time provisioning with service
profiles, a unified fabric and VN-Link
virtualization support, Cisco Extended
Memory Technology, performance and
energy efficiency improvements, and
embedded management capabilities.
Table 1. Cisco Solution Components and Benefits
Cisco Intercloud Fabric Cisco UCS
• Freedom to place workloads across
heterogeneous clouds with unied
workload management
• Bidirectional workload mobility across
clouds
• Choice of hypervisor and public cloud
providers
• Centralized visibility across private and
public cloud environments
• Consistent operational model with
common network and security policies
across private and public clouds
• Cohesive system that unites computing,
networking, storage access, and
virtualization resources
• Increased business agility
• Dramatic reduction in TCO
• Simplied management and provisioning
processes
• Massive scalability
Figure 1. Cisco Intercloud Fabric Provides One Window to Manage Virtual Machines That
Reside in Private and Public Clouds