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What is Included in this DG Release?

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Cisco Data Center Technologies and DG Status (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Application Control Engine (ACE)

The ACE module introduces a next

 

No

 

 

generation load balancer and security

 

 

 

 

services module that permits higher

 

 

 

 

performance and active-active

 

 

 

 

designs. The ACE module is not an

 

 

 

 

available product at the time of this

 

 

 

 

writing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firewall Services Module (FWSM)

Release 3.1 of the FWSM software

 

No

Release 3.1

 

introduces several new capabilities

 

 

 

 

including Private VLAN support and

 

 

 

 

active-standby context groups, which

 

 

 

 

permit load balancing of contexts

 

 

 

 

across an FWSM redundant pair.

 

 

 

 

Release 3.1 is not available at the

 

 

 

 

time of this writing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data center security

 

See the data center security DG

No

 

 

 

at the following URL:

 

 

 

 

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/net

 

 

 

 

sol/ns656/networking_solutions

 

 

 

 

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chor3

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco CatOS-IOS hybrid

Hybrid CatOS-IOS software in the

This DG is based on the Cisco

No

 

 

Cisco Catalyst 6500 platform

Native IOS solutions only in the

 

 

 

 

Cisco Catalyst 6500 and

 

 

 

 

4948-10GE-based products.

 

 

 

 

 

Pervasive 10GE

This design guide focuses on the use

 

Yes

 

 

of 10GE technology as a primary

 

 

 

 

technology used in access layer

 

 

 

 

uplinks, aggregation, and core

 

 

 

 

connections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Server fabric switching—

Designing for HPC or database

 

No

Infiniband

 

clusters using Infiniband technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service module integration (for

Integration of service modules and

Service modules are examined

No

example, FWSM, IDS, CSM, NAM,

appliances into the data center

for interoperability and

 

and SSLSM)

infrastructure

placement guidelines. Detailed

 

 

 

 

design and configuration guides

 

 

 

 

can be found at the following

 

 

 

 

URL:

 

 

 

 

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/net

 

 

 

 

sol/ns656/networking_solutions

 

 

 

 

_design_guidances_list.html#an

 

 

 

 

chor3

 

 

 

 

 

1RU access layer design

Using 1RU switches in the access

Testing is focused on the Cisco

Yes

 

 

layer design best practices

Catalyst 4948-10GE 1RU

 

 

 

 

switch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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