Cisco Systems OL-11568-01 manual Cisco Data Center Technologies and DG Status

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What is Included in this DG Release?

Table 1

Cisco Data Center Technologies and DG Status (Continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environmental

Designing for proper cabling,

 

No

 

 

cooling/airflow, and power

 

 

 

 

configurations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network Management

Using the NAM, CVDM,

 

No

 

 

CiscoWorks, Netflow, or other

 

 

 

 

management/configuration tools

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geographically dispersed clustering

Designing in support of extending

 

No

(also known as stretch clusters)

Layer 2 domains to support HA

 

 

 

 

clustering across metro or wide area

 

 

 

 

networks

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU protection from STP loop

Design best practices in limiting the

 

Yes

conditions

 

impact of failures related to spanning

 

 

 

 

tree loop conditions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spanning tree—Using 802.1w

Designing scalable spanning tree

 

Yes

Rapid PVST+ and 802.1s MST

domains using 802.1w and 802.1s

 

 

 

 

and related features

 

 

 

 

 

 

Layer 2 access design

Designs using L2 looped and

 

Yes

 

 

loop-free access layer topologies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Layer 3 access design

Designs using L3 access layer

 

No

 

 

topologies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service layer switch design

How to move service modules out of

 

Yes

 

 

the aggregation layer and into a

 

 

 

 

separate service switch chassis for

 

 

 

 

CSM and SSL modules

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributed Forwarding Card

Where to use DFC3 daughter cards to

Covered in multi-tier and server

Yes

placement and benefits

improve distributed switching

cluster architecture chapters

 

 

 

performance in the data center

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enterprise campus segmentation

The need to isolate/segment multiple

This is covered outside of this

No

 

 

logical network environments on the

DG document.

 

 

 

same physical network for

 

 

 

 

administration, security, or other

 

 

 

 

purposes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use of NSF/SSO for high

Where to use redundant supervisors

 

Yes

availability in the data center

in the data center architecture, and

 

 

 

 

designing to support required

 

 

 

 

failover times

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2 lists the technologies used in the data center infrastructure design documented in the previous v1.1. Note that version 2.1 builds on the v1.1 and v 2.0 design recommendations and it is not intended to be a replacement.

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