Release 3.0.1 CVD The Systems Development Unit (SDU) is pleased to announce immediate availability of the Cisco VMDC Release 3.0.1 , an incremental enhancement to VMDC 3.0, which provided FabricPath based infrastructure designs for the Unified Data Center . Positioned for Private and Virtual Private Cloud deployments, VMDC 3.0.1 includes the following enhancements and additional HW validation: ASA Clustering with ASA5585 Appliances connected to Aggregation-edge via vPC. ACE-4710 vPC connectivity to Aggregation-edge VIC1280 in B-Series UCS System for VM-FEX deployment Sup2E/F2E cards in Nexus 7000 to define aggregation edge Expanded implementation guidance for the VSS DSN connected to Aggregation-edge via vPC. Sup2/F2 based Access-edge with FEX 2232 and Host vPC Design Guide and Implementation Guides are now available for download! Useful Links VMDC website VMDC 3.0.1 Design Guide (includes 3.0 and new enhancements) VMDC 3.0.1 Implementation Guide (includes 3.0 and new enhancements) VMDC 3.0.1 Implementation Guide Addendum VMDC Cloud Ready Infrastructure Kits ASA Clustering with VMDC White Paper Cloud Service Assurance Solution Cloud Orchestration CLM Solution For questions and support, email us at: ask-vmdc-external@cisco.com Johnny Tung Solution Marketing, Cisco Systems ... View more

Cisco is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Release 2.3 of the Cloud Service Assurance for VMDC (CLSA-VMDC) System, our reference architecture for Unified Data Center.  T his system provides consolidated fault & performance management with service-impact correlation on Cisco Unified DC compute, storage, virtualization and DC network components, with a single product approach.  This release is compatible with VMDC 2.2, 2.3 and 3.0 and is positioned for Enterprise, Public Sector and Service Provider c ustomers with a set of matching features and scaling capabilities. This system is implemented through a Cisco development partnership with Zenoss Inc.  It is available on Cisco GPL as a Solutions Plus product. Any orchestration solution can be complemented with the Zenoss CSA product. Highlights Validated data center assurance design for Enterprise, Public sector or Service Provider scalability Out-of-the-box support for compute, virtualization, storage, and networking services Rapid system deployment through auto-discovery and dynamic modeling of Cisco cloud infrastructure Multi-tenant capable solution DC/Cloud services awareness and tenant / user level service impact analysis Trouble resolution time reduction by integrated root cause analysis Optional integration with orchestration software CLSA has been validated on VMDC 2.2, 2.3 and 3.0 New in this release: Additional device validation:  ASA 5555, N7K SUP2, N7K F2 FC module, ACE 4710 VMDC 2.3 certification Updated Design & Implementation Guide including VMDC 2.2, 2.3 and 3.0 assurance content EMC VNX storage service impact dependency correlation The Cisco Validated Design , along with other collateral can be accessed at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns414/ns742/dz_cloudservice.html CISCO LIVE Orlando Invite your customers to Cisco Live Orlando BRKSPG-2681 Cloud Service Assurance for Virtualized Data Center and Hosted Applications breakout session and sign up for Meet the Engineer meetings to discuss DC/Cloud Assurance.  For Questions: ask-clsa-external@cisco.com Thanks Johnny Tung Systems Development Unit ... View more

Cisco Virtualized Multiservice Data Center (VMDC) is a CVD-based reference architecture for building Data Center and Cloud. It is comprised of end-to-end infrastructure made up of networking, compute, storage, virtualization, orchestration, and service assurance. Today, we are pleased to announce immediate availability of Cisco VMDC Release 2.3. This release is positioned for smaller Enterprise in Unified Data Center and Tier 2/3 Service Providers. VMDC 2.3 delivers incremental enhancements to VMDC 2.x release train, enabling lower cost and smaller footprint compared with previous releases, and provides a hierarchical network design in the Data Center using STP and vPC technologies.  This Nexus 7004 platform design enables similar functionality, such as multi-tenancy and security – in-line with the earlier VMDC 2.x designs – but at a smaller scale and cost.  In addition, the system release provides an alternative design using Nexus 5000 platform, which again enables similar functionality with an even smaller physical footprint. The highlights of this release include: Optimized design for higher tenancy scale, with lower cost and footprint Scales up to 500 tenants and 6000 VM per Pod, 2000 tenants and 24000 VMs per DC Collapsed Core/Aggregation layer with Nexus 7004 and F2 line-cards ASA & ACE appliances connecting directly to Nexus 7004 Aggregation layer ASR 1006 as DC WAN/PE device Optimized Gold, Silver, Bronze tenancy models to achieve higher tenancy scale New Copper tenancy mode with Internet-based Cloud access - suitable for SMB customers Validated with FlexPod-aligned topology, but works with any integrated compute stack ============================================================================================================ Additionally ..... based on partner feedback, we want to helping you build Build Cloud Infrastructure In parallel with the release of VMDC 2.3, we are introducing Cloud Ready Infrastructure (CRI) Kits , which provide pre-defined VMDC platform configurations in order to significantly simplify the ordering process. Small, Medium, and Large CCW configurations are available and supported by the Sales Acceleration Center: sac-support@cisco.com The CVD documents and other collaterals can be found at: VMDC website: http://www.cisco.com/go/vmdc VMDC 2.3 Design Guide: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/VMDC/2.3/design_guide/VMDC_2.3_DG.html VMDC 2.3 Implementation Guide: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/VMDC/2.3/implementation_guide/VMDC_2.3_IG.html VMDC Cloud Ready Infrastructure Kits: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/Data_Center/VMDC/CRI/VMDC_CRI_Kits.html Partner email aliases:   ask-vmdc-external@cisco.com Cloud Service Assurance: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns414/ns742/dz_cloudservice.html Cloud Orchestration CLM: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/ns340/ns414/ns742/cloud_orchestration_bmc_clm.html Thanks. Johnny Tung ... View more