Chapter 14. Data Center 3.0 Architecture: Nexus Platform Feature and Performance Test Plan

Today’s enterprise architects are finding it necessary to take on new schools of thought to meet current expectations for growth, availability, operational efficiency, and security in their data centers. Stringent demands for uptime and serviceability, coupled with rapidly evolving technology and new products, present new challenges for the network architecture. Organizations in virtually every market are increasingly dependent on highly available business applications, fueling the installation of more and more servers in the data center, and even the activation of secondary data centers to ensure business continuity during disasters.1 Power, cooling, and ...

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