Chapter 8. Unified Fabric
This chapter covers the following topics:
• Nexus 5x00 Unified Fabric configuration
• Nexus 7000 Unified Fabric configuration
• Cisco MDS Unified Fabric configuration
The Nexus family of switches represents a revolutionary approach to I/O within the data center referred to as Unified Fabric.
Unified Fabric Overview
One of the biggest trends in data centers today is consolidation, which can mean many different things. In some cases, consolidation refers to a physical consolidation of data centers where dozens or even hundreds of data centers are geographically dispersed and consolidated into a smaller number of large data centers. Consolidation can also exist within a ...
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