Simplify Data Center Operations

Cisco extends value and reduces total ownership costs by providing secure, resilient, and manageable blade switch solutions. Blade Server Enclosures and Blade Switches show their value in data centers by:

• Reducing cable complexity
• Using space more efficiently
• Improving security and management at the server edge
• Providing higher availability and resilience

Cisco brings the value of advanced Cisco IOS Software features, security, enhanced management, and end-to-end network resiliency to data center environments.

The Cisco Blade Switches for FSC:

• Extends Cisco infrastructure services to the server edge
• Uses existing network investments to help reduce operating expenses
• Ensures consistency across the network for advanced services such as security and resilience
• Uses the end-to-end Cisco management framework to simplify ongoing operations