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NETWORK SOLUTIONNetApp allowed full Multihop FCoE, FC, and Ethernet access to storage controllers running clustered Data ONTAP using existing Cisco Nexus Series Switches and Cisco UCS Blade Servers

Having Cisco Unified Fabric means an integrated model

that supports FCoE from the UCS Blade Servers

through the Nexus Series Switches all the say to

NetApp storage controllers.

Chris Travis, Systems Architect andAdministrator, Engineering Shared

Infrastructure Services (ESIS), NetApp

• Supporting need for Multihop FCoE, FC, and Ethernet access

• Adding new functionality

• Maintaining best practices

• Saved US$300,000 in hardware costs

• Saved more than US$80,000 in implementation costs

• Saved 1/3 or an FTE’s time due to streamlined administration

• Need for innovation • Rapid provisioning

• Rich functionality and flexibility

• End-to-end integration

• Superior management capabilities

• Cisco Nexus Series Switches

• Cisco UCS Blade and Rack-Mount Servers

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