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Just Switch It: Data Center Network Evolution Migration from Catalyst and 1st Gen Nexus to latest Nexus Switches in Data Center

Gabriel R. Guillen

gaguille@cisco.com

July 2014

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• Why Upgrade and Why Now

For Customers

For Partners

• Refresh Opportunity

• Program Highlights

Offers Highlights / New Offers

• Call for Action – Next Steps

• Resources

• Additional Details

Detailed Services

Life Cycle Dates

Updated from

March 21, 2014

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Catalyst Family

Campus Data Center

Nexus Family

Nexus 9000

Nexus 7000

Nexus 5000 Cisco Nexus 3000

Nexus 1000V / AVS

Nexus 2000

Nexus 6000

Catalyst 4500E

w/ Sup 8-E

Catalyst

3850

Catalyst

3650

Catalyst 2960-X/XR Catalyst 6880

Catalyst 4500 E

Catalyst 6807-

XL

Catalyst 6500 E

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NETWORK AT THE CENTER

TECHNOLOGY TRANSITIONS

Mobile MOBILE CLOUD NEW BREED

OF APPS DATA &

ANALYTICS INTERNET OF

THINGS

BUSINESS IMPLICATIONS

Mobile GROWTH &

PRODUCTIVITY

NEW BUSINESS

MODELS

EXPERIENCE

EXPECTATIONS GLOBALIZATION

SECURITY &

COMPLIANCE

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• Modernized Data Center Industry Leading High Density 10/40/100GE

Performance, Scale, and Non-Stop Operation

LAN/SAN Convergence Innovation

Unprecedented Environmental Efficiencies

Architecture Flexibility for Diverse Data Center Demands

• Operational Consistency Catalyst 6500 ASIC Heritage Mature Software Features and Enhancements Strong L2/L3 Switching Foundation IOS-like CLI with Enhanced Operational Management

• Operational Simplification Rich One Stop Management with DCNM 7.0 Next Generation Data Center Monitoring Analytics Open Programmability, Automation and Orchestration for Physical, Virtual and Cloud Technologies

Proven Data Center Innovation

Nexus 7000/7700

Nexus 6000

Nexus 2000

Nexus 5500/5600

Nexus 3000

55K+ NX-OS customers 17K+ FEX customers 45,000+ Modular Chassis 3K+ Fabric Path customers

Proven Data Center Innovation

500K+ Fixed Chassis

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Cisco Nexus 5000

Cisco Nexus 7000/7700

Cisco Nexus 3000

Cisco Nexus 2000

Cisco Nexus 5600 Cisco Nexus 9000

APIC* AVS* ACI

Cisco Nexus 3100

Cisco Nexus 6000

Cisco Nexus 1000V

OPEN

APIs/ Open Source/ Application Policy Model

HIGH PERFORMANCE FABRIC

1/10/40/100 GE

SCALABLE SECURE SEGMENTATION

VXLAN

Ecosystem*

DELIVERING TO YOUR DATA CENTER NEEDS

Resilient, Scalable Fabric

Workload Mobility Within/ Across DCs

LAN/SAN Convergence

Operational Efficiency—P-V-C

Architectural Flexibility

Cisco Nexus 7706

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Nexus Portfolio Recommendations Based on Deployment Use-Cases, Investment Protection

Enterprise Apps (MSFT, ORCL, SAP)

Private/Hybrid Cloud and XaaS

Access/Leaf Aggregation

/Spine Core/Backbone

Nexus 2K, 9K Nexus 2K, 5K - 7K

Big Data

High Frequency Trading

LAN / SAN Convergence

Web 2.0 / MSDC

BC / DR and DCI

Nexus 9K Nexus 6K / 7K

Nexus 7K Nexus 9K

Nexus 7K Nexus 7K

Nexus 9K

Nexus 6K Nexus 9K

Nexus 6K / 7K

Nexus 9K Nexus 6K / 7K

Nexus 9K

Nexus 3500 Nexus 3K, 9K

Nexus 2K, 5K - 7K

Nexus 3K Nexus 9K

Primary Alternate KEY:

Recommendations subject to whether project is greenfield or brownfield, and timing wrt qualified existing standards.

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DC IP Traffic Surge

Global data center IP traffic

will nearly quadruple over

the next 5 years

Cloud IP Traffic Surge

Global cloud IP traffic will

increase six-fold over the

next 5 years

DC Traffic East-West

Within data center 76%

Workloads on Servers

Nearly 2/3 will be processed

in the cloud by 2016

Mobile Device

& Apps Surge

3x More Devices / IoT

77 Billion Apps downloads in 2014

Distributed, Database

& Enterprise Apps

80% of enterprise Apps delivered

as a service today

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Simplify Management

and Operations

Deliver

Scale/Performance

for the Cloud &

Beyond

Align with

Apps Requirements

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Need to Upgrade Old Datacenter Switches

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For The Cloud & Beyond

Multi DC & Cloud

Prepare for the Cloud

Physical & Virtual Networking

Scale in Support of

Virtualization

Enterprise Apps & Big Data

Meet Enterprise Apps &

Big Data Demands

Up to 83 Tbps Switching Capacity

Up to 1536 10G, 384 40G or 192 100G

200ns Latency 100K+ 10G Fabric ports

DCI Innovations

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Regardless of Architectural Preference

Simpler Way

to Scale Flexible

Nexus

Deployments

Lower Costs

& Footprint

$

Fabric Based

Architectures

Broad Portfolio Options

FEX Technology

Dynamic Fabric Automation (DFA)

10/40 G FCoE, Unified Ports

DCI Innovations

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Leveraging Built-in Intelligent Capabilities

Most Extensible Controller Arch.

Open APIs Open

Ecosystem Investment Protection

Nexus 9500

Nexus 9300 & 9500

APIC

Create the Foundation for an

Application Centric Infrastructure

Bringing your Network Closer to Applications

Hardware + Software Physical + Virtual Network + Compute

Apps

Multi-layer API

Programmatic

APIs

Virtual

Overlays

Virtual Overlay

Apps

SDN

DEVICE DEVICE DEVICE

Controller

Apps

Controlle

rs and

Agents

Open, Programmable Networking

Supporting SDN and More

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4 Key Reasons for Customers

New and Compelling Offers Available Now, But Not

Forever!

Ensuring the right capabilities are

built-in to address data center

requirements

Fully Depreciated EoL/EoS

chassis. Not designed to

support current, diverse

demands

Transform your data center into a

competitive differentiator

for your business

Speed of Change

Stakes are High

Trends are

Happening Now

EoS/LDoS &

Asset Depreciation

Be Proactive

Transform Your Business

Customers that have installed

Nexus to meet these DC trends

experience proven lower TCO

C

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3 Key Reasons for Partners : Profitability, Better Profitability, Maximize Profitability

Large Install Base

Ready for Refresh

Catalyst, Nexus & Competitive

If We Don’t,

Competitors Will

Expanded

Aggressive &

Simplified Offers

Virtualization, Cloud, Apps Agility,

Simplicity of Network

are Top of Mind

First Mover Advantage

Refreshed Highly Differentiated Cisco Portfolio

Limited Time Offers to

Maximize Partner Profitability

Better Account Control Align with Customer Trends

Architecture Based Selling

Highly Differentiated Portfolio

P

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$2 Billion Nexus Advantage Technology Refresh in FY14

$1.6 Billion Catalyst 6500 Install Base LDoS in FY13-15

$1.2 Billion Catalyst 6500/5000/4900 Install Base EoS in FY13-15

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Catalyst 2K, 3K & Competitors Campus Fixed Access Install Base

Catalyst 3850, 3650, 2960-X

Catalyst 4K Non-E & Competitors Campus Modular Access Install Base

Catalyst 4500E with Sup 8-E or 7L-E

Catalyst 6K Non-E & Competitors Campus Backbone Install Base

Catalyst 6800, 6500E with Sup 2T

802.11 a/b/g Access Point Install Base

802.11ac/n Access Points

Catalyst 6K, 5K, 4K Data Center Install Base

Entire Nexus Portfolio

WiSM, 4400, 2100

MSE 3310 & 3350 Wireless Controller Install Base

WiSM-2, 5760, C3850, Flex 7500

MSE 3355

NEW Products OLD Products

For Catalyst / Wireless Controller Details, refer to EN JSI Deck

Nexus 1st Gen Data Center Install Base

Latest Nexus 2nd Generation

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Trade From

Current Switching

Trade To

Nexus in Datacenter

C6000, C5000 Nexus 7000, Nexus 7700, Nexus 6000, Nexus 5000,

Nexus 2000, Nexus 9500

C4900 Nexus 3000, Nexus 3500,Nexus 6000, Nexus 5000,

Nexus 2000, Nexus 9300

Trade to credit “Drive” 12%

Competitive Trade-From is eligible for up to 18% discount

Technical Support at 10% Discount

http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/switch-it.html

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Partner

Creates trade-in quote

in CCW

(lists trade-in PIDs

& trade-to purchase PIDs)

Cisco AM

creates trade-in quote

in SFDC

(lists trade-in PIDs including dummy $0 Services SKU

& trade-to purchase PIDs including TS SKUs)

Partner

Selects buy method

& Submits quote

Cisco (C)AM

Reviews & Approves

Partner

Submits order in CCW

or through selected Disti

(based on buy method)

TMP calculator determines trade-in credit

value for entire quote

Cisco AM places order

for

end-customer

Cisco AM

Passes trade-in to

Partner in CCW

OR

OR

http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/downloads/partner/WWChannels/sales_marketing_re

sources/ctmp/quick_quote.pptx

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HIGHEST FEATURE SCALABILITY

• Reduce risk of network outages and Increase resiliency

• Deliver Flexibility and Cost efficiencies with FEX, FCoE and Fabric support

• Reduce Number of physical management touch point by virtualizing hardware

CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

• Enhance system Performance and Resiliency via Granular Memory and CPU Allocation

• Greater System Virtualization and consolidation with up to 8 + 1 Virtual Device Context

• Support for Cisco-designed ASIC SoC (F3 based flexible packet engine for public and private clouds)

• Meet Government Compliance

Why Migrate

to

Sup2/Sup2e

Supervisor 2

Supervisor 1

Main Technical

Benefits

• Additional CPU/Mem , 4+1 Admin VDC, VDC CPU Shares, FIPS 140-3 ,FCoE for F2/F2e/F3-Series

• For Sup2e: up to 48 FEX/2048 ports and 8+1 Admin VDC

EoS

Aug

2014 Supervisor 2e

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BANDWIDTH SCALE WITHOUT COMPROMISE

• Optimize Data Center Scale and Performance

• Reduce Number of Switches and optimize power consumption

• Reduce risk of network outages with Multilevel redundancy

• Enhance resiliency through greater network uptime during operations

CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

• Non-Blocking 10GE, 40GE and 100 GE port Density

• Continuous uptime with non-disruptive addition and removal of fabric modules

• Deterministic latency and throughput with superframing and frame segmentation

• Optimal System Forwarding with Multistage, arbitrated and QoS-aware crossbar fabric

Why Migrate

to

Sup2/Sup2e

Fabric 2

Fabric 1

Main Technical

Benefits

• Upgrading from 230Gbps (max) to 550Gbps (max) per slot - Ready for 40 and 100 GE Dense Modules

• In-Service Migration- Zero Packet Loss when removing Fabric Cards - Supports existing modules

EoS

Aug

2014

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Up to $6000 savings

Second Generation Modules First Generation Modules

Nexus 7000 Supervisor 1 Nexus 7000 Supervisor 2/2e

Highest Feature Scalability

Enhanced Resourced Allocation

Broadest support for Next Gen Innovation

Nexus 7000 Fabric 1 Nexus 7000 Fabric 2 1.4X Performance Gain

Scale Wire Rate 10/40/100GE Density

Expanded Memory for better performance

P

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Eligible Modules

P

Migration Program Old Credit Credit Uplift New CTMP Credit

N7K-SUP1 to N7K-SUP2 $2,500 50% $3,750

N7K-SUP1 N7K-SUP2E $2,500 140% $6,000

N7K-C7010-FAB-1 to

N7K-C7010-FAB-2

N7K-C7018-FAB-1 to

N7K-C7018-FAB-2

$600 200% $1,800

$600 200% $1,800

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New! Nexus Accelerate Bundles –10GE,

40GE & Fabric Bundles Save up to 45%

Offer Value

Deliver infrastructure Scale, Flexibility and consolidation

40GE BiDi and realize cost effective transition to 40GE

New! Nexus Advantage – Nexus to Nexus

Technology Refresh Save up to 12% via TMP

Transition to Next Generation Technology and

deliver scale, performance, environmental

efficiencies

Global April Nexus Advanced New Account

Breakaway Up to 65%

Partner Program to protect your gross margins

Must be Net New Nexus and partner hunted

and partner led

TBD Nexus SeedIT – First Time Nexus

Product Buyers Our Best Net Pricing

Partner Program to introduce customers to newest

Nexus products with lowest cost of entry

P

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Up to 65%

• Compelling incentive for selling Cisco Nexus DC Infrastructure into Net New Accounts

• Provide a powerful competitive sales program to capture market share

• Leverage a well-established programmatic platform

• Must be partner-hunted opportunity in a New Nexus Account

Drive New Account Acquisition

Eligible products includes Nexus 9K-1K

All registered partners are Eligible

Deal Registration: CCW

• Stackable with TMP

• New Promo Bundles Eligible (with the exception StartKit)

• Please access FAQ for more details:

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Our Best Net Pricing

• Offer customers the ability to gracefully migrate with lowest cost of entry

• Simplify ordering by providing Single SKU Preconfigured Bundles for

Core/Aggregation, Unified Fabric, End of Row and Commercial Deployments

• Offer partners the ability to introduce and deliver Next Gen architectures and

services

Accelerate New Product Adaption

Single SKU preconfigured Bundles: Nexus 9500, 9300, 7009, 7706, 5672UP and 56128P

All registered partners are Eligible

Deal Registration: CCW

• Not Stackable

• Please access FAQ for more details:

P

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Our Best Net Pricing

Nexus Modular SeedIT Bundle

N77-C7706-SD-P1 1 Nexus 7706, 2-Sup2E, 3-Fabric 2, 4 Power Supplies, 2-N77-F348XP-23, and N77-SBUN-P2

N7K-C7009-SD-P1 1 Nexus 7009. 2-Sup2, 3-Fabrics, 2 Power Supplies, 2-N7K-M224XP-23L and N7K-SBUN-P1

Nexus Fixed Seed IT Bundles

N5K-C5672UP-B-LAB 1 Nexus 5672UP with Optics (SBUN)

N5K-C56128P-B-LAB 1 Nexus 56128P with Optics (SBUN)

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Our Best Net Pricing

Mini Fabric

N9K-C95C93-B18Q

96p 1/10G SFP+ access, 72p 40G QSFP+ L3 aggregation 2 N9508-B2 + 2 X9636QP + 2 L3 + 2 N9396PX +

8 BiDi QSFP+

End of Row Access

N9K-C9508-B18Q

96p 1/10GT & 8p 40G uplinks 1 N9508-B1 + 2 X9564TX + 8 BiDi QSFP+

Commercial Bundle 2

N9K-C93128TX-B18Q

192p 1/10G-T & 16p 40G uplinks

2 N93128TX + 8 BiDi QSFP+

Commercial Bundle 1

N9K-C9396PX-B18Q

96p 1/10G SFP+ & 24p 40G uplinks

2 N9396PX + 8 BiDi QSFP+

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Up to 45% Saving

Accelerate 1-10G Bundle - up to 18% Savings

N5672UP-4FEX-10 N5672UP with 4 Nexus 2232PP

N5672UP-2FEX-10G N5672UP with 2 Nexus 2248PQ

Nexus Fabric Bundle – up to 45% Saving

N7K-C7009-N5672-P1 2 x Nexus 7009, 1 Sup 2, 5 Fab2, 1 N7K-F312FQ-25, 3 Power Supplies, (SBUN) each and 2 x Nexus 5672UP (SBUN) + 10BiDi

N77-C7710-N5672-P1 2 x Nexus 7710 with 1 Sup2E, 5 Fab2, 1 N77-F324FQ-25 , 3 Power Supplies, (SBUN) each, + 2 x Nexus 5672UP (SBUN) + 10 Bidi

Accelerate 10-40 GE 15% Savings

N7K-F3-4N2248-P1 Nexus 7000 F3 40GE Module plus 4-2248PQ (FET)

N77-F3-4N2248-P1 Nexus 7700 F3 40GE Module plus 4-2248PQ (FET)

Eligible for TIP, OIP, SIP and New Account Breakaway

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Up to 50% savings

JSI SBUN Software Nexus 7000 and Nexus 7700

Nexus 7K

Software Bundles up 50% Disc when purchased with

Nexus 7000/7700 Bundles

N7K-SBUN-P2T2 = $25K

N7K-C7004-5LB-P2T2 = $18K

N77-SBUN-P2T2 = $25K

Eligibility:

• Must be identified as Just Switch It Opportunity

• Certificate of Destruction

• Must be Cat to Nexus 7K Upgrade or First Time Buyer

• N77 bundle will be NPH

• Eligible for VIP, TIP, OIP, SIP

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HIGH PERFORMANCE LAYER 3 DATA CENTER AGGREGATION AND CORE

• Access greater performance to support workloads proliferations

• Meet Government Security and Monitoring Compliance Requirements

• Increase Multicast Scale for Video Surveillance, Distance Learning, Multimedia and Data Cast demands

CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

• Boost existing 10GE core infrastructure performance or migrate to 40GE/100GE

• Deliver on Data Confidentiality and Data Integrity requirements

• Access Enhanced network Visibility and Analytics

• Operate Multicast Performance at Scale for demanding Applications

Why Migrate

to M2

24-Port

10GE line rate

2-Port line rate

40/100GE

6-Port

40GE line rate

8-Port

10GE line rate

32-Port

10GE

Main Technical

Benefits

• 3X Performance Gain, 10G/40G/100G, PTP IEEE 1588 and deeper Buffers egress/ingress

• Cisco TrustSec, SGT & SGACL’s and 802.1AE MacSec and Full & Sampled NetFlow

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HIGH PERFORMANCE HIGH DENSITY ACCESS AND AGGREGATION

• Grow activities while Reducing data center resources, including support, space, power, and cooling

• Need for Low latency, shortest path, non-blocking design

• Reduce costs and minimize risks by consolidating and virtualizing legacy data centers

CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

• Evolve to 1/10GE Line Rate L2 and native L3

• Increase 10GE density and evolve connectivity from 10GE to 40GE

• Optimize Infrastructure with Flatter, Flexible scale for ‘n’ way load sharing designs

• Deploy Converged LAN/SAN and FEX Support

• Operate Programmability , Simplified Management and Environmental efficiencies

Why Migrate

to F2e/F3

48-Port Fiber

10GE line rate

12-Port line rate

40GE

32-Port Fiber

10GE

Main Technical

Benefits

• 50% Performance Gain, 10G/40G, PTP IEEE 1588, FEX Support with FCoE

• 802.1AE MacSec and Sampled NetFlow

EoS

Aug

2014

48-Port Copper

10GE line rate

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Up 12% TMP Trade-To Credit

Second Generation Modules First Generation Modules

Nexus 7000 M1-Series Nexus M2-Series

3X Performance Gain

10/40/100GE IO Modules

3X VoQ Buffers per card

TrustSec and Wire-speed 802.1AE MACSEC

3X SPAN/ERSPAN Gain

Nexus 7000 F1-Series Nexus F2e - Series 50% Performance Gain

Highest Wire Rate L2/L3 1/10GE Density

IEEE 1588 Time Stamp

Sampled Netflow

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Trade From Trade To

Gen 1 Modules Gen 2 recommendation

N7K-M108X2-12L,N7K-M132XP-12,N7K-M132XP-12L,

N7K-M148GS-11, N7K-M148GS-11L,

N7K-M148GT-11, N7K-M148GT-11L N7K-F248XT-25E

N7K-F132XP-15, N7K-FCOE-F1-BUN, N7K-FCOEF248XP N7K-F248XT-25E, N7K-FCOEF248XP

N7K-C7010-FAB-1 N7K-C7010-FAB-2

N7K-C7018-FAB-1 NA N7K-C7018-FAB-2

Nexus 7000 Sup1

Module N7K-Sup1 NA N7K-Sup2, N7K-Sup2e

Nexus 7000

IO LineCards

N7K-M224XP-23L, N7K-M206FQ-23L,

Nexus 7000 Series

Fab 1

Recommendation Consideration

M-Series Feature Required: MPLS, VPLS, Full Netflow

No M-Series Feature Set need. L2/L3, 1/10 port density

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INDUSTRY’S MOST FLEXIBLE AND FEATURE RICH PORTFOLIO

• Host transition from connectivity from 1 to 10GE

• Need for feature rich scalable L2/L3 solutions at Access and Aggregation

• Application sensitivity requires lower latency solutions

• Converged LAN/SAN minimize number of disparate devices

• Need for programmability and fabric flexibility

CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

• Optimized performance Line rate 1/10GE L2/L3 with all ports and all frame sized

• Support for Low Latency applications - 1-microsecond port-to-port latency with all frame sizes

• Integrated FC 2/4/8G

• Eliminate North Over Subscription with 40GE QSFP+

• Introduce programmability for simplified Management and automation

Why Migrate

to Nexus

5600

5672UP

5000

Main Technical

Benefits

• Integrated Line-Rate L2/L3, Flexible 2/4/8 FC with Unified Ports, 25-MB buffer per port ASIC, 256K MAC entries

• 31 Bidir’l SPAN sessions (16 at FCS), Programmability, Visibility, Fabric and FEX Flexibility, 6-8 True 40G ports,

EoS

Aug

2014

56128p

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INDUSTRY’S MOST FLEXIBLE AND FEATURE RICH PORTFOLIO

• Host transition from connectivity from 1 to 10GE

• Need for feature rich scalable L2/L3 solutions at Access and Aggregation

• Application sensitivity requires lower latency solutions

• Need for programmability and fabric flexibility

• Must Scale North Bound bandwidth

CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

• Integrated Line Rate L2/L3 performance for Access and Aggregation

• Provide low latency solution 1-microsecond port-to-port latency with all frame sizes

• Eliminate North Over Subscription with 40GE QSFP+

• Introduce programmability for simplified Management and automation

Why Migrate

to Nexus

6001

6001

5000

Main Technical

Benefits

• Integrated Line-Rate L2/L3, 25-MB buffer per port ASIC, 256K MAC entries, 128K (v4) or 64K (v6)

• 31, 16 can be ERSPAN, Programmability, Visibility, Fabric and FEX Flexibility, 4 True 40G ports,

EoS

Aug

2014

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Up to 12% TMP Trade-To Credits

Second and Third Generation First Generation

Nexus 5010 & Nexus 5020 Nexus 5672UP

Integrated Line-Rate L2/L3

Server Access: 1G Primarily, Going to 10G

Flexible 2/4/8 FC with Unified Ports

Programmability, Visibility, Fabric and FEX Flexibility

6 True 40G ports

Nexus 5548P & Nexus5548UP

Nexus 5596UP Nexus 56128P

Integrated Line-Rate L2/L3

Server Access: 1G Primarily, Going to 10G

Flexible 2/4/8 FC with Unified Ports

Programmability, Visibility, Fabric and FEX Flexibility

8 True 40G ports

Nexus 5596T Nexus 6001T

Server Access: 1G Primarily, Going to 10G

Programmability, Visibility, Fabric and FEX Flexibility

4 True 40G ports

Nexus 2148T Nexus 2248TP-E

1000/100Mbps support

Port Channel, ACL Classification, Policing on FEX Host Interface

Expended Memory for better performance

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Trade From Trade To

Gen 1 Chassis Gen 3 Chassis

Nexus 5010/5020 N5K-C5010, N5K-C5020 N5K-C5672UP

Nexus 5548P/UP N5K-C5548P, N5K-C5548UP N5K-C5672UP

Nexus 5596UP N5K-C5596UP N5K-56128P

Nexus 5596T N5K-C5596T- N6K-C6001T

Nexus 2148T N2K-C2148T-1GE N2K-C2248TP-E

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Ready Familiarize with

“Just Switch It”:

Data Center Network

Evolution

Go Close

the Deal

Set Start Customer

Conversation

Create Customer Offer

Close the Deal

Websites - Collaterals

Tools & All, New Offers

Start Conversation – Why Upgrade

Assess & Discover

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To learn more about Just Switch It - Data Center Network Evolution: Just Switch It Partner Portal Website

Partner Marketing Central: Data Center Network Evolution (Marketing Campaign Assets)

How to Submit your TMP order : http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/incentives_and_promotions/switch-it.html

Don’t miss out on additional promos you can leverage for customers : www.cisco.com/go/nexuspromo

Engage with Cisco Services http://www.cisco.com/web/partners/services/index.html

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Thank you.

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Dynamic Fabric Automation (DFA) Support Matrix

Platform Fabric

Management

Workload

Automation

Optimized

Networking Virtualized Fabrics

Nexus 6000 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Nexus 5600 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Nexus 5500 ✓ ✗ ✓(1,3) ✓(1,3)

Nexus 7000 (M) ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗

Nexus 7k/7.7k

(F2/F2e)** ✓ ✗ ✓(2) ✓(2)

Nexus 3000 ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

Nexus 1000v ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗

1No Segment-IDs 2Spine 3Layer-2 only **F3 will provide support for Full DFA, VXLAN

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Migration Guides:

Nexus 5000 Migration from Virtual PortChannel to Cisco FabricPath

Design and Configuration: Best Practice vPC with N7K

Nexus 7000 Fabricpath Best Practices

IOS-NXOS Configuration Conversion Tool

Data Center Design with Cisco Nexus Switches and Virtual PortChannel: Overview

Implementing Nexus 7000 in the Data Center Aggregation Layer with Services

Security and Virtualization in the Data Center

Cisco VMDC 2.2 Design Guide

Classic Network Design Using Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches White Paper

Migration Guide Cat6500 to Nexus 9000

Case Studies:

BMW Nexus Case Study

Cervalis Nexus Case Study

Yahoo (Jpn) Nexus Case Study

Validation Resources

Catalyst to Nexus Migration Validation Test

IOS-NXOS Configuration Conversion Tool

JSI Program DC Portal : JSI - DC Portal