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Over 3000 production customers!!! Over 3 million Nexus 2000 ports deployed!!!
Distributed Modular SystemNexus 2000 FEX is a Virtual Line Card to the Nexus 5000Nexus 5000 maintains all management & configurationNo Spanning Tree between FEX & Nexus 5000
UCS VM-FEXExtend FEX Architecture to the Virtual Access Layer
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Distrbuted Modular System
VM-FEX: Single Virtual-Physical Access LayerCollapse virtual and physical switching into a single access layerVIC is a Virtual Line Card to the UCS Fabric InterconnectFabric Interconnect maintains all management & configuration Virtual and Physical traffic treated the same
VM-FEX BasicsFabric Extender for VMsHypervisor vSwitch removed Each VM assigned a PCIedeviceEach VM gets a virtual port on physical switchVM-FEX: One Network
Collapses virtual and physical switching layersDramatically reduces network management points by eliminating per host vSwitchVirtual and Physical traffic treated the same
Host CPU Cycles ReliefHost CPU cycles relieved from VM switching I/O Throughput improvements