Data Center Fabric (DCF) Software

Data Center Fabric

What is Data Center Fabric Software?

Data Center Fabrics are an innovative network architecture design to meet the increased communications flows arising from cloud computing, big data and microservices distributed across servers within the data center, between facilities, or edge locations. Data fabrics flatten the network into a spine and leaf topology that minimizes latency and scales to tens of thousands of network ports. Vendors have responded to data center fabric complexity by providing toolset to asset in network design (Day 0 activities), automated network deployment (Day 1), and ongoing operational management (Day 2).

Common Features

  • 100G/400G Ready Leaf/Spine Switches
  • Programmable Network Operating System (NOS)
  • Advanced Routing and Overlay Capabilities
  • Event-Driven Network Overlay Automation
  • Event-Driven Network Underlay Automation
  • Multi-Dimensional Network Telemetry
  • High Availability Components
  • VXLAN Support
  • NetOps Developer Toolkit
  • Automation Framework for Day 0: Design Tasks
  • Automation Framework for Day 1: Deployment Tasks
  • Automation Framework for Day 2: Operations
  • Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CD/CI)
  • Zero Trust Networking (ZTN) Security Framework

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Dynamically deploy intelligent and autonomous fabrics for VMware based infrastructure applications. Enable autonomous fabric deployment, expansion and life-cycle management for software-defined infrastructures, and easily manage the entire infrastructure from a single pane of glass.

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VMware vSphere Big Data Extensions (BDE) simplifies running Big Data workloads on the vSphere platform to deliver a new level of efficiency and agility. Bring the benefits of the cloud to on-premises workloads. vSphere supercharges performance, enhances operational efficiency, and accelerates innovation. Supercharge performance with DPU and GPU-based acceleration, enhance operational efficiency through the Cloud Console, seamlessly integrate with add-on hybrid cloud services and accelerate innovation with an enterprise-ready Kubernetes environment that runs containers alongside VMs.

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The Apstra System offers a new way of thinking about data center network operations. Start by specifying the outcomes you want, and the software will then set up the network, assure it runs as intended, alert you when brownouts or deviations occur, and manage changes and maintenance.

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The Nokia Data Center Fabric solution enables your operations teams to scale data center networks quickly and easily to meet new business needs while containing costs and improving efficiency. It brings new levels of openness and automation to data center networking to help your operations teams manage accelerating demand with all the control they need. The solution is designed for data center network operators and cloud builders in CSPs, enterprises and webscale companies. The Nokia Data Center Fabric solution includes the fixed-configuration Nokia 7220 Interconnect Router (IXR) series for data center leaf/spine applications.

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CloudVision is Arista’s modern, multi-domain management platform that leverages cloud networking principles to deliver a simplified NetOps experience. Unlike traditional domain-specific management solutions, CloudVision enables zero-touch network operations with consistent operations enterprise-wide, helping to break down the complexity of siloed management approaches. As Arista’s platform for Network as-a-Service, CloudVision is designed to bring OpEx efficiency through automation across the entire network lifecycle - from design, to operations, to support and ongoing maintenance.

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Designed to streamline every aspect of your network from deployment to maintenance, ExtremeCloud IQ has been built with the human element in mind, helping IT and business focus on what’s really important to them instead of dealing with menial and time consuming operational tasks. Key benefits of ExtremeCloud IQ include: Client, Device, & Network 360; Unified Policy Management and Network Health KPIs.

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Aruba Fabric Composer optimizes data center network fabric provisioning and application performance across virtualized compute and storage environments.

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Transform your data center operations using Digital Twins. Data center infrastructure is growing in complexity, and requires efficient solutions that simplify network operations. NVIDIA Air enables cloud-scale efficiency by creating identical replicas of real-world data center infrastructure deployments. NVIDIA Air allows users to model data center deployments with full software functionality, creating a digital twin. Transform and streamline network operations by simulating, validating, and automating changes and updates.

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Cisco Cloud Network Controller connects public clouds and unlock the flexibility of hybrid and multicloud environments by enabling observability and automation for workloads anywhere. Cisco Cloud Network Controller provides enterprises with networking tools necessary to accelerate their hybrid-cloud and/or multicloud journey.

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The H3C S12500X-AF switch series is a family of core switches designed for cloud computing data centers. It uses the advanced CLOS+ multi-stage multi-plane orthogonal switching architecture and provides the industry's greatest switching performance, highest port density, richest cloud computing features, and highest availability. The S12500X-AF switch series includes the S12516X-AF, S12512X-AF, S12508X-AF, S12504X-AF, S12502X-AF, and S12501X-AF models, addressing different port-density and performance requirements.