Improve Business Continuity

Maximize the overall uptime and reliability of your data center infrastructure and improve business continuity with Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM). Cisco DCNM:

• Automates provisioning
• Actively monitors the storage area network (SAN) and local area network (LAN) by detecting performance degradation
• Secures the network
• Streamlines the diagnosis of dysfunctional network elements

The key advantages of Cisco DCNM are:

• Multiprotocol awareness: Manages Ethernet, IP, and network security
• Fault, configuration, accounting, performance, and security (FCAPS) coverage: Offers full network service lifecycle administration with emphasis on provisioning, performance, and assurance
• Data center-focused: Manages innovative data center features
• Open application: Features a middleware API that exposes stateful network information to third-party applications
• Application for current and next-generation data center: Designed for Cisco NX-OS hardware platforms, which provide the foundation for the Cisco Nexus product family, including the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series as well as the Nexus 5000 and 2000 Series.

Features and benefits:

• Fibre Channel and Layer 2 and 3 domain awareness enables consolidation of administration instruments.
• Fully automated, high-fidelity network discovery provides up-to-date physical and logical inventory information at a glance.
• Syntax checks performed during the data entry phase ensure accurate and error-free provisioning.
• Ongoing network monitoring facilitates early detection and prevention of outages.