Cisco expands Nexus portfolio

data centre networking products to bolster the scalability, flexibility and security of its networking fabric, eWeek writes.

The products, which include the next generation of Cisco's Nexus 7 000 switches, a new Nexus 3 000 Ethernet switch, and fabric extensions to the vendor's Nexus 5 000 switches, are part of a push by the networking giant to enable enterprises to handle the rapidly growing amount of Internet traffic better.

According to Network Computing, these announcements come just six months after Cisco announced updates to its Data Centre Business Advantage portfolio, including additions to the Nexus line of switches, the Unified Computing System and NX-OS.

The new introductions are all about the transition to 10Gb, says Cisco's Jeff Raymond, VP, product management, data centre solutions. Supporting over 12 000 10GbE server ports, that's double the next-best offering on the market at less than half the cost, he adds.

“We're really extending the lead we have in terms of addressing the scale questions of customers, whether it be physical, virtual or cloud,” IT World Canada quotes Craig Huitema, Cisco's director of marketing for data centre solutions, as saying.

The additions will allow customers to scale their data centres to meet the needs of cloud or service providers, social media Web sites or heavy volume financial stock trading houses, he said.