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How to seamlessly automate

NX-OS, ACI and Cloud networks
through Nexus Dashboard

Max Alvarado – Technical Solutions Architect

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 • Introduction
• Nexus Dashboard Overview
• Use Cases - Our Scenario
• NX-OS LAN/SAN Deployment Use Case

Agenda • Multi-Site Deployment Use Cases

• On-prem to On-prem
• On-prem to Cloud
• Cloud to Cloud
• Summary

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Introduction
 New “normal”: Hyper-distributed,
extremely diverse IT landscape
Saas

Saas
Saas

Saas

Saas

Cloud
providers
Service
Security providers
Colocation

Campus Branch Data center Edge | IOT and OT

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And your world is constantly changing

Uncertainty

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Hybrid Cloud Networking: Challenges
Connectivity and Management
Workloads are increasingly distributed and diverse.
Complex to connect workloads across multiple
public clouds, data centers and edge locations.

Cloud Container
Visibility and Automation
Hypervisor
Networking Troubleshooting challenges due to more
decentralized architectures with different
Data environments.
center

Colocation Zero trust and security

Private Workload migration and mobility of users imposes
cloud IoT
significant challenges to enforce right security
edge
policies across different environments.

Need for homogenous experience across heterogenous cloud environments

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Nexus Dashboard
Overview
Nexus Dashboard
The common platform for DC operations tools

Nexus Dashboard
Insights

Pre-Built Appliance
(Physical or Virtual) Nexus Dashboard
Data Broker
Nexus Dashboard
Orchestrator

Distributed
Data Data
Multi-Fabric Support Center Center

(ACI, NX-OS and Cloud)

Data
3rd Party Center Nexus Dashboard
Apps Fabric Controller

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Our Scenario
Our Scenario

Orchestrator NDFC LAN NDFC SAN

Nexus Dashboard Nexus Dashboard Nexus Dashboard

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Our Topology

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Use Case #1:
NX-OS Fabric Enablement
Nexus Dashboard
Applications

Orchestrator

Fabric Controller
Insights

Custom/3rd Party
Data Broker Tools

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Our Topology

SYDNEY

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Use Case #2:
On-prem to On-prem Automation
Nexus Dashboard
Applications

Orchestrator

Fabric Controller
Insights

Custom/3rd Party
Data Broker Tools

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Our Topology

SAN JOSE
MIAMI

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Use Case #3:
On-prem to Cloud Automation
Our Topology

SAN JOSE TOKYO

MIAMI

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Use Case #4:
Cloud to Cloud Automation
Our Topology

LONDON

SAN JOSE TOKYO

MIAMI

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Summary
Nexus Dashboard
Summary

Orchestrator

Fabric Controller
Insights

Custom/3rd Party
Data Broker Tools

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