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Data Center Interconnect Framework

Read these guides to see how you can improve distributed resource sharing, scalability, and more.

Workload Mobility Design Guide
Workload Mobility Implementation Guide

Cisco Data Center Interconnect

August 31, 2011

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The Data Center Interconnect (DCI) framework helps to enable new, value-added use cases and service offerings for your internal and external customers and partners. Connecting data centers facilitates distributed resource pooling and sharing, as well as rapid workload elasticity, and the ability to scale vertically and horizontally based on consumer demand. Additionally, DCI can provide an effective IT framework for business continuity and disaster recovery.

The two main use case areas include:

Workload mobility
Business continuity and disaster recovery

The framework comprises four main technology components:

LAN extension - Facilitates virtual machine and application mobility
Path optimization - Improves traffic flow between consumers and applications or services
Virtual networking and services - Transparently and more securely connects services between virtual and physical networks
Intelligent storage solutions - Optimizes RPO and RTO and application content availability

Use Cases

Workload Mobility

Disaster Recovery

Mobility and Disaster Recovery Solution for Virtualized Tier-1 Enterprise Applications

Technology Areas

LAN Extension

IP

IP Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV) Deployment Considerations

MPLS

Ethernet

Cisco Data Center Interconnect Design and Deployment Guide System Release 1.0

Path Optimization

LISP VM Mobility White Paper

Virtual Networking and Services

Intelligent Storage Solutions

Additional Resources

At-a-Glance

White Papers

Solution Author

Max Ardica

Max Ardica
Solution Architect

Brian Franklin

Brian Franklin
Technical Leader

Brian Howard

Brian Howard
Test Lead

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White Papers (1)

Microsoft Exchange 2007—End-to-End Messaging Infrastructure Solution

Design Guides (2)

Integrating Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 in a Cisco Multisite Data Center Design

Mobility and Disaster Recovery Solution for Virtualized Tier-1 Enterprise Applications