Unified Management

Enhance Speed, Efficiency, and Innovation

Cisco Unified Management is optimized for the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and Cisco Nexus architectures as well as heterogeneous data center and cloud environments, across both physical and virtual resources. Unified Management solutions include:

• Self-service portal and service catalog for on-demand provisioning of IT resources
• Automation and orchestration of IT processes, with integration into existing IT systems management tools
• Resource management that delivers performance isolation and efficient use of hardware infrastructure pools
• Workload automation to deliver efficient batch and event-driven enterprise business processes
• Lifecycle management from request to retirement to ensure optimization of resources
• Policy-based management for improved governance and control

In addition, Cisco Unified Management offers:

• Management of both virtual and physical resources for bare-metal and multiple hypervisor environments
• Automated network provisioning, to simplify the deployment of network services in a virtual data center
• Orchestration of complex operational processes for SAP and other enterprise applications
• Scheduling and automation for big data and business intelligence workloads

Cisco Unified Management is a critical component of the Cisco Unified Data Center platform, providing a portfolio of management software solutions to complement Cisco networking and compute systems.

Increase Agility and Reduce Complexity

By promoting server consolidation and process automation, Unified Management solutions deliver greater agility and scale for the data center, while reducing complexity and risk. Cisco solutions support role- and policy-based management using service profiles and templates to simplify operations. In addition, these solutions help enable self-service provisioning for faster, more efficient IT processes.

Improve Visibility and Control

Cisco management software is optimized for Cisco architectures, but it is designed to work in a heterogeneous IT environment. Integration with industry-leading systems management and storage partners helps Cisco management solutions provide greater system visibility and preserve our customers' investment in existing:

• Infrastructure systems
• Management tools
• IT processes

Reduce IT Costs

With exceptional functionality and an ecosystem-friendly approach, Unified Management solutions can reduce day-to-day operational expenses and increase resource availability for implementation of more strategic initiatives. Flexible, model-driven, and policy-based automation:

• Reduces the time and cost of setting up and provisioning infrastructure
• Increases asset use by eliminating overprovisioning and by efficiently pooling resources

Support IT-as-a-Service and Cloud Computing

Cisco provides enterprise-class networking and compute infrastructure, as well as the necessary management solutions, to help our customers on their journey to cloud computing and IT-as-a-service. With this unique approach, Cisco provides:

• Equivalent management capabilities across physical and virtual resources
• The ability to support both private and public clouds, and the evolution to hybrid cloud environments

Cisco Unified Management solutions provide simplified management and automation across converged data center infrastructure and cloud computing architectures.

Unified Computing System Management

Manage all Cisco UCS infrastructure components and configurations through an extensible, global, unified architecture that is policy-driven. Products include:

• Cisco UCS Manager
• Cisco UCS Central

Converged Infrastructure Management

Comprehensive management and automation for converged infrastructure solutions built around Cisco UCS and Nexus switches

• Cisco Cloupia

Cloud Management and Orchestration

Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud delivers a self-service portal, service catalog, and orchestration engine to automate provisioning across physical and virtual resources for public, private, or hybrid cloud environments. Products include:

• Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud
• Cisco Intelligent Automation for Cloud Starter Edition

Data Center and Virtual Network Management

Optimize the overall uptime and reliability of your data center infrastructure and improve business continuity. Deploy virtual network services and resources into a flexible cloud computing infrastructure. Products include:

• Cisco Data Center Network Manager
• Cisco Virtual Network Management Center

Enterprise Workload Automation

Lower the cost of data by automating complex job streams across the enterprise, including big data and business intelligence workloads. Solutions include:

• Cisco Tidal Enterprise Scheduler
• Cisco Validated Solutions for Big Data

SAP IT Process Automation

Standardize, unify, and automate best practices for IT processes in complex, heterogeneous SAP environments. Products include:

• Cisco Intelligent Automation for SAP
• Cisco Bridge to SAP HANA