Transforming the Data Center
Cisco and NetApp deliver superior unified data center technologies. (1:19 min)

- A unified approach to a virtualized data center
- IT efficiency at computing, network, and storage layers
- An end-to-end, unified, virtual data center architecture
- Data center unification and I/O consolidation
- Best practices for 10 Gb Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) solutions
With NetApp systems, NetApp MultiStore, Cisco Nexus products, and VMware, T-Systems' Dynamic Services data centers are able to provide shared, yet secure clouds of server, network, and storage resources.Klaus Rubik
Head of Engineering and Systems Management, T-Systems
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Exchange 2010
- Microsoft SharePoint
- VDI (VMware View)
- Secure Multitenancy (SMT) environments
Solution Brief
Cisco Validated Design
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Simplicity, Efficiency, and Scalability
Cisco and NetApp infrastructure solution helps small and midsize businesses
- Detailed deployment instructions
- Wiring diagrams
- Bill of materials
- High-level sizing guidance
Featured Content
- Cisco Validated Designs (CVD)
- Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI)
- Run more virtual desktops per server with fewer network and storage connections
- Reduce storage capacity requirement up to 95 percent
- Provision thousands of desktops in minutes
- Eliminate I/O performance bottlenecks
- Protect your data
Customer Wins
- ExamWorks Deploys Cisco / NetApp / VMware for 3x Growth, 3-Rack Data Center, $1.5M Savings (PDF - 2.2 MB)
White Papers
- 2,000-Seat VMware View on NetApp Deployment Guide Using NFS
(PDF - 2.6 MB)
- Cisco, NetApp, VMware, Fujitsu, and Wyse created an architectural design for a 50,000-seat VMware View
(PDF - 593 KB)
Cisco Validated Designs
- Desktop Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop on Cisco UCS, XenServer and NetApp Storage
(PDF - 10.8 MB)
- Desktop Virtualization with Citrix XenDesktop on Cisco UCS, vSphere and NetApp Storage
(PDF - 10.8 MB)
- Desktop Virtualization with VMWare View 4.5 on Cisco UCS and NetApp Storage Design Guide
Multimedia
- 50,000 Seat VDI Deployment on NetApp, Cisco, VMware
(Video - 4:27 min)
- Desktop Virtualization Solutions from Cisco, Citrix NetApp
(Video - 7:12 min)
Through our long-standing collaboration with Cisco, we are enabling customers to tap deep into the power of their virtualized environment through a unified and scalable platform for a more efficient and streamlined experience.- Tom Georgens
President and COO, NetApp
Solution Briefs
- Secure Multitenancy Solution for SAP
(PDF - 326 KB)
- NetApp and Cisco Unified Computing System Data Warehouse Platform
(PDF - 1.0 MB)
White Papers
- Secure Multitenancy for SAP
(PDF - 368 KB)
- Exchange/SQL Server/SharePoint Disaster Recovery with VMware SRM, NetApp and Cisco
(PDF - 1.4 MB)
- Exchange/SQL Server/SharePoint Mixed Workload on VMware vSphere 4, NetApp, and Cisco Nexus
(PDF - 1.9 MB)
Cisco Validated Designs
VMware's certification of Cisco networking with the NetApp Storage FCoE solution is significant for our customers who are demanding an end to the complexity and headaches associated with a myriad of cables, multiple interface cards, and switches.- Bob Olwig
Vice President, World Wide
Customer Stories
- Payformance Speeds Service with an FCoE Infrastructure Based on NetApp, Cisco, and QLogic
(PDF - 459 KB)
- ExamWorks Deploys Cisco / NetApp / VMware for 3x Growth, 3-Rack Data Center, $1.5M Savings
(PDF - 2.2 MB)
White Papers
- Storage Scale-Out Delivers Agile Next-Generation Data Center Infrastructure
(PDF - 193 KB)
- Lossless 10GbE: The Unifying Infrastructure of SAN and LAN Consolidation
(PDF - 580 KB)
- ESG Lab Validation Report on NetApp Ethernet Storage and FCoE
(PDF - 2.1 MB)
- Fibre Channel over Ethernet - A Practical Alternative
(PDF - 878 KB)
- Unified Fabric: Fibre Channel over Ethernet End-to-End Deployment Guide
(PDF - 1.3 MB)
Multimedia
- Cisco on Converged Infrastructure and 10GbE with NetApp
(Video - 2:18 min)
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