Cisco NX-OS
Cisco NX-OS operating system helps networks move at the speed of business.
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Features and benefits
NX-OS is the network operating system that powers the modern data center.
Architectural flexibility
NX-OS helps scale your data center as your workload and apps grow.
- Scalable workloads with VXLAN EVPN
- Efficient use of network resources through multi-tenancy
- Choice of overlay technologies with segment routing and VXLAN
- Disaster recovery and business continuity with VXLAN multisite
The programmability of NX-OS accelerates provisioning from days to minutes to simplify deployments.
- Complete integration with Cisco DCNM for comprehensive management
- Easy configuration through industry-standard APIs
- Full Integration with DevOps automation tools
- Streamlined tooling with native docker support
End-to-end visibility
Deep visibility for both data and control planes helps secure your data center and quickly remediates issues.
- Optimise network with granular flow and ASIC telemetry
- Prevent network outages with control plane visibility and model-driven telemetry
- Protect against snooping and cyber attack with MACSEC encryption
- Secure endpoints and workloads with 802.1X authentication
Manage your data center network with Cisco NX-OS
Build a reliable data center network, prevent downtime, and resolve network issues quickly.
Segment Routing
Build scalable networks with SRv6 architecture to reduce network operational complexity and enable Data Center Interconnection (DCI) with Core/WAN
Customised and secure
Manage workloads flexibly and securely. NX-OS allows you to customise the network based on business needs, allowing DevOps to bring up fabrics in minutes as they innovate.
Easy to expand
Build production applications and networks for media that are cost-effective and that scale easily.
“SaltStack network automation integrated with Cisco NX-OS software is crucial for the IBM Cloud network. Together, SaltStack and Cisco are helping us eliminate human error, scale our deployments, manage configuration, and ensure security and regulatory compliance. There is no way for us to operate at this level of scale without automation. SaltStack is the answer for us.”
- Brian Armstrong, IBM Cloud Network Engineering Executive
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Networking software subscriptions
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Networking Essentials
For single data centres. Includes both NX-OS or ACI management and operations capabilities.
Networking Advantage
For multiple data centres and/or clouds. Includes advanced capabilities on top of Networking Essentials.
Networking Premier
For multiple data centres and/or clouds. Get Networking Advantage plus Assurance and Insights Day 2 ops.
Resources
Blogs
- Cisco NX-OS and SaltStack for event-driven data center automation and management
- Start your network programmability and automation journey with Cisco Open NX-OS (Part 1)
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Network programmability and automation with Cisco Open NX-OS
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Network automation and programmability with Cisco Open NX-OS
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Network automation and programmability with Cisco Open NX-OS
(Part 4) - Cisco NX-OS: industry-leading data center operating system
- More data center blogs
Case studies
- BMW (PDF - 1.2 MB)
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Design guides
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Licensing guides
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