Cisco Compatible Solutions for AI

The new data center stack—the essential role of the partner

Data centers are much more than hardware. They are powered by a full software stack. We strive to ensure our data center solutions—traditional, AI, and edge—support the partner technologies you need.

Making technical partners work better for you


Cisco data center solutions work the way you want to work. That starts with high-performance servers and extends to support for leading technical partners that best align to your needs.

A holistic approach

We design each of our servers—rack, modular, or edge—with a full-stack vision. Not just leading hardware and Cisco security and networking, but all the technology that sits atop and powers today's data centers.

The solution you want with the partners you use

We start by giving you choice. Our servers are software-agnostic so we don't restrict you to one or two technologies. You can choose the virtualization, containers, AI tools, and storage options you prefer.

Tested interoperability

We continually test and validate Cisco UCS servers to ensure interoperability with major technical partners in real-world conditions, ensuring seamless operations and management.

Full-stack validated frameworks and designs

Cisco develops and publishes fully validated designs to take the guesswork out of your full-stack solutions. These highly detailed Cisco Validated Designs help you deploy faster and more effectively.

Supporting your choice with the leaders in data center and AI

NVIDIA
Everpure
NetApp
VAST
Nutanix
Red Hat

NVIDIA

Leverage cloud-native software tools, libraries, frameworks, dynamic GPU resource allocation, AI workload scheduling, and production-ready models for AI deployments.

Nutanix

Easily deploy and grow your hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) with the industry's most complete hyperconverged solution—so you can manage everything from one dashboard.

Red Hat

Cisco and Red Hat have been collaborating for more than a decade to solve our customers' challenges from data centers to the edge.

Interoperability that is tested and verified

At Cisco, we do everything we can to ease the challenge of data center deployments. With our UCS interoperability tool, you can get detailed specifications about the compatibility of partner technology and Cisco servers.

Validated designs for the real world

Cisco Validated provides documentation and best practices to help IT architects and practitioners design, deploy, and operate platforms to deliver trusted, unified experiences.

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Accelerate your AI initiatives with curated and compatible third-party AI solutions

By combining strategically chosen third-party AI software solutions with Cisco AI infrastructure, Cisco Compatible Solutions for AI facilitate faster integration and accelerate your AI initiatives. 

Cisco Customer Experience Services

When you need answers, experience matters

It's difficult to keep track of new tech, trends, and best practices. That's where our CX team comes in.