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Dell Compellent and Cisco
Together, Dell Compellent and Cisco deliver a unified computing, networking and storage environment with pooled and centrally managed resources for today's virtualized data centers and cloud initiatives. In addition to being a Cisco Solution Technology Integrator (STI) and Cisco Partner Select Certified, Dell Compellent offers Cisco MDS 9000 and Nexus 5000 storage switches and directors. Dell Compellent is also validated to support the Cisco Unified Storage System (UCS) and is part of the UCS Storage Ecosystem.
How Dell Compellent Enhances Cisco Fabrics
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Storage Virtualization delivers higher performance with fewer disks
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Thin Provisioning, Automated Tiered Storage and Boot from SAN optimize storage resource utilization
- Space-efficient Replays (snapshots) and Thin Replication protect data with near-instant recovery
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Enterprise Manager simplifies storage management and reporting, complementing Cisco Fabric Manager and UCS Manager
- Full support for Virtual Storage Area Network (VSAN) technology ensures traffic segmentation and isolation within the fabric
- Inter-VSAN Routing (IVR) support enables data sharing across devices without merging VSANs into a single logical fabric
- N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) integration increases controller port capacity and failover, disk bandwidth and I/O connectivity
- Fully redundant hardware and advanced failover complement the high availability features of a unified Cisco fabric