Key Points:
- Single platform from industry leaders in networking, computing and storage
- Pretested, validated solution platform to reduce risk and increase efficiencies
- Flexible IT architecture for today’s needs, yet scales for future growth
- Cooperative Support model for efficient and streamlined resolution
Accelerate your transition to the Cloud with the FlexPod™ data center solution. Integrate disparate compute, storage, and network components into a single architecture that scales to fit a variety of virtualized and non-virtualized customer environments. Reduce business risk, and increase data center efficiencies. Protect current investments, while scaling for future growth.
FlexPod™ is a pretested data center solution built on a flexible, scalable, shared infrastructure from Cisco Unified Computing System servers and Cisco Nexus switches, and NetApp unified storage systems running Data ONTAP. FlexPod components are integrated and standardized to help you eliminate the guesswork and achieve timely, repeatable, consistent deployments. FlexPod has been optimized with a variety of mixed application workloads and design configurations in various environments such as virtual desktop infrastructure and secure multi-tenancy environments. Learn More
Validated Designs and Workloads on FlexPod™
VMware® vSphere built on FlexPod
VMware vSphere on FlexPod is based on a predesigned, standardized configuration that is built on VMware® vSphere™, Enterprise, and vCenter™ Standard, Cisco Unified Computing System™ and Nexus® family switches and NetApp® FAS and complete bundle components. Learn More
Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Validated on FlexPod™
This SharePoint 2010 Enterprise deployment on FlexPod™ design guide demonstrates how enterprises can apply best practices for VMware vSphere™, VMware vCenter™, Cisco® Unified Computing System™ (UCS), Cisco Nexus® family switches, and NetApp® FAS®. Learn More
SAP Applications built on FlexPod
FlexPod™ for SAP Applications brings the power of the FlexPod concept to SAP customers and enables a safe transition to the cloud. FlexPod is a pre-validated, pre-architected, and pre-tested data center solution built on a flexible and secure shared IT infrastructure using leading technology from NetApp, Cisco, and VMware. Learn More
Citrix XenDesktop-built on FlexPod™
Citrix XenDesktop on FlexPod is a pre-configured and validated architecture built on a flexible and secure shared IT infrastructure using leading technology from NetApp, Cisco, and Citrix. FlexPod™ provides a self-contained, easy to deploy, repeatable virtual desktop infrastructure solution. Learn more
RHEL built on FlexPod™
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® built on FlexPod is a predesigned, base configuration that is built on the Cisco® Unified Computing System™ (UCS™), Cisco Nexus® data center switches, and NetApp® FAS storage components with the added Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® operating system and its add-on options such as scalable file system, high-availability, and resilient storage. Learn more
Secure Multi-Tenancy Design Guide
The Secure Multi-Tenancy design guide describes how Cisco®, VMware®, and NetApp® have jointly designed a best-in-breed, validated Secure Multi-Tenancy Architecture in a lab environment. Learn More
Cooperative Support
The Cisco, NetApp and VMware cooperative support model provides a more streamlined response to identify and quickly solve potential issues related to shared infrastructures. This saves customers valuable time and resources when requesting product and technology support.
Contact your local authorized channel partner to learn how one of the validated workloads or designs on the FlexPod™ solution enables you to build a flexible and efficient shared infrastructure today as your foundation for future-ready IT. Learn More
