Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Collaboration Services:
This layer contains services that support the collaboration
applications: presence, location, session management, contact management, client
frameworks, tagging, and policy and security management.
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Infrastructure:
This layer is responsible for allowing collaboration anytime, from
anywhere, on any device. It includes virtual machines, the network, and storage.
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Policy and Control
MediaNet
Cisco EnergyWise
Network Resiliency and Control
Borderless Network Services
Borderless
Mobility
Borderless
Security
Borderless
Performance
Borderless User Services
Borderless Connection Management
Figure 1-2
Borderless Architecture
Data Center/Virtualization Architecture
Cisco's data center/virtualization architecture is built upon Cisco Data Center 3.0. It com-
prises a comprehensive set of virtualization technologies and services that bring the net-
work, computing, storage, and virtualization platforms together. Figure 1-3 shows the
architecture framework for data centers.
Data center architecture and design is covered in Chapter 4, “Data Center Design.”
Ta ble 1- 2 lists the benefits of Cisco network architectures.
Ta b l e 1- 2
Benefits of Cisco Network Architectures
Benefit
Description
Functionality
Supports organizational requirements
Scalability
Supports growth and expansion of organizational tasks
Availabilit y
Provides services reliability, anywhere and anytime
