Although enterprises have multiple options for connecting blade solutions to the network, the most effective approach is an integrated switch. This podcast explores how this approach provides high application availability, simplified management and troubleshooting, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than for an external switch, and the capability to rapidly provision new applications to adapt to changing business conditions.
As a company's data center expands, complexity increases. A proliferation of cabling and management tools hinders a company's ability to adapt quickly to changing business needs. Meanwhile, total cost of ownership (TCO) creeps steadily upward because of rising power and cooling costs, increased rack space requirements and more complicated provisioning and management needs.
Hear how together HP and Cisco deliver high performance server interconnect technology that provides the high bandwidth and low latencies required for the most demanding computing environments. Download today to get in-depth information on:
- Integrated management
- Familiar network management tools
- Network security
- Greater agility through faster capacity expansion
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