NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching: Next-Generation Data Center Architectures

Cisco® Nexus switches and the new NX-OS operating system are rapidly becoming the new de facto standards for data center distribution/aggregation layer networking. NX-OS builds on Cisco IOS to provide advanced features that will be increasingly crucial to efficient data center operations. NX-OS and Cisco Nexus Switching is the definitive guide to utilizing these powerful new capabilities in enterprise environments.

In this book, three Cisco consultants cover every facet of deploying, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting NX-OS in the data center. They review the key NX-OS enhancements for high availability, virtualization, In-Service Software Upgrades (ISSU), and security. In this book, you will discover support and configuration best practices for working with Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocols and networks, implementing multicasting, maximizing serviceability, providing consistent network and storage services, and much more.

The authors present multiple command-line interface (CLI) commands, screen captures, realistic configurations, and troubleshooting tips-all based on their extensive experience working with customers who have successfully deployed Nexus switches in their data centers.

Kevin Corbin, CCIE® No. 11577, is a Technical Solutions Architect for Cisco, specializing in data center technologies. Kevin works with enterprise customers to help them develop their next-generation data center architectures. Kevin has more than 14 years of server and networking experiencing including routing, switching, security, and content networking.
Ron Fuller, CCIE No. 5851 (Routing and Switching/Storage Networking), is a Technical Solution Architect for Cisco with 19 years of experience in the industry. His focus is working with enterprise customers to address their challenges with comprehensive end-to-end data center architectures.
David Jansen, CCIE No. 5952, is a Technical Solutions Architect for Cisco's U.S. Enterprise Segment, where he works with enterprise customers to address end-to-end data center architectures. David has more than 20 years experience in the information technology industry.

Kevin Corbin, CCIE No. 11577, is a technology solutions architect with Cisco. In this role

for three years, Kevin works with Enterprise customers to help them develop their next-generation

data center architectures. Kevin has more than 14 years of server and networking experiencing

including routing, switching, security, and content networking. Kevin has also held

multiple certifications from Microsoft, Citrix, HP, Novell, and VMWare. Prior to joining

Cisco, Kevin worked for many large enterprises and most recently in a consulting capacity for

large enterprise customers.

Ron Fuller, CCIE No. 5851 (Routing and Switching/Storage Networking), is a technical solutions

architect for Cisco specializing in data center architectures. He has 19 years of experience

in the industry and has held certifications from Novell, HP, Microsoft, ISC2, SNIA, and

Cisco. His focus is working with Enterprise customers to address their challenges with comprehensive

end-to-end data center architectures. He lives in Ohio with his wife and three wonderful

children and enjoys travel and auto racing.

David Jansen, CCIE No. 5952, is a technical solutions architect for Data Center for Central

Area. David has more than 20 years experience in the information technology industry. He

has held multiple certifications from Microsoft, Novell, Checkpoint, and Cisco. His focus is

to work with Enterprise customers to address end-to-end data center Enterprise architectures.

David has been with Cisco for 12 years and working as a Technical Solutions Architect for 4

years and has provided unique experiences helping customers build architectures for

Enterprise data centers. David has also been instrumental in developing data center interconnect

solutions to address L2 requirements between multiple data centers to meet application

clusters and virtualization requirements. David has been presenting data center interconnect at

Cisco Live for 3 years. David holds a B.S.E. degree in computer science from the University of

Michigan (Go Blue!) and an M.A. degree in adult education from Central Michigan University.

About the Technical Reviewers

Phil Davis, CCIE No. 2021, is a technical solutions architect with Cisco, specializing in routing