Example Scenario

Supported

Workloads

Leaf Switch

Configuration

Spine Switch

Configuration

Private Cloud—Typical data center pod

deployments

1G, 10G, 25G

48X10G + 6x40G,

32x100G,

48x25G + 6x100G,

48x25G + 8x100G

32x40G, 32x100G,

64x100G

Cost Optimized Fabric (leverage existing cable

infrastructure)

1G, 10G

48X10G + 6x40G

48X10G + 6x40G

Software Defined Storage / Converged Data

Analytics

25G, 40G

32x40G, 32x100G

32x40G, 32x100G,

64x100G

Dense 10G, 25G Compute (using splitter cables)

10G, 25G

32x40G, 32x100G

32x40G, 32x100G,

64x100G

High performance 40G storage array and 10G

workloads (using splitter cables)

10G, 25G, 40G

48X10G + 6x40G,

32x40G, 32x100G

32x40G, 32x100G,

64x100G

Converged Cloud Fabric Benefits

Centralized Controller Reduces Management Consoles By

Over 60:1

With configuration, automation and most troubleshooting done

via the CCF Controller, the number of management consoles

involved in provisioning new physical capacity or new logical

apps goes down dramatically. For example, in a 32 rack pod

with dual leaf switches and four spine switches, a traditional

box-by-box network design would have 68 switch management

consoles. The Converged Cloud Fabric design has only one—

the controller console—that performs the same functions.

The result is massive time savings, reduced error rates and

simpler automation designs. As a powerful management tool,

the controller console exposes a web-based GUI, a traditional

networking-style CLI and REST APIs.

Streamlined Configuration, Enabling Rapid Innovation

In the CCF design, configuration in the CLI, GUI or REST API

is based on the concept of logical tenants. Each tenant has

administrative control over a logical L2/L3/policy design that

connects the edge ports under the tenant’s control. The

Converged Cloud Fabric controller has the intelligence to

translate the logical design into optimized entries in the

forwarding tables of the spine, leaf and vleaf.

Open Networking Switch Hardware Reduces CapEx Costs

By Over 50%

By adding up hardware, software, maintenance and optics/

cables, a complete picture of the hard costs over three years

shows that the savings are dramatic.

Built-in Orchestration Support Streamlines DC Operations

CCF Controller natively supports integration with popular

private cloud platforms—VMware vSphere/NSX/vSAN,

DellEMC VxRail HCI, Nutanix HCI, Microsoft Hyper-V,

Kubernetes containers and OpenStack—through a single

programmatic interface. This is tremendously simpler and

scalable compared to traditional box-by-box complexity

networking which demands an exponentially larger number of

programmatic interactions with CMPs. Data center admins

benefit from streamlined application deployment workflows,

enhanced analytics and simplified troubleshooting across

physical and virtual environments.

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Figure 2: Example CCF Deployment Scenarios

Figure 3: E-VPC Automation for Cloud Management Platforms