- Add or turn on new services 25 times faster than traditional spanning tree networks, according to a 2011 Miercom report
- Build the network core only once without redesign or reconfiguration
- Deploy services wherever they are required, without constraints on the physical topology
- Easily implement virtual machine migration, storage convergence, and business continuity/disaster recovery plans
For the Data Centre
Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture turns the data center network into a dynamic, self-aware fabric. Instead of being bound to a single server rack, this fabric enables the seamless transfer of workloads across geographical boundaries. It also eliminates today's complex provisioning models used to support workload mobility while ensuring that the network remains free from configuration errors and loops. In addition, this architecture synchronizes the network to the compute environment by offering tools to provision network edge devices as virtual machines migrate between servers.
- Easily migrate workloads between servers regardless of physical location
- Deploy a converged data center network suitable for storage and other mission-critical traffic types
- Implement geo-redundancy for critical applications quickly and easily
- Enable 24/7 network availability since the likelihood of outages due to configuration errors is greatly reduced
For the Campus
Virtual Enterprise Network Architecture extends virtualization from the data center to the enterprise campus. It simplifies the network by enabling a single private cloud architecture to ultimately extend throughout the entire enterprise. Layer 2/3 services can be converged over a unified, self-aware fabric, delivering a network that is easier to design, deploy and troubleshoot.
- Reduce network complexity by extending the value of virtualization into the campus
- Seamlessly implement traffic separation for regulatory reasons, multitenant scenarios, or for application awareness
- Roll out new business collaboration tools more quickly and easily from within a campus environment with improved user experience
- Set up and change wireless guest networks on the fly
