Data Center Fabric (DCF) Software
What is Data Center Fabric Software?
Data Center Fabrics are an innovative network architecture design to meet the increased communications flows arising from cloud computing, big data and microservices distributed across servers within the data center, between facilities, or edge locations. Data fabrics flatten the network into a spine and leaf topology that minimizes latency and scales to tens of thousands of network ports. Vendors have responded to data center fabric complexity by providing toolset to asset in network design (Day 0 activities), automated network deployment (Day 1), and ongoing operational management (Day 2).
Common Features
- 100G/400G Ready Leaf/Spine Switches
- Programmable Network Operating System (NOS)
- Advanced Routing and Overlay Capabilities
- Event-Driven Network Overlay Automation
- Event-Driven Network Underlay Automation
- Multi-Dimensional Network Telemetry
- High Availability Components
- VXLAN Support
- NetOps Developer Toolkit
- Automation Framework for Day 0: Design Tasks
- Automation Framework for Day 1: Deployment Tasks
- Automation Framework for Day 2: Operations
- Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CD/CI)
- Zero Trust Networking (ZTN) Security Framework
Our Methodology
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Product Innovators
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Products that emphasize a good user experience and build strong relationships with customers.
Challengers
Products that are strong performers in some areas and trail in others. Often up-and-coming vendors.
Emotional Footprint
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Champions
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Relationship Builders
Products that are bulletproof and focus on fulfilling core needs with steady support, not the latest feature.
Value Players
Products that succeed on cost and service effectiveness with users.
Contenders
Products seen as good in some areas and trailing in others. Users look to these for innovation at the edge but aren't fully committed.
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