Cisco’s Nexus 7000: Data Center 3.0

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4 years, 578 engineers, $250 million, and 1,513 Cisco patents issued or pending. Those are the numbers behind what some say are Cisco Systems’ next flagship switching line.

This is the future of the Data Center. Cisco’s Nexus 7000 is a 10 slot or 18 slot chassis that can deliver up to 15 Terabits per second. So where do we begin?

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