In this informative hour-long webinar, Global Knowledge instructor Alex Marcotte will explore the benefits of using the Cisco Nexus family of products in your data center. He will discuss pros of NX-OS, cover the benefits of Overlay Transport Virtualization, virtual PortChannels, and FabricPath, and examine the role of Spanning Tree in today's data center.

Providing strategies for making your data center faster, more efficient, and more cost effective, Alex will share the benefits of a unified data center that incorporates VMware and EMC products, and he'll address the importance of cross-training IT personnel to face today's support challenges.

Outline

• The need for data center consolidation and efficiency
• Benefits of merging LAN and SAN
• The need for speed in the data center
• Goodbye Spanning Tree
• Overlay Transport Virtualization, virtual PortChannels, and FabricPath
• Cross-training IT support personnel