Description:
Evolving data center network technologies and the growing use of cloud-based technologies are driving exponential growth in application traffic. Visibility into this traffic is critical to maintaining security, supporting troubleshooting, helping to ensure compliance, and planning resource use. Cisco Nexus Data Broker offers a simple, scalable, and cost-effective solution for enterprise customers who need to monitor high-volume and business-critical traffic. In this session you will see how Cisco Nexus 9000 or Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches along with Cisco Nexus Data Broker allow you to:

  • Build a 1-, 10-, 40-, and 100-Gbps tap and SPAN infrastructure
  • Support line-rate filtering, replication, and traffic forwarding
  • Deploy advanced functionalities such as time stamping, source port tagging, and more
  • Automate the configuration of access SPAN sessions through Cisco ACI using the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) REST API

Topics to be discussed include:

  • Challenges with traditional traffic-monitoring solution
  • Introduction to Cisco Nexus Data Broker
  • Deployment Options
  • Features and functionalities
  • Integration with Cisco ACI
  • Production demonstration