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Data Center Migration Plan and Strategy

Data Center Migration is one of the challenging job in networking world, and the reason behind this we have less documentation available online for this. Recently i did DC migration for a client in Vancouver, Canada. Below are the main highlights, i will be writing more in detail soon. 1. Network:-The first objective is to understand the network in and out from every aspect and user termination to current DC. We need to document different type of users that are connecting to current DC, like VPN remote users, Site 2 Site VPN tunnel traffic, AVPN layer 3 MPLS cloud users,…

Data Center Architecture

Data Center Architecture High Level Overview:- Components:- 1. Data Center Networking 2.Application Networking 3.Data Center Security 4.Unified Computing System 5.Unified Fabric 6.Storage Networking 7.Operations & Management 8.Services Component 9.Branch Operations Overview Of Each Component and Devices Used:- 1.Data Center Networking:- Data Center networking accesses services and connectivity at the data link and network layer. DC Networking Provides:- Layer 2 services Layer 3 services (as needed) Server access and aggregartion Core Switching 10G and/or 1G connectivity. VLANs Virtual Devices Contexts or VDC Products from Cisco in DC networking includes:- Nexus switch family(7000,5000,3000,2000,1000) Catalyst switch family(6500,4500,4900)…