HP and Cisco Deliver Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders for HP BladeSystem

 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

HP and Cisco Deliver Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders for HP BladeSystem

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 14, 2011 To ensure choice and interoperability
for their joint customers, HP and Cisco today announced another option
to bridge their data center server and networking architectures.

The Cisco Fabric Extender for HP BladeSystem, also known as the Cisco
Nexus B22 Fabric Extender (FEX) for HP, benefits customers by extending
the Cisco Unified
Fabrichttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns945/index.htmlinto the HP
c-Class
BladeSystem.http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/blades/bladesystem/index.html

The solution offers tighter integration for customers investing in HP
BladeSystem and Cisco Nexus switch environments by preserving
investments with existing data center technology.

Co-engineered by HP and Cisco, this solution allows customers to easily
connect and configure their HP BladeSystem c-Class infrastructure and
Cisco Unified Fabric.

Benefits of the Cisco FEX for HP BladeSystem includes:

* increased network bandwidth and resiliency, which is needed for
delivering mission-critical applications running on multiple server
links;

* expanded flexibility to address changing business demands with
consolidated migration paths from 1GbE to 10GbE networks;

* reduced network provisioning and maintenance required by IT
administrators from the Cisco Nexus parent switch to as many as 24
fabric extenders.

HP BladeSystem c-Class provides integration of data center resources
including cables, power supplies, fans networking and redundancy for
increased efficiency and reduced costs by addressing IT sprawl at the
server-to-network layer.

"BladeSystem customers are looking to HP for solutions that easily
integrate into existing environments," said Jim Ganthier, vice
president, Marketing, Industry Standard Servers and Software, HP."This
new solution allows industry-standard collaboration options for
enterprises choosing HP BladeSystem c-Class infrastructure while
simplifying their connections and reducing network costs."

"Our customers want to easily and cost-effectively take advantage of
the latest Cisco Unified Fabric innovations," said Soni Jiandani, senior
vice president, Server, Access and Virtualization Technology Group,
Cisco."By offering the Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender (FEX) for HP, our
customers can extend the benefits of the Cisco Unified Fabric across
their existing data center infrastructure."

Pricing and availability

The Cisco Fabric Extender for HP BladeSystem is now available directly
from HP and its authorized partners. Pricing begins at $9,799.(1)

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Contact Information

Andrea Berry
StrategicAmpersand Inc. (for Cisco)
416-961-5595, Ext. 428
andberry@cisco.com

Jennifer Rideout
StrategicAmpersand Inc. (for Cisco)
416-961-5595, Ext. 438
jerideou@cisco.com