University Builds Scalable Data Center

The University of Wyoming offers undergraduate and graduate education, research, and outreach services. There challenges is to accommodate more data center users, applications, and data which Provide future 10 Gigabit Ethernet access to a remote supercomputer center and create a platform for the future. They deployed a Cisco Nexus 7000 Switch as the core which aggregated server access using Cisco Catalyst 4948 10 GE Switches with connected blade servers to the storage network using Cisco Catalyst Blade 3120X Switches. This built a foundation to support future growth without major upgrades, increased availability and gained a competitive advantage in attracting faculty and graduate students.