Campus and data center switching networks differ in their requirements. An understanding of the two deployments and the specific requirements of each is imperative to choose the right switch. Each deployment type requires that switches have certain unique features. This table compares the top five requirements for campus and data center switches.
Campus Requirements | Data Center Requirements |
User access control and segmentation |
Cloud security and virtual machine awareness |
Video intelligence | Virtual machine mobility |
Wired and wireless convergence |
LAN and SAN convergence |
Application visibility |
Fabric scalability and resilience |
Power over Ethernet (PoE) | Data center consolidation |
This document discusses these features.
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