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Cisco, IBM Announce New Partnership, Network Device

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the eggs-meet-basket dept.

karthik_r085 writes "According to Washington Technology, Integrators considering server blade technology to simplify data center architectures stand to benefit from today's partnering announcement by Cisco Systems Inc. and IBM Corp. The companies introduced a combined solution that integrates Cisco switches and IBM blade servers into one unit to help speed deployment and manage data center costs."

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  1. Re:this seems like a good deal by Trick · · Score: 4, Informative

    It might seem like a no-brainer, but the Cisco module for the blade servers doesn't work that way. They're basically just a NIC for the blades in the server -- you still need to run a cable (or a couple for a trunked link) from the switch module to whatever switches the rest of your network devices connect to.