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Examples

There are a few samples that you see on this page which were created in the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM application by using the Cisco Networking solution. Some of the solution's capabilities as well as the professional results which you can achieve are all demonstrated here on this page.

All source documents are vector graphic documents which are always available for modifying, reviewing and/or converting to many different formats, such as MS PowerPoint, PDF file, MS Visio, and many other graphic ones from the ConceptDraw Solution Park or ConceptDraw STORE. The Cisco Networking solution is available to all ConceptDraw DIAGRAM users to get installed and used while working in the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and drawing software.

Example 1: Cisco Nimble Solution LAN Fabric Design

This diagram was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the composition of libraries from the Cisco Networking Solution. An experienced user spent 10 minutes creating this sample.

This sample represents the Cisco Nimble Solution LAN Fabric Design. It is a connectivity diagram created on the base of "Cisco-Nimble Solution LAN Fabric Design" illustration for the article "Cisco-Nimble Solution on Cisco UCS and Nimble AF5000 with Citrix XenDesktop 7.11VDI 5000 Seat Deployment with Graphics Support". This LAN network provides the network attainability to the applications that are hosted on the Cisco UCS servers in data centers. The presented infrastructure includes two Cisco Nexus 9372 PX Switches that are deployed in NX-OS standalone mode, the Cisco UCS 5108 Blade Server, Chassis 2x2208 XP Fabric, Extenders 4xB200 M4 Severs, and two Cisco UCS 6248 UP Fabric Interconnects. The Cisco Nexus switches use the Virtual Port Channels (vPCs) and are connected to the ports on the Cisco Fabric Interconnects with the 10Gbps links. The bandwidth of 20Gbps is provided through the Nexus switches, the VLAN trunking is switched on the links, the jumbo frames are also available.

Example 2: Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis Connectivity

This diagram was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the composition of libraries from the Cisco Networking Solution. An experienced user spent 5 minutes creating this sample.

This Cisco networking diagram shows the connectivity diagram sample designed basing on the "Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis Connectivity" image published as an illustration for the article "Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged System with 1000 XenDesktop 7 Seats". The Cisco HyperFlex is a system that includes the communication pathways falling into four defined zones, such as the Management Zone, VM Zone, Storage Zone, and VMotion Zone. The Cisco UCS 5108 server chassis is the base for deployment the Cisco unified computing platforms, the main task of which is to provide a high scalability and configuration flexibility. The Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis supports 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports and the bandwidth of input/output data up to 80 Gbps for each slot of the server. Up to four servers can be installed to it. The 2x Cisco UCS 2208XP extender or FEX installed at the back of the blade chassis is managed as an extender to the Fabric Interconnect switch.

Example 3: Cisco UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect

This diagram was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the composition of libraries from the Cisco Networking Solution. An experienced user spent 5 minutes creating this sample.

This connectivity diagram sample demonstrates the structure of the Cisco UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect. It is based on the same-named figure from the article "FlexPod with Cisco UCS Mini Design Guide" and now is designed by means of ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software tools. The Cisco UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect looks like a regular switch in servers' chassis and can be installed into the Cisco UCS 5108 instead of the Fabric Extender (FEX). Cisco UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect lets extend the Cisco UCS architecture to the environment with requirements for the smaller domains. It provides the maximally simplified server-to-server connection and building the 10G Ethernet networks. Being capable to connect from 1 up to 15 servers, even within a limited space, the Cisco UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect architecture is actively used on the client's territory, in the small offices and branch offices, for construction the models with minimal requirements for remote sites and systems.

Example 4: Cisco Unified Computing System

This diagram was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the composition of libraries from the Cisco Networking Solution. An experienced user spent 10 minutes creating this sample.

This sample represents the Cisco Unified Computing System. It was constructed on the base of the "Cisco Unified Computing System is a Highly Available Cohesive Architecture" illustration from the "FlexPod with Cisco UCS Mini Design Guide". The Cisco Unified Computing System or Cisco UCS is a large data center platform of the next generation, which unites together the networking, computing, storage access, and virtualization resources, making a unified cohesive system. It is the best way to reduce the TCO (total cost of ownership) and simultaneously to increase business agility. A given system is a multi-chassis platform, integrated and scalable, all resources of which are shared in a unified management domain. The system works on the x86-architecture servers, has a low-latency and lets constructing a lossless 10 Gigabit Ethernet unified network. The Cisco UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnects are installed at the back of the Cisco UCS Mini Chassis. There are included the blade servers in UCS Mini Chassis and the Rack servers.

Example 5: Detailed Reference Architecture

This diagram was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the composition of libraries from the Cisco Networking Solution. An experienced user spent 10 minutes creating this sample.

This diagram sample demonstrates the detailed reference architecture of the Cisco HyperFlex and Xendesktop 7.11. It was designed in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM basing on the image "Detailed reference Architecture with Physical Hardware Cabling Configured to Enable the Solution" illustrating the "Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged System with 1000 XenDesktop7 Seats" article. This architecture includes two Cisco Nexus 9372PX Layer 2 Access Switches, two Cisco UCS-FI-6248UP devices, Eight Cisco UCS HX220c-M4S Rack servers with 2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5-2690 v4 2.6 GHz processor, 2 x 64 Gb SD card, 512 Gb (16 x 32 Gb DDR4) RAM, 1 x Cisco VIC 1227 mLOM, 1 x Cisco 12 Gbps Modular SAS HBA, 1 x 120 Gb Intel SATA Enterprise Value SSD, and HX Datastore configured to host desktop pool with drives listed below per node: 1 x 480 Gb Intel SATA Enterprise Value SSD for Cache, 6 x 1.2 Tb 2,5 inch HDDs for capacity.

Example 6: HX Series Server Connectivity

This diagram was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the composition of libraries from the Cisco Networking Solution. An experienced user spent 5 minutes creating this sample.

This connectivity diagram sample depicts the HX Series Server Connectivity. Being constructed on the base of the "HX-Series Server Connectivity" schematic from the article "Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged System with 1000 XenDesktop 7 Seats", this diagram is strict, clear, and scalable due to the used pre-made vector objects from the ConceptDraw’s Cisco Networking solution. There are depicted two UCS 6248UP switches connected with the HX220c-M4S server. The similar servers of the HX-Series are typically connected directly to the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects. This option is convenient for managing the HX-Series rack-mount servers using a single cable for both data traffic and management traffic. Use the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software to model physical topologies, to design the systems' configurations, and to depict architectures with the use of internationally recognized Cisco network devices and equipment in minutes and without efforts. Place the elements sequentially and maintain the distances between them to keep the clarity of the image.

Example 7: UCS Cluster

This diagram was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the composition of libraries from the Cisco Networking Solution. An experienced user spent 5 minutes creating this sample.

This connectivity diagram sample illustrates the structure of the UCS Cluster. The scheme is based on the "UCS Cluster" illustration made for the "Cisco Virtualized Multi-Tenant Data Center, Version 1.1, Design and Deployment Guide". The Cisco UCS (Unified Computing System) is a range of rack-mount and blade servers. There are two Fabric Interconnects (FIs) on the diagram, which are joined into a cluster. These Cisco Fabric Interconnects are connected with Ethernet cables between the L1 and L2 ports, on the diagram they are differentiated by colors — red and blue. These interconnections provide well-coordinated work of the Fabric Interconnects, if one of them will become unavailable, another one will receive an alert of failure and will take management automatically. So, the Fabric Interconnects continuously monitor the statuses of each other. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software and the Cisco Networking solution's range of vector design elements are the best help in designing similar diagrams.

Example 8: Proper Connection Between the Server Chassis and two Fabric Interconnects

This diagram was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the composition of libraries from the Cisco Networking Solution. An experienced user spent 10 minutes creating this sample.

This diagram depicts the proper connection between the Server Chassis and two Fabric Interconnects, which was designed on the base of the "Proper Connection Between the Server Chassis and two UCS6100 Series Fabric Interconnects" illustration published at the article "Cisco Virtualized Multi-Tenant Data Center, Version 1.1, Design and Deployment Guide". Two Fabric Extenders placed at the back of the Blade Server Chassis provide four 10 GE ports each one and are connected to the corresponding separate Fabric Interconnects with ensuring the redundancy and bandwidth aggregation. There are highlighted the expansion modules, connecting Fabric Extender to ports on the expansion module is not supported. The abundance of ConceptDraw tools and vector design elements lets construct the complex accurate diagrams, supply them with the textual descriptions, bright arrows and signs with exhaustive comments, you can add an explaining legend, and other elements you need to make your diagrams the most comprehensible.

Example 9: HyperFlex Hyperconverged Plus Compute Only Node Topology

This diagram was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the composition of libraries from the Cisco Networking Solution. An experienced user spent 10 minutes creating this sample.

This physical topology diagram is a sample of the HyperFlex Hyperconverged Plus Compute Only Node Topology. It was drawn on the base of the same-named illustration from the article "Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged System with 1000 XenDesktop 7 Seats". You can see that the Cisco HyperFlex system includes several components: a pair of Cisco UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnects, from 3 up to 8 HX-Series rack-mount servers per cluster, these can be HX220c or HX240c servers. The minimal quantity of servers that can be added per cluster is 3 and 8 is their allowable maximum. There are also used from 3 to 8 Cisco UCS B200-M4 blade servers. Cisco UCS C240 and C220 servers can be additionally used for extension the compute resources. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM enhanced with Cisco Networking solution tools is perfect diagramming software to represent different configurations and architectures using the Cisco equipment represented by the ready-made ConceptDraw vector design elements.

Example 10: HyperFlex Hyperconverged Cluster Topology

This diagram was created in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM using the composition of libraries from the Cisco Networking Solution. An experienced user spent 5 minutes creating this sample.

This physical topology diagram sample represents the HyperFlex Hyperconverged Cluster Topology. It was drawn by means of ConceptDraw tools on the base of the "HyperFlex Hyperconverged Cluster Topology" image published at the "Cisco HyperFlex Hyperconverged System with 1000 XenDesktop 7 Seats" article. The Cisco HyperFlex is the newest hyper-converged system that allows solving the problems of high complexity of the fault-tolerant data center systems and corporate infrastructures. It integrates the computing infrastructure, virtual machines, and storage into a single fault-tolerant and high-performance infrastructure. The Cisco HyperFlex system structure depicted on this sample includes a pair of Cisco UCS 6248UP Fabric Interconnects and from 3 to 8 HX-Series rack mount servers (HX220c or HX240c). It is a perfect switching solution, universal and supporting any IP / FC / FCoE / iSCS protocol, the Cisco UCS Manager control system is installed on it. The Cisco UCS 5108 Blade chassis can be added for providing additional compute resources in hybrid clusters.