Challenges Pressure to get Cisco Nexus*9000 and ACI* data center up and running as quickly as possible with little time to focus on physical infrastructure requirements and resources to deploy them:

• CapitalCost • EnergyCosts • Reliability • AdvancedAnalyticCapability • OperationalCosts

SolutionPanduitOptimizedSolutionsforCiscoNexus*9000SeriesSwitchesandACI*arevalidatedtoprovideaworry-free deployment. Typically a deployment requires acompletedesignintegratingupto40individualcomponentsandupto250individualpartswhenconsideringeverynutandbolt.PanduithasdesignedandtestedeverycomponentrequiredtodeployaCiscoNexus*9000SeriesSwitch.

• Switch-depthcabinetsoptimizedforspace, fit,andlayout • Allconnectivity(fiberandcopper)properly sizedandmanaged • Cablemanagers,patchpanels,andintegrated bonding/grounding systems • Thermallyvalidatedairflowmanagementkits and all required mounting hardware • Structurallytested,dynamiccabinetoption available • Optimizedforseamlessscalingofnetwork infrastructure

Why Panduit and Cisco*? Cisco* and Panduit providesolutionsthatoptimizedatacenters to help customers increase agilityandoptimizeoperational efficiency. Panduit’s solutions connect,manage,andautomate criticalinfrastructure systems:

• Communication • Computing • Power • Control • Security

Byextendingandconvergingthe business infrastructure across allcoresystems,Panduitprovidescustomerswithasmarter,unifiedbusiness foundation.

Panduit and Cisco* help customers manage risk within the physical infrastructurebyintelligentlyconvergingphysical and logical systems. Panduit and Cisco*collaboratetoprovideaunifieddatacentersolutionthatdelivers:

• Simplified,intelligentdatacenterplanning throughconvergedsystemsandbestpractices • Operationalefficiencythroughupfrontdesign considerationofpower,cooling,space,and industry standards requirements • Businessagilitythroughflexibleandscalable data center and network architectures

Contact Us: www.panduit.com/ciscoacicontactLearn More: www.panduit.com/ciscoaci

Optimized SolutionsforCiscoNexus*9000SeriesSwitchesandApplicationCentricInfrastructure(ACI*)

*Cisco and Cisco Nexus are registered trademarks and Cisco ACI isatrademarkofCiscoSystems,Inc.and/oritsaffiliatesintheUnitedStatesandcertainothercountries.

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Cable Pass-Through

Cable Pass-Through

ACI – Double SpineGoal of this solution is to accommodate the minimum ACI Spine configuration of two Cisco Nexus 9508 Chassis’s. (Cisco imposed solution minimum for HA using chassis’s)

Parts needed to create a finished good preconfigured solution are: 42RU 800mm x 1200 S-Type Cabinet, 2 POU brackets, 2 side

panels, 2 vertical air dams, vertical fingers 2 Fiber Port angled replication panels (new part) – These

panels provide a 1:1 Leaf switch uplink (up to 588 patches) between 9508 line card and Leaf switches in other cabinets. Port personality in the form of inserted jacks are included in the appropriate cable bundle type and not in the base solution (LC or MPO jacks). Two angled panel covers on top/bottom of replication panels keep cold aisle containment, as well as dust caps supplied to fill the holes in the panel

2 – 2RU cool boot pass-thru’s to allow the front facing power supplies to be cabled to the rear POU’s

Grounding to include 2 whips from 9508's and connection to CBN

Strain relief bars on rear to accommodate slack of almost 600 inbound fibers

Cable management on back side of front rail to dress up to 588 patch’s between 9508 and replication panels

24 port 1RU Quicknet patch panel to account for 4 Nexus Supervisor connections to be uplinked, using Cat5e Cable/Mini-Coms

Cool boot inserts for both air dams and top of cabinet for patch management and inbound connections

Various accessories to further ensure cold aisle containment

Since patch cables are not included in the base configuration, there will be 2 offerings. Each offering is enough to fill half a line card per 9508: 36 LC patch cables to connect 9508 to associated fiber

replication panel, 36 LC adapters to populate panel 36 MPO patch cables to connect 9508 to associated fiber

replication panel, 36 MPO adapters to populate panel

*Active gear from Cisco is not included in the preconfigured solution**Patch Cables between 9508 and Fiber Replication Panels are not included in base solution. Horizontal links are also not included*

BenefitsTime to DeployDesignedandtestedtominimizedeploymenttime;predictable,repeatableandscalablesystem

Capital CostHighestdensitydeploymentminimizestheamountofdatacenterspacerequired;knownthermalandpowerfootprintreducesneedforoversubscriptionoffacilityresources;minimizedset-upanddebuggingcosts.

Energy CostsThermalefficiencyofcabinet,ductingandcablemanagementsolutionminimizestheamountofcoolair required to maintain acceptable operating conditions of equipment.

ReliabilityAlllinkstestedanddocumentationprovidedverifyingproperconnection,speed,andbandwidth

Advanced Analytic CapabilityAnopenAPIprovidesreal-timephysicalinfrastructuredata(connectivity,power,thermal,andassetlocation)enablesoptimizedworkloadallocationbasedonphysical location and data in addition to logical data.

Operational CostsLowerenergycosts,efficientdensity;minimizedmaintenancelowerstheoperationalcostperITunit;real-time reporting of operating conditions enable facilityresourcestobeoptimizedbasedonactualphysical infrastructure resources consumed.

Configurations AvailableCiscoACI*Spineconfiguration,CiscoNexus*9500SwitchesCiscoACI*Leafconfiguration,Cisco Nexus* 9396CiscoACI*Leafconfiguration,Cisco Nexus* 93128

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