In this era of digital transformation and business resiliency, vast amounts of data are being generated every second, and networking infrastructure is becoming more complex and distributed. Network operations teams need the right tools in order to manage today’s complex data center environments that include on-premises infrastructure and public cloud sites. While many operational services and tools are available to manage data center operations, maneuvering through multiple applications has become a challenge by itself, because IT teams must now correlate information from numerous tools across hybrid environments. Cisco Nexus Dashboard specifically addresses this pain point by providing a single pane of glass to manage a unified operations infrastructure based on the Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform.
This chapter covers the following key topics:
Cisco Nexus Dashboard: This section discusses various services/applications for Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform including Cisco Nexus Dashboard Insights (NDI), Cisco Nexus Dashboard Orchestrator (NDO), Cisco Nexus Dashboard Fabric Controller (NDFC), and Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker (NDDB) along with their features and benefits.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Platforms: This section discusses various form factors for Cisco Nexus Dashboard deployment.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard Cluster Nodes: This section discusses various node types for Cisco Nexus Dashboard cluster deployment such as master nodes, standby nodes and worker nodes including Nexus Dashboard capacity planning tool.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard External Networks: This section discusses various external network types for Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform. Later in the section, we discuss the round trip time(RTT) requirements for various services deployed on Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard GUI Overview: This section discusses the Graphical User Interface(GUI) overview of Cisco Nexus Dashboard platform including One View page, Admin Console page, Services page and Sites page.
“Do I Know This Already?” Quiz
The “Do I Know This Already?” quiz enables you to assess whether you should read this entire chapter thoroughly or jump to the “Exam Preparation Tasks” section. If you are in doubt about your answers to these questions or your own assessment of your knowledge of the topics, read the entire chapter. Table 7-1 lists the major headings in this chapter and their corresponding “Do I Know This Already?” quiz questions. You can find the answers in Appendix A, “Answers to the ‘Do I Know This Already?’ Quizzes.”
