Converged Adapter for Physical and Virtual Networks

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1280 Video Data Sheet

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1280 Video Data Sheet

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Deploy a high-performance, converged network adapter with the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1280. This adapter provides acceleration for the various new operational modes introduced by server virtualization. In virtualized environments, this highly configurable and self-virtualized adapter provides:

• Near-bare-metal I/O performance
• Ease of management
• Exceptional network visibility
• Up to 256 dynamic virtual adapters and interfaces

Advanced Support for Virtualized Environments

The Cisco UCS VIC 1280 implements Cisco VM-FEX technology, which unifies virtual and physical networking into a single infrastructure. It provides virtual-machine visibility from the physical network and a consistent network operations model for physical and virtual servers.

The Cisco UCS VIC 1280 supports VMware's VMDirectPath with vMotion technology, which allows it to:

• "Pass through" the hypervisor layer
• Provide near-bare-metal performance for unified computing systems

Note: Please contact your Cisco representative for new product orderability and first customer shipment (FCS) timelines.