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Storage Networking Services

Introduction

Storage Networking

Cisco Services for Storage Networking accelerate the impact that storage networking can have on your business. Using the Cisco Lifecycle Services approach, Cisco and its partners provide a broad portfolio of Storage Networking Services that address all aspects of deploying, operating, and optimizing your network.

Cisco Storage Networking Services

Planning and Design Services

Cisco MDS Infrastructure Planning And Design Service Bundle

Provides comprehensive support to help ensure that your storage solution is able to fulfill security, scalability, performance and network management goals.


Cisco SAN Extension Planning And Design Service Bundle

Helps to ensure that your storage solutions meet requirements for storage consolidation, backup and mirroring, and replication by providing comprehensive design support as the storage network extends beyond the data center.


Cisco Storage Networking Proof of Concept Service

Helps increase the likelihood that your proposed storage solution will meet requirements and goals by validating the storage networking high-level system design and identifying opportunities for design enhancements.


Cisco SAN Assessment Service

Helps to ensure that your network is ready to support a storage network solution by assessing the security, resiliency, operation and readiness of the network infrastructure.


Cisco Storage Networking Plan Development Service

Accelerates the successful implementation of a storage solution in your network by developing a complete network implementation plan and by providing a controlled implementation environment that emulates the network, as well as expertise and leading practices for staging.

Operate Services

  • Cisco SMARTnet Service
    An award-winning technical support service that gives you direct, anytime access to Cisco engineers and an extensive range of technical resources, SMARTnet delivers rapid issue resolution, flexible device-by-device coverage, and premium service options to help you maximize operational efficiency.
  • Cisco Software Application Support Services
    Cisco Software Application Services (SAS) and Software Application Services plus Upgrades (SASU) maximize the value of your application technology with around-the-clock access to technical support and software upgrades and updates.

Optimization Services

Cisco Data Center Networking Optimization Service

Through design support, performance analysis and recommendations, and ongoing knowledge transfer sessions, the Data Center Networking Optimization Service helps you improve the performance of your storage networking solution. This service builds upon the Cisco Foundation Technology Optimization Service/NOS.


Cisco Storage Networking Management Service

Assists you in reducing operating costs by providing a framework for making changes in an efficient and accountable manner, by restoring normal service operation as quickly as possible with minimal disruption to the business, and by enhancing control over the configuration of network devices to provide access to vital configuration data.

Cisco Storage Networking Staff Training Service

Helps to reduce system down time as a result of improved operational knowledge, expedited case handling and reduced mean time to resolution.