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Service-Oriented Network Architecture

Architecture and Use of Cisco VFrame Data Center Orchestration Services

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Coordinating, provisioning, and repurposing physical and virtual infrastructure services comprised of network, storage, and compute resources are key capabilities of Cisco VFrame Data Center Orchestration Services.

Cisco VFrame Data Center Orchestration Services are part of the virtualization domain of the Service-Oriented Network Architecture (SONA) framework, allowing businesses and partners to enhance existing network-resource-orchestration applications or create customized applications that interface with the network for dynamic provisioning of virtualized resources across the network fabric.

Cisco VFrame Data Center Orchestration Services have a simple architecture that is comprised of the following components:

  • VFrame appliance
  • Administrative GUI
  • Web services interface and software development kit
  • Host agents
  • VFrame macros

Cisco has partnered with several companies to form complete business solutions, but in addition provides rich APIs that can integrate with any business application to spur innovation. Cisco offers development support through its Cisco Developer Technology Program.