Cisco announced a multitude of new products and functionality across the Nexus product line. The move positions Cisco as a one-stop-shop. Cisco has become vulnerable on two fronts: price and performance. Cisco may not have the “hot box” in all areas of networking but it is aggressively closing any remaining gaps. Cisco is committed to developing automation and strong security functionality to support tens of thousands of virtual and physical servers. End-to-end architecture wins at large enterprises and Cisco’s architecture is looking pretty darn strong.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2220928/cisco-s-end-to-end-data-center-fabric-announcement.html