Administrator Guide

5 Dell Campus Networking Interoperability with Cisco Catalyst 1.1 | version 1.1
Introduction
Dell Networking provides customers with the most efficient use of current networking equipment at the lowest
cost while still providing today’s new technologies focused around the explosive data growth in the industry.
Increased reliance on Voice over IP (VoIP), instant messaging clients, streaming video and larger email
attachments, as well as the emergence of virtual machines, virtual desktop infrastructure and very large
databases have driven the need for increased bandwidth, lower latency and converged infrastructure. Figure
1 presents some of the technologies involved with today’s networks.
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Data Centers
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Dell
Storage
Data Center
Dell Network
Controllers
and Security
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Public Cloud
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Networking Architecture Overview
While Dell EMC provides complete solutions for any size network, regardless of complexity, we also
recognize that customers must choose the best solutions that fit the diverse requirements of their businesses
and users. For example, Dell EMC supports open and heterogeneous networking and interoperability in the
Campus network (Figure 2) when constructed on standards. Cisco switches, for instance, can work
seamlessly in a Dell N-Series switch environment when properly configured.