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Questions Arise About Security for Cisco UCS
By: Chris Preimesberger
2009-05-04
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Questions Arise About Security for Cisco UCS (
Page 1 of 3 ) There is a glaring omission in Cisco Systems' new Unified Computing System data center initiative: security. With the main focus being on Cisco's entry into a huge new business, little or nothing about security was discussed at the March 16 product launch. Cisco provides the networking for UCS, while a host of partners provide storage hardware, management software, virtualization and other components. But specific security requirements are a mystery.Cisco
Systems made big news March 16 when it boldly announced that it was moving
into the full-service data center systems business with its Unified Computing
System.
But in all the hubbub of the UCS product launch, Cisco left something
important out of the conversation: How is security for UCS going to be handled?
It turns out that there are, in fact, some real questions that need to be
addressed.
To review, the Unified Computing System consists of a new data center
architecture, a new application server (the Cisco UCS B-Series), and a new
management software and services package. Cisco partners are providing most of
the UCS components.
Intel's Xeon 5500 processors make up the UCS computing foundation. Longtime
Cisco partners EMC and NetApp provide the
storage hardware. BMC Software brings the
only provisioning, change management and configuration software in the stack.
Customers will have a choice of either VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V
virtualization layers; systems integrator Accenture will help shape the
individual product packages for customers.
Now we're back to that glaring omission involving security. With the main news focus
being on Cisco entering a huge new business, little or nothing was said about
the security aspect at the March 16 product launch.
Although EMC is a major partner in the
storage component, its RSA Security
subsidiary was not mentioned as being a part of this initiative. Neither were
Symantec, McAfee, Iron Mountain
or any other well-known security vendor.
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