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At Cisco Live in June 2024, we unveiled a groundbreaking AI cluster solution for data centers, co-developed with NVIDIA. The new Nexus HyperFabric AI cluster solution redefines how customers design, manage, and optimize both infrastructure and software—blending Cisco AI-native networking with NVIDIA to help enterprises operationalize generative AI.
Nexus HyperFabric: Designed for Real-World Scale
As our AI vision evolves, so does our commitment to diverse use cases. The Nexus HyperFabric solution—a cloud-managed network fabric—can scale data centers of any size, anywhere. Delivered as a service, it empowers customers (regardless of technical expertise) to design, deploy, manage, and expand multiple fabrics globally with ease.
Partner Enablement: Your Nexus HyperFabric Journey Begins
With so much innovation, our partners asked for enablement resources to help them capture this opportunity. We listened: the Cisco Nexus HyperFabric enablement journey is now live on Cisco Black Belt Academy!
A Guided Tour of the Nexus HyperFabric Curriculum
The curriculum for Stages 1 & 2—designed for both Presales and Deployment roles—covers:
- Introduction & Solution Overview: Understand Cisco Nexus HyperFabric and its core components.
- HyperFabric Architecture: Explore the cloud-managed vertical stack: hardware, software, cloud controller, day-2 operations, automation, and Cisco support. See how it eliminates complexity and supports flexible topologies.
- Sales and Positioning: Learn how to explain Nexus HyperFabric’s value, deliver a compelling 60-second pitch, and position it effectively with customers.
- Partner Use Cases & Value: Discover how HyperFabric helps partners address evolving data center and AI market needs, providing a scalable, high-performance solution.
- Configuration and Deployment: Guidance on design, deployment, lifecycle management, automation, software upgrades, and day-2 operations including telemetry, assertions, and alerts.
- Customer Success Stories: Real-world examples of HyperFabric in action.
- Licensing & Ordering: Steps for quoting, ordering, and securing approval for Nexus HyperFabric opportunities.
- Nexus HyperFabric AI Introduction: Learn how HyperFabric AI simplifies AI adoption with easy, cloud-based management for diverse enterprise needs.
- dCloud Demos: Access hands-on, guided demos to build and manage cloud-managed networks.
- dCloud Lab: Experience designing, deploying, and managing real physical fabrics using the Nexus HyperFabric cloud controller. See how automation and centralized management streamline operations for IT, Application, and DevOps teams.
- Coming Soon – Capture the Flag: Gamified missions to deepen your understanding of Nexus HyperFabric.
Why This Matters for Partners
The curriculum of “Cisco Nexus Hyperfabric” on Cisco Black Belt Academy, can foster confidence to handle customer conversations, deliver elevator pitches and handle value proposition dialogues whilst performing a successful PoC/PoV as a Presales SE or steer through deployments of the solution as a field engineer handling end to end fabric configuration and lifecycle management.
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