Xsigo Resource Center
Product Literature
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Data Sheet
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Data Sheet
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Data Sheet
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Data Sheet
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VP560 I/O Director Specifications
Spec Sheet
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VP780 I/O Director Specifications
Spec Sheet
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Spec Sheet
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Spec Sheet
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Spec Sheet
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Spec Sheet
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Customer Success
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Solutions Healthcare provides IT operations for medical offices and clinics. Learn how they built a more agile, highly available infrastructure with Xsigo.
2-page PDF
Kroll Factual Data, the world's leading risk consulting company, cuts costs while adding performance with Xsigo. Learn how this firm achieved 6X more bandwidth per blade chassis with 50% less infrastructure equipment.
2-page PDF
Stephenson Harwood, a full service international law firm, ahieved 4X faster performance and reduced infrastructure costs by 2/3. Read the case study to learn how Xsigo enabled a 66% cost savings and delivered a more flexible infrastructure for their growing business needs.
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This law firm built a more agile infrastructure using Xsigo virtual I/O technology. Read the case study to get the full details on how Xsigo enabled Farrer & Co to accommodate IT demands in minutes rather than days.
2-page PDF
This global bank achieved 5X the database capability for half the cost of Oracle's Exadata. Read the case study to see how Xsigo helped this global bank solve their business challenges.
2-page PDF
This enterprise cloud hosting provider eliminated infrastructure complexity while adding performance with Xsigo virtual I/O. Bluelock was able to achieve 40X more usable bandwidth per serverr with 97.5% fewer networking devices after deploying Xsigo. Read this case study to see how it was done and what the IT staff are saying.
2-page PDF
This currency exchange firm deployed Xsigo virtual I/O to help consolidate its infrastructure and eliminate 90% of their servers. Xsigo provided a scalable solution that improved performance... and improved the quality of life for the staff.
3-page PDF
This SaaS provider to the automotive repair industry saved 33% on I/O capital costs by deploying Xsigo. Performance improved and they gained remote management capabilities.
3-page PDF
This division of a Fortune 500 company provides transaction services to multi-national corporations. Read this case study and see how Xsigo virtual I/O gives them a more responsive data center so they can bring new customers and services online more quickly.
3-page PDF
Uptime and scalability are critical to this growing firm that is quickly making a name for itself by supplying real-time information to the financial services industry. Read how Xsgio virtual I/O helps them to deliver great service on a tight budget.
3-page PDF

Solution Notes
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Oracle RAC provides high availability and excellent database performance. But maximizing its capabilities can require significant server I/O resources. And especially critical is the cluster interconnect, which plays a key role in overall system performance.
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A private cloud architecture leverages the power of virtualization to let you flexibly deploy applications across a pool of resources. Workloads can be fluidly distributed among servers and among sites to boost efficiency, utilization, uptime and performance. This solution note reviews how virtual I/O helps deliver connectivity to the private cloud.
2-page PDF
VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) places significant demands on servers and data center infrastructure. Your desktop users expect the performance of a local machine, with fast boot times and responsive applications. You need a VDI delivery model that is reliable, efficient, and straightforward to deploy. This solution note shows you how virtual I/O helps deliver a great VDI user experience at less cost.
2-page PDF

Online Resources
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View this informative Flash demo and learn why I/O virtualization is the faster, simpler, more cost effective way to connect servers to networks and storage. Now you can manage connectivity with the click of a mouse, dramatically reduce cabling, and save up to 50% on capital cost.
3-minute Flash Demo
Virtual I/O cuts data center costs by reducing complexity and accelerating management. Use this TCO calculator to get the bottom line on the capital, power, and management cost savings of deploying virtual I/O.
Web-based Calculator

Reports
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The Xsigo I/O Director provides fully isolated Ethernet and Fibre Channel networks within a shared fabric while also delivering the flexibility and agility of software-controlled connections.
6-page PDF
InformationWeek Analytics set the stage for the next-gen data centers with a star studded cast: HP, IBM, Cisco and Dell/Xsigo. The fight is on for the fully-virtualized data center. Compare solutions from the vendors above, feature by feature. Read the full report to learn why and when it makes sense to look at these products -- and get insight on the long-term implications.
22-page PDF
The cloud isn’t tied to a specific set of equipment or software, no matter what the vendors say. This report strips away the hype to answer the tricky question “what is cloud computing anyway?” and reveals cost-saving multi-vendor solutions.
23-page PDF
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) is one of the hottest trends in the data center today. These solutions are complex to design, build, manage, and scale efficiently and effectively. This report highlights current trends in VDI deployments and provides insight on how Xsigo virtual I/O enables a lower cost, more flexible and more dynamic deployment environment for VDI solutions.
33-page PDF
This paper will take a look at the current trends in VMware View VDI deployments and how Xsigo virtual IO enables a lower cost, more flexible, more dynamic deployment environment for VDI solutions. Read the free whitepaper now!
9-page PDF
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure continues to grow in popularitybut remains a highly complex task to implement. The Xsigo Server Fabric can dramatically simplifybuilding out and managing your VMwareView infrastructurewhile delivering the best user experience at the lowest price.
6-page PDF
How Xsigo virtual I/O enables a lower cost, more flexible, more dynamic environment for Citrix FlexCast VDI solutions.
8-page PDF
The Xsigo I/O Director solves the challenge of scaling communication performance among application and database servers and storage while significantly improving I/O connectivity and the overall performance of the Oracle architecture.
6-page PDF

White Papers and Other Literature
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Xsigo virtual I/O is the industry's only solution to provide fully isolated Ethernet and Fibre Channel networks within a shared fabric.
2-page PDF
Dell and Xsigo combine technologies to deliver an integrated data-center-in-a-rack solution for the private cloud.
2-page PDF
Xsigo virtualized I/O can help you lower costs, add flexibility and reduce power and cooling.
2-page PDF
Top ten ways Xsigo virtual I/O reduces costs and improves efficiency in enterprise data centers.
2-page PDF
Utility computing promises greater data center efficiency and agility, but without I/O virtualization the model is incomplete. This report reviews the factors driving virtual I/O adoption, how virtual machine technologies benefit from virtual I/O, and the specific solutions that are available now.
24-page PDF
How Xsigo virtual I/O enables the dynamic data center with rapid resource provisioning, any-to-any connectivity, and greater cost efficiency.
8-page PDF
Get an in-depth technical look at how the Xsigo I/O Director consolidates server I/O to simplify management and increase utilization.
6-page PDF
Learn how the Xsigo I/O Director provides a complete solution for VMware ESX SAN boot, with benefits like easier set-up and centralized management using a GUI or CLI.
6-page PDF
Xsigo technology allows servers to be "I/O personality independent," so connectivity can be deployed as needed. The result is an on-demand data center with greater server utilization, better application performance, and lower overall costs.
2-page PDF
Virtualization technologies like VMware ESX Server creates new challenges that can best be resolved by virtualizing server connectivity. The virtual I/O capabilities of the Xsigo I/O Director enable a virtualized datacenter running VMware ESX to scale better, ensure security through traffic isolation, and guarantee performance through QoS.
4-page PDF
This paper illustrates specific examples of how Xsigo virtual I/O streamlines management in FC SAN, iSCSI and NAS storage environments.
4-page PDF
This paper illustrates specific examples of how Xsigo virtual I/O simplifies network management, provides enhanced uptime, and gives gives IT managers more control over network connectivity.
8-page PDF
Blade server environments benefit from the flexibility and freedom from physical I/O limitations that virtual I/O offers. Find out more and learn about Xsigo interoperability with all popular blade systems in this paper.
8-page PDF
This paper outlines Xsigo virtual I/O benefits for managed service providers, including greater resource utilization, reduced operating and capital costs, and improved uptime.
8-page PDF
How Xsigo Quality of Service controls ensure performance for critical appliacations and virtual machines.
4-page PDF
How Xsigo helps trim power, cooling, and space consumption.
4-page PDF
How Xsigo virtual I/O can be deployed to boost system availability and to create flexible disaster recovery solutions.
4-page PDF
This paper describes the results of testing conducted to qualify the Xsigo VP780 I/O Director against a broad range of HP storage and server solutions.
12-page PDF

Image Library
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Download Xsigo product shots, visios, logos and diagrams.
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