This post was authored by Allan Waters, Director, Product Marketing Nutanix
Nutanix, Cisco UCS®, and Intel® Xeon® 6 Work Together for a Full Stack, Unified Enterprise Platform
Modern IT teams are managing more complexity than ever. The number of applications is growing, data volumes are expanding rapidly, and AI is introducing new types of workloads that span from core data centers to the edge.
To keep up, many organizations are adopting hybrid multicloud strategies. These approaches offer the flexibility to run workloads where they make the most sense—whether that’s in a branch office, a central data center, or the public cloud.
But with that flexibility comes new challenges. Hybrid environments often involve a mix of hardware, software, and compute resources spread across different locations. Each layer needs to work together seamlessly. Infrastructure must be resilient, software must provide a consistent experience, and compute resources must scale to support AI and analytics—without driving up costs or complexity.
IT leaders need infrastructure that can meet these demands without adding operational overhead.
A Unified Cloud Operating Model with HCI at the Core
For IT, the key is a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) foundation that scales across locations while remaining simple to operate. For hybrid multicloud environments, hardware, software, and compute must work in lock-step. Performance and manageability depend on how well those layers integrate, and misalignment can result in piecemeal management tools, inconsistent performance, and operational blind spots.
A fully validated platform directly addresses these risks. A tightly integrated full-stack solution can support consistency across environments, whether workloads live in branch offices, core data centers, or the cloud. It can provide unified management instead of overlapping tools, predictable performance instead of guesswork, and scalability without multiplying vendors.
The result: a hybrid multicloud model that expands capability without adding complexity. That’s precisely the vision behind the complete enterprise HCI solutions featuring Nutanix, Cisco UCS®, and Intel® Xeon® 6 processors.
Nutanix, Cisco, and Intel Deliver a Versatile, Validated, and Value-Driven Platform
Nutanix, Cisco, and Intel worked together to develop a solution that’s ready for today’s hybrid multicloud needs at every layer. The Nutanix Cloud Platform solution provides a unified hybrid cloud operating model, enabling IT teams to run and move workloads anywhere while managing everything through a consistent control plane.
Cisco UCS brings enterprise-grade hardware and lifecycle management tools that simplify deployment and operations. From zero-touch provisioning to centralized visibility, IT can scale infrastructure efficiently without adding management overhead.
Finally, Intel Xeon 6 processors power the stack with the performance needed for modern workloads. With up to 86 performance cores per socket, DDR5 memory, PCIe Gen 5 bandwidth, and Intel AMX for AI acceleration, Xeon 6 supports consolidating legacy servers, running demanding analytics, and efficiently handling emerging workloads such as edge inference.
Together, this combination delivers a complete, validated foundation that accelerates deployment, ensures operational consistency, and provides the headroom required for the next generation of workloads.
Flexible Deployment Options for Right-Sized Systems
This value-driven vision is realized through flexible deployment options. Clusters can be deployed in Intersight Standalone Mode, connecting through existing top-of-rack networking and managed centrally with Cisco Intersight—a simple, efficient solution for smaller environments and remote locations. The same platform can also run in Intersight Managed Mode, where nodes connect through Cisco UCS fabric interconnects and operate as a single system. This setup supports enterprise-scale deployments, providing scalability, resiliency through redundant connections, and integrated failover.
Nutanix–Cisco–Intel systems also deliver the final ingredient for efficient hybrid multicloud operations: the ability to tailor infrastructure precisely to the needs of each deployment. Without flexible, right-sized options, hybrid multicloud strategies risk becoming inefficient—either overprovisioned and wasteful at smaller sites or underpowered for data-intensive workloads in the core.
With configurations ranging from compact nodes to high-capacity, GPU-enabled systems and modular designs built for future growth, the platform ensures every environment is properly equipped while maintaining the same validated, consistent foundation.
Explore the full list of configurations in our solution brief here.[1]
The Power of a Ready-to-Run Platform Built for Today’s Workflows
The collaboration between Nutanix, Cisco, and Intel shows what’s possible when infrastructure is validated end-to-end:
- Fast, smooth deployments that get infrastructure online quickly.
- Consistent operations across distributed environments.
- Performance and scalability to handle AI, analytics, and cloud-native applications without re-architecting.
Instead of building and testing each layer in-house, practitioners get a ready-to-run foundation designed to evolve with their needs.
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