Kickstart AI in Your Data Center with Cisco Validated Designs

Watch a technical presentation where Cisco experts Siva Sivakumar and Tushar Patel detail how enterprises can efficiently deploy AI infrastructure using Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs). Learn about Cisco's comprehensive full-stack approach that combines UCS servers and Nexus networking with partnerships from NVIDIA, Red Hat, NetApp, and Pure Storage to simplify AI workload deployment from training to inferencing. Discover how the modular infrastructure design allows for independent GPU cycling and compute resource management, while exploring integrations with AI-specific software stacks like NVIDIA NGC and NIM. Gain insights into validated designs for various AI applications including large language models, computer vision, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Understand how Cisco's advisory services and partner ecosystem support enterprises throughout their AI journey, from hardware setup to software optimization and ongoing maintenance. Recorded at AI Field Day 5 in San Francisco, this 46-minute presentation demonstrates how to eliminate guesswork in enterprise AI deployment through pre-validated, optimized infrastructure designs.