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Deploying a Converged Storage Network Using a Cisco FCoE Switch
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FIGURE 1 ILLUSTRATION OF EFFICIENCY OF CONVERGING
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for system engineers and planners who want to provide converged
networking products, solutions, and services to their customers. It is also intended for network
planners and administrators who are implementing a converged network for their company.
This guide describes how to install an Oracle converged network in preparation for production
deployment.
The guide provides system engineers, architects, and end users with a step-by-step method to
implement a unified fabric and measure performance of a pilot operation. This guide does not
provide methods to measure performance under load or to contrast performance between
various protocols, media types, or file systems. This guide is intended to assist in implementing
a converged fabric using current storage and protocols.
This guide assumes the use of existing storage and Fibre Channel switches and, therefore,
does not describe switch and storage configuration in detail. This guide also assumes a basic
knowledge of Enhanced Ethernet and the associated standards. If you are not familiar with
FCoE and Enhanced Ethernet, review the documents listed in “Appendix A: FCoE and
Enhanced Ethernet Related Materials” on page 20.