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Conclusion

A convergence of factors continues to increase the use of SANs

and the adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet. These factors include the

requirements of server virtualization technology, the rapid adoption

of multisocket servers hosting multi-core processors, and the

ever-increasing demands of today’s business applications. FCoE

has arrived as an enabling technology that controls the cost and

complexity of deploying SAN connectivity to all the servers in the

business environment. Emerging standards-based technologies

provide lossless data transmission over a converged Ethernet fabric

that combines LAN and storage trafc over the same wire, reducing

infrastructure and operating costs in the data center as well as

helping protect the environment.

FCoE has been designed from the ground up for maximum

exibility, including the capability to coexist with existing

infrastructure, management topologies, and networking

technologies. Backing from industry leaders like Cisco and Intel

helps ensure the continuing innovation that is pushing FCoE

into the networking environments of companies of all sizes and

across all industries. Innovative hardware advances like the Cisco

Nexus 5000 Series and Intel 10 Gigabit Server Adapters put these

technologies into practice, building future data centers that are

increasingly capable, exible, efcient, and environmentally sound.

Source: Internal Intel estimates.

Computerworld, “Doing the Math,” April 3, 2006.

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Switching support from Cisco for standards-based FCoE,

including the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series, brings this

technology to market with the assurance that comes from an

industry leader and a system of collaborators that will help

make FCoE technology prevalent in data centers worldwide.

For more information about FCoE products and technologies

from Cisco, visit www.cisco.com/go/nexus5000.

Innovative 10 Gigabit Ethernet LAN adapters from Intel

deliver lossless Ethernet for FCoE and interoperability with

products from various switch vendors. Intel leads the industry

in delivering FCoE initiators for both Windows and Linux. Top

manufacturers offer Intel

adapters in their new servers.

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