The Transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet Unified Networking: Cisco and Intel Lead the Way
e Transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet Unied Networking: Cisco and Intel Lead the Way
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native Fibre Channel connection to existing
SANs. Fibre Channel and FCoE can exist
simultaneously in the Fibre Channel network,
providing the most exibility and allowing
customers to continue to use their existing
administration and management tools.
FCoE is a compelling technology for
enabling unied I/O in the data center
and will continue to gain traction in
the marketplace. Cisco is committed to
developing, supporting, and promoting the
FCoE technologies required to facilitate
this transition in a smooth, evolutionary
way. Data center administrators can now
begin consolidating infrastructure to
achieve economic benets. IT departments
can take advantage of what Cisco FCoE
storage networking can oer today and be
prepared to gain additional benets from
operational eciencies and performance
enhancements.
CONCLUSION
10 Gigabit Ethernet’s simplicity, exibility, and familiarity make it the ideal fabric for a unied data center
network fabric and lay the groundwork for new models, including cloud computing, that will deliver more
intelligent, responsive data centers and greater business agility. rough their product and industry leadership,
Intel and Cisco are helping IT departments transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet and build next-generation data
center infrastructures.