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Cisco Nexus 5000 and Emulex LP21000

Data Center managers are challenged to keep pace with continuous growth while managing capital, operational and facilities costs. Organizations have turned to server virtualization as a means of reigning in the costs by consolidating applications on virtual servers. Increases in SAN attachment have gone hand in hand. Fibre Channel over...

Tags: Emulex Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Data Center Manager, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Servers

White papers 2008-05-01

Converging SAN and LAN Infrastructure With Fibre Channel Over Ethernet for Efficient, Cost-Effective Data Centers

Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE is an emerging data transport technology that simplifies the network fabric by converging both Storage Area Network SAN and LAN connectivity onto a single 10 Gigabit Ethernet link. As the use of SANs in the data center continues to grow, FCoE can decrease the cost...

Tags: LAN, Data Center, Fibre Channel, SAN, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Ethernet, Storage Management, Networking, Hardware

White papers 2008-04-22

Fibre Channel Over Ethernet in the Data Center: An Introduction

Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE is a newly proposed standard that is being developed by INCITS T11. The FCoE protocol specification maps Fibre Channel natively over Ethernet and is independent of the Ethernet forwarding scheme. It allows an evolutionary approach towards I/O consolidation by preserving all Fibre Channel constructs, maintaining...

Tags: Data Center, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Ethernet, Storage, Hardware, Networking

White papers 2007-10-09

Additional Resources

Innovation Network Lecture Series: The Journey Towards the Converged Data Center - Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and ISCSI

For decades, the IT industry has tried out a number of technologies, looking for one that can provide a single network that could accommodate all traffic needs. Ethernet has long been considered a top contender, but only now with the development of 10 Gb Ethernet, is there real opportunity for...

Tags: Innovation, iSCSI, Data Center, Fibre Channel, Network, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Ip storage, Ethernet, Data Centers, Network Technology, Networking, Hardware, Data Management

Webcasts 2009-09-02

IBM bolsters Juniper pact; Reseller deal with Cisco

IBM took its relationship with Juniper up a notch by announcing and original equipment manufacturer deal. Big Blue also announced deals with Brocade and Cisco. Under the Juniper deal, the latest in a string of IBM-Juniper collaborations, IBM will rebrand and sell Juniper EX and MX switches and routers...

Tags: Juniper Networks Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-22

Emulex to Broadcom's merger overture: No thanks

Emulex on Monday said its board has rejected Broadcom's unsolicited takeover offer at $9.25 a share.  In a statement, Paul Folino, chairman of Emulex's board, said the Broadcom offer was an "opportunistic attempt" to get the company on the cheap. Emulex argued that Broadcom knew that the...

Tags: Merger, Broadcom Corp., Emulex Corp., Proposal, Company, Corporate Governance, Data Centers, Manufacturing, Storage, Leadership, Investment, Networking, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Cut Costs by Upgrading Your EMC Connectrix MDS SAN to 8 G Fibre Channel and FCoE

Is the existing SAN ready for greater performance while lowering Total Cost of Ownership TCO by using 8 Gbps Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel Over Ethernet FCoE By upgrading the EMC Connectrix MDS SAN infrastructure, one can take advantage of the higher speeds and improved reliability to not only reduce...

Tags: Fibre Channel, SAN, EMC Corp., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Roi/Tco, Storage Management, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Webcasts 2009-03-13

Fiber Channel Over Ethernet: Enabling Server I/O Consolidation

The development of Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE opens the door to the real possibility of transporting more than one I/O traffic flow over a Converged Enhanced Ethernet CEE, also called a Data Center Bridging DCB, link. Moving Storage Area Network SAN and Local Area Network LAN traffic onto a...

Tags: Data Center, Fibre Channel, Consolidation, Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Server, Fiber, Data Centers, Storage, Ethernet, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Networking, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2009-02-01

Realize Energy Efficiency with Unified Fabrics - Cisco Whitepaper

The Cisco Nexus family of products helps transform data center infrastructure from an isolated fabric topology IFT to a unified fabric topology UFT. UFTs use Data Center Ethernet technologies at 10 Gbps, providing wire-speed lossless fabric and enabling server I/O consolidation and Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE. Additionally, UFTs allow...

Tags: Energy Efficiency, Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2008-12-02

Virtualization and Emulex

Although I wouldn't have thought of Emulex and virtualization technology at the same time, a conversation with the company changed my viewpoint.  How did Emulex achieve the improbable? Read on. Here's what Emulex says about itself Emulex makes a wide range of enterprise-class products...

Tags: Emulex Corp., Storage, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Addressing virtualization's achilles heel

The benefits of virtualization are quite obvious but when you start to really increase the density of virtual machines in order to maximize utilization suddenly it ain't such a simple proposition. The latest CPUs from AMD and Intel are more than up to the task of running 10-20 or more...

Tags: Bandwidth, Virtualization, Network Interface Card, Blade, Achilles Heel, VM, Networking, Servers, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Booting Servers Directly From a Storage Area Network: The Benefits of SAN Fibre Channel and FCoE Connectivity

This paper discusses the capability of booting servers directly from OS images located on the SAN through a Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter HBA or a Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE Converged Network Adapter CNA. It describes the Emulex "Boot from SAN" implementation, and how it delivers a markedly enhanced...

Tags: Operating System, Emulex Corp., SAN, Benefit, Server, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2008-07-01

Why Windows Enterprise Data Centers Are Choosing Emulex

Over 50% of the Windows-based SANs are Fibre Channel. Emulex is the dominant provider of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters HBA for Windows-based SANs because of a history of delivering high performance, scalable, reliable connectivity solutions that offer the finest software architecture and the best interoperability and support. In this...

Tags: Data Center, Emulex Corp., Microsoft Windows, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Operating Systems, Storage Management, Software, Hardware

White papers 2008-07-01

Transforming the Data Center with Unified Fabric

Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE really the long-awaited breakthrough that will transparently integrate your network servers and storage, or is it simply the latest industry hype? Get the answers and expert insights from some of the most distinguished networking engineers in the industry on this 60-minute TechWiseTV video broadcast...

Tags: Data Center, Fibre Channel, Cisco Systems Inc., TechWiseTV, Data Centers, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Webcasts 2008-05-29

Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Storage Networking Evolution

Evolving business requirements underscore the need for high-density, high-speed, and low-latency consolidated networks that enable data center scalability and improve manageability while controlling IT costs. Data centers typically run multiple separate networks, including an Ethernet network for client-to-server and server-to-server communications and a Fibre Channel Storage Area Network SAN. To...

Tags: Storage Networking, Data Center, Fibre Channel, Network, Data Centers, Ethernet, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Networking, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2008-05-01

Cisco MDS 9000 Family: Total Investment Protection

Evolving business requirements underscore the need for high-density, high-speed, and low-latency networks that improve data center scalability and manageability while controlling IT costs. As discussed in this paper the Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides the leading high-density, high-bandwidth storage networking solution along with Integrated Fabric Applications to support dynamic data...

Tags: Storage Networking, Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Storage, Ip storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2008-05-01

Backgrounder: The Complementarity of Next Generation Networks and Virtualization Projects

Virtualization projects currently pay lip-service to the underlying connectivity infrastructure. The current trend is to transition from costly and limited-function "Fibre Channel" and "Leased Line" communication links to more powerful 1Gig or 10Gig Ethernet switched network connections. Whilst Exponential-e can offer the powerful connectivity provided by GigE connections, this is...

Tags: Network, Exponential-e, Virtualization, Ethernet, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Networking, Storage

White papers 2008-04-01

Waiting for Leopard's iSCSI support

Scanning though Apple's server discussion boards recently, I noticed a thread on iSCSI. This technology was a hot topic last year at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco and we can expect more of the same next month. iSCSI is a standard that uses the familiar SCSI...

Tags: iSCSI, Apple Inc., Technology, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Network Technology, Storage, Hardware, Networking, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2007-12-10

Dot Hill: A lesser known green storage option

Because of our insatiable human tendency to create more and more information like this very own blog, storage is one of the things I scrutinize most when people pitch me on all manner of green technology. Most of the products I hear about, mind you, aren’t...

Tags: Green Technology, Battery, Product, Dot Hill 2330, Dot Hill, Storage, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2007-10-24

Double the ROI of Your EVA With iSCSI

EVA is a share-able connectivity option that provides high-availability storage to servers. This paper discusses how IT managers can extend the value of the EVA to low-cost servers. Traditionally, 1U and blade servers have not been attached to high end Fibre Channel storage due to the cost of adding those...

Tags: iSCSI, Fibre Channel, Connectivity Option, QLogic Corp., ROI, EVA, HP StorageWorks EVA iSCSI Connectivity Option, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Ip storage, Servers, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking

White papers 2007-07-06