{"id":5611,"date":"2020-10-01T19:40:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T17:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=5611"},"modified":"2020-10-01T19:41:12","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T17:41:12","slug":"how-are-fcoe-switches-used-in-the-data-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/how-are-fcoe-switches-used-in-the-data-center\/","title":{"rendered":"How are FCoE switches used in the data center?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Adoption of FCoE switches is dependent on Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol (DCBx) switch technology, says storage expert Marc Staimer.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ttgtmedia.com\/rms\/whatIs\/marc_staimer.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Staimer\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techtarget.com\/contributor\/Marc-Staimer\">Marc Staimer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Most users currently run Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) only between their servers and top-of-rack switches or with blade servers and their embedded switches. <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Do you think end users will ultimately run FCoE from their servers to their storage arrays, or will they simply run FCoE from their servers to switches?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Users will ultimately run\u00a0Fibre Channel over Ethernet\u00a0directly to their storage systems. FCoE is increasingly becoming an adapter option on new storage arrays. As the technology matures, storage systems go through a tech refresh or new systems are added, expect to see core Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol switches (DCBx switches) begin to supplant top-of-rack switches\/gateways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The degree to which users can run FCoE switches in the network core depends on the core switch. The\u00a0core switch\u00a0has to support DCBx, which means it must act as a layer-2 network, similar to an\u00a0FC switch. If the switch is DCBx rated, that network core can be used in the same manner as an FC director or switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of arrays providing a native FCoE adapter today is relatively small and growing slowly. There are native FCoE storage adapters available for EMC Corp.&#8217;s VNX (EMC VMAX support is coming); NetApp Inc.&#8217;s FAS series, V-Series and some E-Series; Hitachi Data Systems&#8217; Virtual Storage Platform (VSP); and Hewlett-Packard Co.&#8217;s XP95000, a rebranding of Hitachi&#8217;s VSP. Expect more systems to offer FCoE as a native option this year and next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Adoption of FCoE switches is dependent on Data Center Bridging Capability Exchange Protocol (DCBx) switch technology, says storage expert Marc Staimer. By Marc Staimer Most users currently run Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) only between their servers and top-of-rack switches or with blade servers and their embedded switches. Do you think end users will ultimately run FCoE from their servers<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/how-are-fcoe-switches-used-in-the-data-center\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,8,56,107,76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-center-facilities","category-data-center-hardware","category-it-infrastructure-management-and-planning-data-center-facilities","category-san-technology-and-arrays-2","category-telecoms-networks-and-broadband-communications"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5613,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5611\/revisions\/5613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}