Converged fabrics: Emerging technologies
for simplifying data center infrastructure
technology brief
Abstract .............................................................................................................................................. 2
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 2
iSCSI .............................................................................................................................................. 3
Fibre Channel over Ethernet .............................................................................................................. 4
Data center bridging ........................................................................................................................ 6
Server virtualization .......................................................................................................................... 8
NIC virtualization ............................................................................................................................. 8
Flex-10 for Virtual Connect ................................................................................................................ 8
Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 9
For more information ............................................................................................................................ 9
Call to action ...................................................................................................................................... 9