FCoE
FCoE expands Fibre Channel into the Ethernet
environment, combining two leading technologies - Fibre Channel
and Ethernet - to provide more options to end users for Storage
Area Network (SAN) connectivity and networking.
FCoE delivers leading performance without the
latency and complexity issues of Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP), provides greater flexibility in network infrastructure
and protocol decisions through network convergence, and enhances
Fibre Channel investments in the datacenter.
FCoE
- Provides a method to encapsulate Fibre Channel over the
Ethernet transport
- Is similar to other Fibre Channel encapsulations defined in
the T11 Back Bone project
- Transmits Fibre Channel frames over native Ethernet rather
than TCP to ensure good performance
- Takes advantage of proposed enhancements to Ethernet in
support of today’s demanding datacenter environments
- Expands Fibre Channel into the Ethernet environment, providing
more options for SAN connectivity and networking
- Allows servers using multi-protocol attached NICs to leverage
& extend existing Fibre Channel networks
- Allows network convergence for attachment of Fibre Channel
SANs, Internet Protocol LANs, and Remote Direct Memory Access
(RDMA) clustering on a single network structure.
- Helps to ensure Fibre Channel remains the technology of choice
for SAN connectivity
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