fibre channel
RSS fibre channelVirtual Server-SAN Connectivity: Why Blade Server Virtualization and Fibre Channel SAN Connectivity Are Rapidly Being Adopted
White Paper Emulex is currently the only vendor offering NPIV support in its HBAs, both traditional and blade-sized, and drivers. NPIV has been implemented cooperatively by Emulex and IBM and is now successfully deployed on the IBM zSeries mainframe... [12 Nov 2009]
Fiber Channel Over Ethernet: Enabling Server I/O Consolidation
White Paper 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... [12 Nov 2009]
Whitepaper: EqualLogic TCO Analysis by ESG Lab
White Paper This ESG Lab report examines the economic excellence of highly scalable EqualLogic iSCSI storage solutions compared to traditional direct attached storage (DAS), Fibre Channel storage area network (FC... [05 Nov 2009]
Innovation Network Lecture Series: The Journey Towards the Converged Data Center - Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and ISCSI
White Paper Both the FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet) and iSCSI (SCSI over TCP/IP) protocols provide paths to reach this goal. For decades, the IT industry has tried out a number of technologies, looking for one... [01 Oct 2009]
HP MSA2012sa VMware ESX Enterprise Cluster Solution
White Paper Its performance is on par with comparable Fibre Channel products, however there is no switching infrastructure required and requires very inexpensive HBAs versus Fibre... [01 Sep 2009]
Dueling Directors
White Paper Fibre Channel (FC) as a technology has been relatively static over the past 10 years, and FC switch innovation has been incremental - from bandwidth support and additional features to increased... [30 Aug 2009]
Getting Started With VMware vSphere and Emulex/Cisco SANs
White Paper The combination of VMware vSphere and Fibre Channel SANs provides substantial CapEx and OpEx savings. Cisco and Emulex are leaders in Fibre Channel technologies and... [30 Aug 2009]
Eternus CS Virtual Tape for Dynamic Infrastructures: Intelligent Data Protection
White Paper ETERNUS CS supports a huge variety of different platforms with host channels of different types, including standard Fibre Channel, ESCON and FICON. Different channel types can be mixed... [30 Aug 2009]
Dell FlexAddress for PowerEdge M-Series Blades
White Paper FlexAddress simplifies management of network and storage resources in the data centers by providing the key benefits like Swap out or upgrade Dell PowerEdge M-Series server blades with Ethernet, iSCSI, & Fibre... [15 Aug 2009]
Cisco Delivers Enterprise-Class Fibre Channel Blade Switch Solution
White Paper As blade server deployments in the data center continue to grow, IT departments must address several challenges in terms of the scalability, interoperability, any-to-any connectivity, flexibility, and availability capabilities of... [07 Aug 2009]
Data Center Fabric: Leveraging 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel End to End in the Data Center
White Paper Speed increase in Brocade switching platforms is one of many advantages from Brocade's next generation ASIC family. Higher speed in the data center brings the immediate benefit of higher-performing ISLs and increased scalability; since... [07 Aug 2009]
Advanced File Sharing and Management in the Dell NX4
White Paper Combined with support for both Internet SCSI (iSCSI) and Fibre Channel, this system can help meet enterprise-class requirements, simplify data management, and reduce costs. The Dell NX4 Network Attached... [07 Aug 2009]
Cisco SAN Fabric Switches Deliver Compelling Value for Small and Medium-Sized Business SAN Solutions
White Paper The Cisco MDS 9100 Series Fibre Channel SAN switches are purpose-built to provide an affordable and highly capable solution for the Small and Medium-Sized Business (SMB) market. For any business to be... [07 Aug 2009]
Symantec Backup Exec Quick Recovery and Off-Host Backup Solutions for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and Microsoft SQL Server
White Paper The solution is hardware-independent and supports most leading Fibre Channel and iSCSI SAN arrays. Microsoft Exchange Server and SQL Server are mission-critical components in today's business environment. [05 Aug 2009]
VMware vSphere 4 QuickStart Series Part 1: Install and Configure ESXi
White Paper The presenter focuses on deployment architecture of VMware vSphere 4 Installing and configuring ESXi and configuring networking and iSCSI, NAS and Fibre Channel shared storage. The presenter of this... [01 Aug 2009]
