Could the Converged Network Adapter be the most important element in a Unified Fabric?

Many vendors are touting the benefits of IEEE DCB, FCoE, CEE, DCE, Unified Fabrics, and many other marketing monikers for equipment consolidation.  Each component of the technology is interesting, but maybe no more so than the Converged Network Adapter itself.   …Read more.

Posted by Frank D'Agostino on October 23, 2009 at 09:07AM

Cisco Nexus 4001I Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter

On my previous blog post “What exactly is a Nexus 4000?” there were many questions/comments around OEM blade server vendors and details of Nexus 4000 Series Blade Switches . Today, IBM announced the details of the Cisco Nexus 4000 blade switch for their …Read more.

Posted by Kash Shaikh on October 20, 2009 at 05:27PM

DCE, CEE and DCB. What is the difference?

In one word, NOTHING. They are all three letter acronyms used to describe the same thing. All three of these acronyms describe an architectural collection of Ethernet extensions (based on open standards) designed to improve Ethernet networking and management in …Read more.

Posted by Anthony Faustini on September 10, 2008 at 01:29PM