The definitive guide to using breakthrough FCoE technology to reduce data center costs and simplify administration
Two Cisco insiders clearly illuminate the benefits and role of FCoE technology in the enterprise, and show how to implement it successfully.
The first book to cover the final FCoE standard.
Contains five detailed case studies and an indispensable FCoE FAQ for both technical professionals and IT decision-makers.
Co-authored by the leader of the T11 FCoE standards group
Using Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and related technologies, data centers can consolidate data traffic onto a single network switch, simplifying their environments, promoting virtualization, and substantially reducing power and cooling costs. This emerging technology is drawing immense excitement, but few enterprise IT decision-makers and implementers truly understand it. I/O Consolidation in the Data Center is the only complete, up-to-date guide to FCoE. FCoE innovators Silvano Gai and Claudio DeSanti (chair of the T11 FCoE standards working group) systematically explain the technology: its benefits, tradeoffs, and what it will take to implement it successfully in production environments. Unlike most other discussions of FCoE, this book fully reflects the final, recently-approved industry standard. The authors also present five detailed case studies illustrating typical FCoE adoption scenarios, as well as an extensive Q and A section addressing the issues enterprise IT professionals raise most often.