FocalPoint Silicon Key to Ethernet Alliance Converged Network
At the recent SC09 show, the Ethernet Alliance brought together equipment from 14 vendors to demonstrate Data Center Bridging (DCB) using a number of different storage protocols that leverage cost-efficient, ubiquitous Ethernet as a converged fabric.
The interconnect was a major element of this unified fabric showcase, as it incorporated different technologies such as 10GBase-T and SFP+ 10GbE Direct Attach Cables into the demonstration. It also demonstrated how network convergence takes advantage of high speed Ethernet to deliver client messaging, storage and server application communications over a single network.
Fulcrum’s Monaco reference design, which features the FocalPoint FM 4224 24-port 10GbE switch chip, was the 10GbE switch used for all of the tests. The switch was one of the few available that supports the data center bridging (DCB) features required for converged fabrics including support for the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standard.
For more information on the demo, visit the Ethernet Alliance Website and download the SC09 Whitepaper.
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