Cisco and NetApp Unveil End-to-End FCoE Solution

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As part of their ongoing collaboration, Cisco, NetApp and VMware have announced what has been termed as the industry’s first certified end-to-end Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) solution for VMware-virtual environments.

As part of their ongoing collaboration, Cisco, NetApp and VMware have announced what has been termed as the industrys first certified end-to-end Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) solution for VMware-virtual environments.

In order to reduce the number of devices and cables needed and to drive data center consolidation, virtualization, and automation, this combined solution supports FCoE end-to-end. Cisco data center switches and NetApp storage FCoE solutions are now validated by VMware to support VMware-based virtualized environments.

Rob Christ, founder and director, Databasement said, Vital to our solution is a unique service-oriented infrastructure based on the Cisco, NetApp, and VMware offering, that includes all server, storage, and networking hardware and software to facilitate sharing, reuse, and dynamic resource allocation. The announcement that VMware has validated Cisco and NetApp end-to-end FCoE in virtual environments will help us consolidate o

ur data center infrastructure so we can achieve greater efficiency, performance, and overall cost savings.

As per a news release the solution has completed the VMware Hardware Certification Program testing criteria for use with VMware software and is now listed on the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide, with support offered by all three companies.

Bob Olwig, vice president of Corporate Business Development, World Wide Technology said, VMwares certification of Cisco networking with the NetApp Storage FCoE solution is significant for our customers who are demanding an end to the complexity and headaches associated with a myriad of cables, multiple interface cards, and switches. World Wide Technology is laser-focused in helping customers integrate disparate technologies in complex physical and virtualized environments. We are very pleased to be working with Cisco, NetApp, and VMware, which have delivered the industrys first FCoE solution that squarely addres

ses data center customer requirements.

FCoE offers significant savings by reducing the number of adapters, cables, and network infrastructure devices needed in a dynamic data center.

FCoE also helps customers achieve greater efficiencies by reducing space, cooling, and power, as well as offers greater, higher performing utilization of the data center networks.

Earlier in January, Cisco, NetApp, and VMware had announced the expansion of their long-standing collaboration to help customers evolve virtualized data centers to be more efficient, dynamic, and secure.

Mark Hilz, president and chief operating officer, INX said, A validated end-to-end FCoE solution from virtualized server through the network to the storage arrays will help our customers drive a level of consolidation, virtualization, and automation that up until now was not possible. The collaboration among Cisco, NetApp, and VMware continues to yield technology adva

ncements that accelerate business agility and delivers on the promise of enabling a dynamic virtualized data center.