While at SNW Europe I had the opportunity to visit the Arista Networks [http://www.aristanetworks.com] booth with my video camera in hand, and the guys on booth duty were good enough to allow me to shoot some footage while we talked about their products. Enjoy the video and

While at SNW Europe I had the opportunity to visit the Arista Networks [http://www.aristanetworks.com] booth with my video camera in hand, and the guys on booth duty were good enough to allow me to shoot some footage while we talked about their products. Enjoy the video and

The below video is something I shot yesterday while at Storage Networking Europe in Frankfurt Germany. In the video, William Lloyd Scull Senior Network Architect at BLADE Network Technologies [www.bladenetwork.net], demos a feature of the IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/openfabric/virtualfabric.

The below video is something I shot yesterday while at Storage Networking Europe in Frankfurt Germany. In the video, William Lloyd Scull Senior Network Architect at BLADE Network Technologies [www.bladenetwork.net], demos a feature of the IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric [http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/openfabric/virtualfabric.

Today I attended the Emulex launch of their OnceConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) [http://www.emulex.com/company/media-center/press-releases/2009/oct-27-2009-emulex-announces-general-availability-of-its-oneconnect-universal-converged-network-adapters-and-onecommand-manager.html] at SNW Europe, and I liked what I saw. Most will know by now that Im all for converged Ethernet unified fabrics.  Still, Im well aware

Today I attended the Emulex launch of their OnceConnect Universal Converged Network Adapter (UCNA) [http://www.emulex.com/company/media-center/press-releases/2009/oct-27-2009-emulex-announces-general-availability-of-its-oneconnect-universal-converged-network-adapters-and-onecommand-manager.html] at SNW Europe, and I liked what I saw. Most will know by now that Im all for converged Ethernet unified fabrics.  Still, Im well aware

Wherever you look these days there’s no shortage of talk about FCoE.  However, sometimes I think a little too much attention is given to FCoE and people sometimes overlook the underlying DCB/CEE Enhanced Ethernet – In my opinion, this where much of the real work and enabling is happening.

Wherever you look these days there’s no shortage of talk about FCoE.  However, sometimes I think a little too much attention is given to FCoE and people sometimes overlook the underlying DCB/CEE Enhanced Ethernet – In my opinion, this where much of the real work and enabling is happening.

My current series of posts on FCoE and CEE have generated a lot of questions and feedback via the comments section and on Twitter.  In this post I will attempt to address some of the questions and misunderstandings – especially around encapsulation and framing efficiency…… I received a comment on the

My current series of posts on FCoE and CEE have generated a lot of questions and feedback via the comments section and on Twitter.  In this post I will attempt to address some of the questions and misunderstandings – especially around encapsulation and framing efficiency…… I received a comment on the

One of the rumours doing the rounds today is that Brocade are apparently up for sale [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125470560542363315.html?mod=rss_Deals_and_Deal_Makers] or at least considering the possibility - I stress at the moment of writing this that it is pure speculation.  Clearly

One of the rumours doing the rounds today is that Brocade are apparently up for sale [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125470560542363315.html?mod=rss_Deals_and_Deal_Makers] or at least considering the possibility - I stress at the moment of writing this that it is pure speculation.  Clearly

Continuing with my current theme of Fibre Channel over Ethernet, and at the request of several people, this post will take a close look at Converged Network Adapters (CNA). Now then, there is no easy way to put this, but to do justice to a topic like this will require

Continuing with my current theme of Fibre Channel over Ethernet, and at the request of several people, this post will take a close look at Converged Network Adapters (CNA). Now then, there is no easy way to put this, but to do justice to a topic like this will require

Amid all the discussion of FCoE and the many requests to cover more aspects and underlying technologies, I thought it probably a good idea to take a step back for a moment and recap flow control in native FC networks.  After all, FCoE is almost a transplant of FCP onto

Amid all the discussion of FCoE and the many requests to cover more aspects and underlying technologies, I thought it probably a good idea to take a step back for a moment and recap flow control in native FC networks.  After all, FCoE is almost a transplant of FCP onto

In keeping with my current focus of attempting to shed some light on FCoE and help people learn and realise some of the beneits, the link below is to a video that Cisco will be putting up tomorrow (10am PDT). Its an interview with Sr Director of IT at the

In keeping with my current focus of attempting to shed some light on FCoE and help people learn and realise some of the beneits, the link below is to a video that Cisco will be putting up tomorrow (10am PDT). Its an interview with Sr Director of IT at the

Ewan Leith (@ewantoo) asked if I could whip something up re cables and infrastructure required for FCoE (DCE/CEE).  So here goes. I think there has been a lively discussion on FCoE over the last 24-48 hours and it would be good to keep it going…… Before I start I’

Ewan Leith (@ewantoo) asked if I could whip something up re cables and infrastructure required for FCoE (DCE/CEE).  So here goes. I think there has been a lively discussion on FCoE over the last 24-48 hours and it would be good to keep it going…… Before I start I’

Following on from Hu Yoshidas apparent blunder over FCoE and lossy networks [http://blogs.hds.com/hu/2009/09/san-volume-controller-revisited.html], I thought I’d do my bit to clear things up and shed some light.  Knowing a thing or two about FCoE I’m regularly amazed at how little

Following on from Hu Yoshidas apparent blunder over FCoE and lossy networks [http://blogs.hds.com/hu/2009/09/san-volume-controller-revisited.html], I thought I’d do my bit to clear things up and shed some light.  Knowing a thing or two about FCoE I’m regularly amazed at how little