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Emulex Whitepaper

Network Convergence with Emulex and Windows

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Advanced Management Solutions

Converged Network Deployment Models

The combination of DCB-enabled Ethernet switches and Emulex UCNAs has facilitated the adoption of FCoE and 10GbE as 
the converged network fabric.

FCoE switches are typically provisioned at the edge of the network. They detect Ethernet frames with encapsulated Fibre 
Channel frames and supply the Fibre Channel Forwarding function for communication to the SAN. Fibre Channel frames are 
routed over a FC uplink port that can be connected to a Fibre Channel switch (E-port or N_Port ID Virtualization [NPIV] mode) 
or storage array (F-port, see Figure 3).

Ethernet ports on the switch provide connectivity to the LAN.

Figure 2

Emulex OneConnect 

FCoE CNA

Figure 3

Converged network 

deployment and 

access to SAN

   

Server with 

OneConnect UCNA

Server with 

OneConnect UCNA

Summary of Contents for ONECONNECT OCE10102-F

Page 1: ...twork Convergence with Emulex OneConnect FCoE CNA and Windows Server Platform How to Deploy Converged Networking with a Windows Server Platform Using Emulex OneConnect OCe11102 F and OCe10102 F FCoE C...

Page 2: ...d FCoE The IEEE Data Center Bridging DCB standard enables multiple traffic types over a single link or network convergence with FCoE and Ethernet using the same cable With DCB data centers can achieve...

Page 3: ...nel forwarding switch into the existing Fibre Channel SAN Full interoperability with installed Fibre Channel switches and arrays means no need to rip and replace Even more critical there s no requirem...

Page 4: ...k They detect Ethernet frames with encapsulated Fibre Channel frames and supply the Fibre Channel Forwarding function for communication to the SAN Fibre Channel frames are routed over a FC uplink port...

Page 5: ...Fibre Channel multipathing and NIC teaming can be configured There are three software components for OneConnect FCoE CNAs in a Windows environment Storport Miniport driver The Emulex Storport Miniport...

Page 6: ...he driver you need a The first option is using the product number i Select a product e g OCe11102 ii The next screen will present three tabs select the Drivers tab iii Select the Windows Server 2008 o...

Page 7: ...administration for converged networking with centralized cross platform cross protocol management capabilities Select the OneCommand Manager application Figure 7 shows a OneCommand Manager screen sho...

Page 8: ...onvergence is a critical opportunity for enterprise data centers to achieve significant savings and efficiencies FCoE technology enables network convergence in enterprise data centers and provides ben...

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