Applications
Networking
TCP
IP
SCSI
FCP
FCoE Mapping
Lossless Ethernet
Figure 3: Net working and Fibre Channel stacks leverage a common
Enhanced Ethernet infrastructure to achieve convergence in the data center
By continuing to maintain Fibre Channel as the upper layer protocol, the FCoE technology also fully employs existing investments in Fibre Channel infrastructure.
Introduction to Emulex LP21000 CNA
Emulex is one of the leading proponents and developers of FCoE technology. The Emulex LP21000 Converged Network Adapter (CNA) product family is designed to support high performance storage and networking applications in enterprise data centers. The LP12000 simplifies network deployment by converging networking and storage connectivity while providing enhanced performance for virtualized server environments.
Figure 4: Emulex LP21000 CNA
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