Emulex manual Introduction to Emulex LP21000 CNA

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Applications

Networking

TCP

IP

SCSI

FCP

FC-2

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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Contents Page Table of Contents Introduction Drivers of Network ConvergenceBenefits of FCoE Enabled Network Convergence Consolidation while protecting existing investmentsFCoE Technology Overview Increased IT efficiency and business agilityIntroduction to Emulex LP21000 CNA Emulex LP21000 CNAConverged network deployment and access to SAN Converged Network Deployment modelsConverged Networking with FCoE in an ESX Environment CNA Instantiation Model in ESXConfiguring the LP21000 as a Storage Adapter Two LP21000 CNAs appear as Fibre Channel Storage adapters Configuring the LP21000 for Multipathing in ESX Server w LP21000 FCoE Enabled Switch Configuring the LP21000 as a Network Adapter Two LP21000 CNAs appear as two 10 Gigabit network adaptersConfiguring the LP21000 for NIC Teaming in ESX Scaling to Enterprise ManageabilityPage Conclusion 09-1387