Servers supporting PCI Express (x8 or higher) will be able to utilize the full potential of the Emulex LP21000’s 2x10Gb/s Ethernet interfaces, balancing both storage and networking I/O requirements. The priority flow control prevents degradation of traffic delivery and enhanced transmission selection enables partitioning and guaranteed service levels for different traffic types.
The LP21000 fully leverages the proven Emulex LightPulse® architecture and thus extends the reliability, performance and manageability characteristics of proven Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) to the converged network adapter.
Converged Network Deployment models
Emulex is closely partnering with Convergence Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) switch manufacturers to develop the next generation of FCoE based converged network infrastructure. The combination of lossless Ethernet switches and Emulex CNAs will help facilitate the adoption of FCoE and pave the way for 10Gb/s Ethernet as the converged network fabric in the enterprise data center.
The lossless Ethernet switch, typically provisioned with native Fibre Channel ports and an FCoE to Fibre Channel forwarder, provides all the services of a Fibre Channel switch. The switch can be connected directly to a Fibre Channel storage array directly as an
Figure 5: Converged network deployment and access to SAN
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