Q-Logic 8100 SERIES manual FCoE Network Deployment, Series Converged Network Adapters

1–Product Overview

FCoE Network Deployment

Table 1-2describes the QLogic 8100 series Converged Network Adapters for standard servers.

Table 1-2. 8100 Series Converged Network Adapters

Model	Ports	Media	Bus Speed		Bus Width		Bus Type	I/O Rate
			PCIe	PCIe	PCIe	PCIe
			Gen2	Gen1	Gen2	Gen1
QLE8150	Single	Copper	5.0GHz	2.5GHz	x4	x8	PCIe	10Gb
QLE8152	Dual	Copper	5.0GHz	2.5GHz	x4	x8	PCIe	10Gb
QLE8140	Single	Optical	5.0GHz	2.5GHz	x4	x8	PCIe	10Gb
QLE8142	Dual	Optical	5.0GHz	2.5GHz	x4	x8	PCIe	10Gb

FCoE Network Deployment

The FCoE network consists of several hardware components in addition to the Converged Network Adapters. FCoE switches (converged networking switches) are an important component that provide switching for both standard data networking (LAN) and storage networking (SAN) traffic. Figure 1-3shows that the Converged Network Adapter passes both data networking traffic, typically as TCP/IP, and storage networking traffic, in this case FCoE, to the switch. The FCoE switch routes data networking traffic to the existing Ethernet networking cloud of switches and routers. The FCoE switch can also connect the FCoE adapter to existing native Fibre Channel infrastructure because the FCoE switches are capable of translating between FCoE and native Fibre Channel interfaces.

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