May 29th, 2008
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In the past month I have spoken with numerous Data Center and SAN mangers. While some indicate optimism with FCoE, many are expressing various levels of doubt on broad acceptance of FCoE. All I can say is, like the dandelions in my yard, the FCoE ecosystem is growing.
In April, Cisco announced it was acquiring the remaining stake in Nuova and announced the Nexus 5000 switch for FCoE. Designed for data center consolidation and with its interconnectivity to other Cisco switches, integration appears to be simple. With a growing host of technology partners supporting the Nexus 5000 ( Broadcom, Dell, EMC, Emulex, Intel, NetApp, Netxen, Panduit, QLogic, Scalent and VMware. ) and talking about their own FCoE solutions, the hype for this emerging protocol is at full speed.
The SAN will be no less complex with FCoE. After the technology goes through a proving period, economics will play a large role in wider acceptance. However, the devil is in the details. Are we really getting closer to the reality of an Ethernet based unified fabric? What barriers to acceptance do you think exist or will emerge?
Posted by Bill McDaid at 4:03 pm. Filed under General | Permalink
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