Chapter 12. One Cable to Unite Us All

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.” (Winston Churchill)

This chapter examines I/O consolidation, the virtualization aspects of Data Center Bridging (DCB), and how Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) helps data centers to achieve network convergence. It contains the following topics:

Image The Case for Data Center Networking Convergence

Image Data Center Bridging

Image Introducing Fibre Channel ...

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