Storage and Network Convergence Using FCoE and iSCSI

Introduction to convergence

This chapter introduces storage and network convergence, highlighting the impact on data centers and the vision behind it.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•1.1, “What convergence is” on page 4

•1.2, “Vision of convergence in data centers” on page 4

•1.3, “The interest in convergence now” on page 5

•1.4, “Fibre Channel SANs today” on page 5

•1.5, “Ethernet-based storage today” on page 6

•1.6, “Benefits of convergence in storage and network” on page 7

•1.7, “Challenge of convergence” on ...