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Chapter 9
Networking with Your Servers
and Storage
I/O, I/O, it’s off to virtual work we go.
In this chapter you will learn:
The importance of I/O and networking with associated demand
drivers and challenges
How tiered access can be used to address various challenges
I/O virtualization and converged data and storage networking
Like the important role that transmission networks play in access to
and efficient delivery of reliable electrical power, input/output (I/O) and
data networks enable IT services to be delivered to users leveraging local as
well as remote servers and storage. Previous chapters have discussed the role
of servers to ...