Fiber Channel over Ethernet

[olly ahmed]

Can anyone explain what is the function of FCoE and why it is being used ?

[Mark Malone]

Hey you may to read this very good on FCoE

https://supportforums.cisco.com/document/61051/fibre-channel-over-ethernet-fcoe-questions-and-answers-live-webcast

[Ganesh Hariharan]

Hello ,

Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FcoE) is a storage networking option, based on industry standards.

For networking, servers typically have multiple Ethernet network interface cards (NICs) and Host Bus Adapters. The high number of server adapters, cables, and separate networking and storage fabrics adds to complexity and cost with dedicated switches for different functions.

FCoE makes Fibre Channel traffic to run over an Ethernet infrastructure. FCoE is simply encapsulating FC over the Ethernet portions of the connectivity, while the server applications as well as FC SAN and FC storage, the traffic is still FC. FCoE can be easily added into existing FC environments in the contrast to previous attempts at consolidation with iSCSI and InfiniBand, which required new drivers and rip-and-replace for customers that are using Fibre Channel.

Hope it Helps..

-GI