Server compatible with adapter-FEX

[Jeremy Dubrulle]

Hi,

I'm looking for info about adapter-FEX. I have several HP and DELL servers and I would like to know if it's possible to use adapter-FEX on them ? Or it's just on Cisco servers ?

Thanks,

[Manish Gogna]

Hi Jeremy,

As per the datasheet for Cisco Adapter Fabric Extender " An ecosystem of adapter vendors is now about to support this technology using the IEEE 802.1Qbh standard, the first vendor being Cisco itself, with the Cisco UCS P81E VIC (Figure 2), designed for use with Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers. Other adapter vendors will soon follow, providing adapters that support this capability. Both Cisco Nexus 5500 platform and the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders support the Adapter FEX technology across a variety of adapter platforms. Therefore, the offering can now be expanded outside a Cisco UCS environment to third-party server vendors that support IEEE 802.1Qbh-capable adapters."

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-5000-series-switches/data_sheet_c78-657397.html

HTH

Manish

[Jeremy Dubrulle]

Ok thanks, I've read that so I 've to check with DELL or HP if the servers are compatible.