FCoE multi-hop

[simon.geary]

With the new FCoE multi-hop capabilities of the new Nexus 5548, will multi-hop become a possibility with UCS?

For example, if I connect Fabric Interconnect > Nexus 5548 > NetApp FCoE port; will this work, and allow blades to boot from SAN and see LUNs without connecting an array directly to the Fabric Interconnect?

If not, is this a feature that could be added with a future UCS firmware upgrade, or is it a hardware limitation?

[Manish Tandon]

Simon

Its is not a hardware limitation.

It has to be enabled in software and is slated for in the release end of this year.

Thanks

--Manish