Broadcom Unveils FCoE Offload Solution

Broadcom Corporation, a semiconductor solutions provider for wired and wireless communications, unveiled its fully interoperable FCoE offload solution on the world’s fastest converged network adapter (CNA) platform with performance speeds of up to 1.7 million input/output operations per second (IOPs).
Enterprise data centers demand 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) bandwidth and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity to support server virtualisation, consolidation and convergence. Broadcom’s FCoE-based converged network solutions allow IT professionals to unite data and storage networks on a common 10GbE fabric, while significantly reducing the cost of power, cooling and cabling.

Broadcom’s fully qualified FCoE solution, as tested by EMC, reinforces extensive range of storage and networking solutions by expanding multiprotocol support including Layer 2 (L2) networking, Network Attached Storage (NAS), Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) offload, and now FCoE offload connectivity. Broadcom has also successfully completed extensive EMC E-Lab interoperability testing with EMC’s full suite of storage arrays along with Cisco Nexus switches, Cisco Unified Computing System, Brocade 8000 switches, and Dell Blade servers.

“IT professionals rely on Broadcom’s network and storage solutions and now have the option to extend that functionality to upcoming FCoE deployments. By combining innovation honed over five generations of Ethernet controller technology, together with the expertise of industry leaders throughout the space, we have successfully delivered the highest performance FCoE-based CNA solutions in the industry,” said Vinod Lakhani, General Manager, High Speed Controllers, Broadcom.