 "NetApp To Support Cisco Director-Class Multihop FCoE Solutions")
NetApp has announced that it will support director-class multihop Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) with Cisco datacentre switches, allowing customers to create larger datacentre network fabrics and drive measurable value with speed and efficiency by connecting multiple cost-effective FCoE switches. With director-class multihop, customers now have the IT flexibility to deploy FCoE in the core of large datacentres, giving them the ability to reduce cost and improve efficiency on even greater scales.
Cisco solutions are also part of the new NetApp Ethernet Advantage Program. It includes solutions from key NetApp solution partners like Broadcom, Cisco, Chelsio, and Intel, giving customers more flexibility in how they migrate their datacentres. NetApp Ethernet Advantage, a program with more than 200 configurations, provides technology partners with standards by which they may qualify new and updated solutions. This approach allows customers to identify and deploy the right solution for their datacentre.
Together, support for FCoE multihop and the NetApp Ethernet Advantage Program give NetApp customers even greater choice and flexibility when migrating to FCoE infrastructures by allowing them to leverage their relationships with vendors through NetApp’s technology partners.
“A core component of our strategy to help customers build shared IT infrastructures and how we provide complete solutions is how closely we work with our solutions partners. Together, we give our customers the flexibility they need to efficiently move to converged FCoE infrastructures at the pace their business dictates. And with FCoE multihop support and the NetApp Ethernet Advantage Program, we’re expanding how quickly and ef.fectively customers can make that transition,” said Chris Cummings, VP, Product and Solutions Marketing, NetApp.
“Cisco is advancing 10-Gigabit Ethernet in the data center with director-class FCoE multihop, and we’re proud to work with other industry leaders like NetApp. With innovative solutions and strong relationships with other industry solutions leaders, we’re helping our customers reduce costs and simplify their data centers by consolidating around flexible FCoE solutions,” said Umesh Mahajan, VP and General Manager for Data Center Switching Technology Group, Cisco.