Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE) (Fall 2010)

The Fibre Channel (T11.3) standards committee developed a Standard called Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
The FCoE standard specifies the encapsulation of Fibre Channel frames into Ethernet Frames and the amalgamation of these technologies into a network fabric that can support Fibre Channel protocols and other protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP/IP etc.

A “Direct End-to-End” FCoE variant has been accepted for the next version of the Standard. The tutorial will show the Fundamentals of these FCoE concepts and describe how they might be exploited in a Data Center environment.

Learning Objectives

The audience will gain a general understanding of the concept of using a Data Center type Ethernet for the transmission of Fibre Channel protocols.
The audience will gain an understanding of the benefits of converged I/O and how a Fibre Channel protocol can share an Ethernet network with other Ethernet based protocols.
The audience will gain an understanding of potential business value and configurations that will be appropriate for gaining maximum value from this converged I/O capability.