Mid-size and large organizations are entering another cycle of Local Area Network upgrades due to two recent technology changes. One is that 10Gb Ethernet are now standard connections on servers. The other is the widespread adoption of wireless devices like the iPad that has put a strain on Wireless Local Area Networks. This is forcing the adoption of 10Gb Ethernet for server and access layer uplink connectivity. Because the LAN has to be upgraded, organizations … Read the rest
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Cisco LAN Upgrade Design Notes for 2011
Thursday, May 19th, 2011 at
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Data Center Bridging
Friday, August 6th, 2010 at
8:42 am
Data Center Bridging is a collection of standards being worked on by the IEEE in an effort to provide a more robust form of Ethernet for data center communications. In doing so, the standards bodies and manufacturers hope to provide a single communications mechanism for all devices within the data center. To understand the changes needed to enhance Ethernet, it is important to understand where it began.
Ethernet is the dominant transport technology in networking … Read the rest
