Unified Networking
As server virtualization grows to support cloud environments,
LAN and storage networks face heightened pressure to manage
more and more traffic. As an IT manager, this means you must
manage an increasingly complex data center environment with
higher VM densities and physical servers that look like spaghetti
at the back. Plus, as volumes grow, it’s difficult to maintain
availability without degradation of performance, and it’s costly to
manage and scale separate network and storage fabrics.
A new infrastructure is emerging for the next-generation data
center—based on 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE)—that scales to
handle large traffic volumes and simplifies networking while
improving performance and keeping costs low. A 10 GbE solution
delivers an ideal fabric for cloud infrastructure because it offers:
Ubiquity, with Ethernet connectivity as the standard on almost
all servers
Advanced virtualization support that enables dynamic resource
allocation, 10 GbE throughput, and support for platform
virtualization enhancements
A unified networking fabric that consolidates LAN and storage
area network (SAN) traffic
The Road to 10 GbE Solutions
Moving to a 10 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) solution can address
large traffic volumes and data center complexity through:
Port consolidation—simplifying the ports connecting to
the network
Fabric consolidation—combining multiple data center fabrics
into a single 10 GbE fabric
Low-latency Ethernet—providing more bandwidth between
nodes in a computer cluster
Bigger pipe—providing more bandwidth to applications