[c-nsp] Nexus 5K FCoE to FC breakout

[Tony Varriale]

It's still 4gbps FC with the CNAs.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin C Darby" <jcdarby at usgs.gov>
To: <chaz at chaz6.com>
Cc: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Nexus 5K FCoE to FC breakout


>
> AFAIK, 2x FC is 2.125 GBps (~200MB/s), we were quoting 4x FC as a
> comparison - 4.25GBps / ~400 MB/s.
>
> The 10GbE solution is a lot faster and at the time cost less than us
> deploying 4x FC. This was also a year ago. 4x FC was our top capability
> with Bladecenter H at the time.
>
> Justin
>
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> From: Chris Hills
> Sent by: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> Date: 04/17/2009 04:51AM
> cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Nexus 5K FCoE to FC breakout
>
> On 17/04/09 04:59, Justin C Darby wrote: > Step 10.5: Curse about how much
> 10GbE costs, then remember how much Fiber > Channel costs.  Yet still you
> do not hear of much use of Infiniband. I believe at the 2X  rate (i.e.
> 10Gbs) it is cheaper than 10GbE. Did you consider using it  when embarking
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