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

[Brad Hedlund]

Not sure what you are specifically referring to but Gen1 C-N-A's are based
on 3 chip's (1) Eth, (1) FC, (1) DCE "Menlo".
As a result, Gen1 cards are long and do not fit in most 1RU systems.  The
power draw of the 3 chip design is around 21W.
Gen2 C-N-A's combine the functionality of all three chips into 1 custom
ASIC.  As a result Gen2's will fit in 1RU systems and power draw is in the
low teens.  Lots of buzz about this can be found on Emulex and Qlogic
websites.

The Emulex and Qlogic mezz C-N-A's initially available for Cisco UCS are
based on the Gen1 design.  Maybe that is what you are referring to?

Cheers,

Brad Hedlund
bhedlund at cisco.com
http://www.internetworkexpert.org


On 4/17/09 2:27 PM, "Tony Varriale" <tvarriale at comcast.net> wrote:

> Gen 1 already offers this. :)
> 
> tv