[c-nsp] FCoE or FCIP over MPLS possible?

[chris]

A colleague was recently looking into this and this seemed to cover it
pretty well.
http://blog.ipspace.net/2010/11/fcoe-between-data-centers-forget-it.html

chris


On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> wrote:

> On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 12:44:44 PM Vitkovský Adam
> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to run FCoE over p2p PW or FCIP in an MPLS
> > VRF please? Or there are so tight limitations regarding
> > delay and variation that a dedicated fiber is the only
> > option please?
>
> Not sure what the current state of the technology is, but in
> general, iSCSI is what you can transport over a WAN out of
> the data centre.
>
> FCoE and friends are best inside the data centre, or over
> DWDM infrastructure over limited span distances.
>
> Someone else can, perhaps, chime in to give more current
> data.
>
> Mark.
>
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