Comments on: Video: Virtual Fabric for IBM BladeCenter http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/video-virtual-fabric-for-ibm-bladecenter/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed with nigel poulton Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:49:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Nigel Poulton http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/video-virtual-fabric-for-ibm-bladecenter/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Nigel Poulton Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:59:38 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=556#comment-566 Yeh I think these videos are great too. Gets people interested. Was amazed at how many folks on booth duty at SNWE didnt want to let me do videos of them and their kit...... <sigh>  Much kudos to William from BLADE Networks for agreeing.<br /><br />On the topic of interop.....  as you know Ethernet is traditionally better at interop than FC. In fact FC is huge vendor lock in.  Obviously from the point of view of FCoE in the currently possible implementations such as FCoE edge switch connecting back to FC backbone then a Brocade edge switch is not going to play game with a Cisco MDS core switch etc. Dont expect much to change there.<br /><br />As for further down the line and interop between multi-vendor CEE switches and FCoE switches (FCF <--> FCF) we'll have to wait and see but it will take effort to make them all play together.<br /><br />Cynics will say that the vendors have a vested interest not to play ball with the competition and keep people locked to their kit. Yeh I think these videos are great too. Gets people interested. Was amazed at how many folks on booth duty at SNWE didnt want to let me do videos of them and their kit…… <sigh>  Much kudos to William from BLADE Networks for agreeing.

On the topic of interop…..  as you know Ethernet is traditionally better at interop than FC. In fact FC is huge vendor lock in.  Obviously from the point of view of FCoE in the currently possible implementations such as FCoE edge switch connecting back to FC backbone then a Brocade edge switch is not going to play game with a Cisco MDS core switch etc. Dont expect much to change there.

As for further down the line and interop between multi-vendor CEE switches and FCoE switches (FCF <–> FCF) we’ll have to wait and see but it will take effort to make them all play together.

Cynics will say that the vendors have a vested interest not to play ball with the competition and keep people locked to their kit.

]]> By: Steven Ruby http://blog.nigelpoulton.com/video-virtual-fabric-for-ibm-bladecenter/comment-page-1/#comment-565 Steven Ruby Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:56:51 +0000 http://blogs.rupturedmonkey.com/?p=556#comment-565 pretty cool. you need to stop posting stuff like this because it's actually starting to brainwash me into giving it a try. i wonder how the interop between cisco nexus, brocade, hp VC and emulex will be once the standard is complete? how do you see that playing out? pretty cool. you need to stop posting stuff like this because it’s actually starting to brainwash me into giving it a try. i wonder how the interop between cisco nexus, brocade, hp VC and emulex will be once the standard is complete? how do you see that playing out?

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