Convergence of Network and Storage
Convergence properties of the Cisco Unified Fabric architecture are the melding of the storage-area network (SAN) with a local-area network (LAN) delivered on top of enhanced Ethernet fabric. Such Ethernet fabric would be operationally simpler to provision and operate, resulting in fewer management points with shorter bring up time.
Although end-to-end converged Unified Fabric provides the utmost advantages to the organizations, it also allows the flexibility of integrating into existing non-converged infrastructure, and by that providing investment protection for the current network equipment and technologies. Both the Cisco MDS 9000 family of storage switches and the Cisco Nexus 5000/7000 family of Unified ...
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