Re: Small questions regarding Nexus 5000 Design

Muhammad,

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Muhammad Anser Khan
<manserkhan_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Experts,
>
> I have a scenario:
>
> Servers (CNA-FCoE) ----> (FCoE) N5K (FCIP) ----> Layer 3 ---- <<WAN>>
> ------
> Layer 3 ------> (FCIP) N5K (FC) ---------> Server (HBA - FC only)
>
> FCoE will be on the new DR site whereas FC is currently working on the Main
> Site.
>
> Following are the questions:
>
> 1- Can Nexus do FCIP? Please explain and give some example
>

Nope, i guess u mean FCoIP only IP at the moment.. but there are plan to
introduce in may be next year.
You will need MDS or brocade switches at this stage for FC storage
connectivity.

>
> 2- Can we easily connect traditional FC to Nexus directly on the existing
> Main Site and forward traffic through FCIP?
>
> Nope....same as above..

> 3- Will this solution work properly (from servers prospective) where we
> have
> one site is using FC and other will be on FCoE?
>
>
FC or FCoE - it doesn't matter - it just included /excludes number of
devices needed for storage connectivity. As long as solutin is design
correctly it will have no issue.
I think looking ahead, FCoE is the way to go and use VSANS on MDS/Brocade to
separate SAN traffic (infra vs customer's traffic).

Regards,
> Anser
>
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Received on Mon Jan 31 2011 - 23:26:24 ART