Ethernet Fabric Details
• 1
st
true Ethernet fabric
• Layer 2 technology
• Link speed agnostic
• Data Center Bridging (DCB)
• Lossless, deterministic
• Priority-based Flow Control (PFC)
• Enhanced Transmission
Selection (ETS)
• Data Center Bridging Exchange
(DCBX)
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Distributed
Intelligence
Logical
Chassis
Ethernet
Fabric
• Transparent Interconnection
of Lots of Links (TRILL)
• Active multi-path
• Multi-hop routing
• Highly available, rapid link
recovery
• LAN/SAN Convergence Ready
• FCoE and iSCSI traffic
• Standards-based
• Extends existing Ethernet
infrastructure
Dynamic Services
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