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whitepaper Telecom 2.0: Mind over matter2008-07-21 ntl:Telewest Business
  ntl:Telewest Business believes that the role of the telco is evolving. Gone are the days when it was enough to simply focus on circuits and minutes, customers now need a far higher degree of interaction and look for suppliers who will talk business solutions with them.

Tags: Network Management, Network Technologies		   
whitepaper Why Windows Enterprise Data Centers Are Choosing Emulex2008-07-01 Emulex
  Over 50% of the Windows-based SANs are Fibre Channel. Emulex is the dominant provider of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBA) for Windows-based SANs because of a history of delivering high performance, scalable, reliable connectivity solutions that offer the finest software architecture and the best interoperability and support. In this paper for customers choosing to deploy a Unified Fabric, Emulex Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) offer comprehensive Windows support.

Tags: Storage Hardware, Network Technologies		   
whitepaper Booting Servers Directly From a Storage Area Network: The Benefits of SAN Fibre Channel and FCoE Connectivity2008-07-01 Emulex
  This paper discusses the capability of booting servers directly from OS images located on the SAN through a Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) or a Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Converged Network Adapter (CNA). It describes the Emulex "Boot from SAN" implementation, and how it delivers a markedly enhanced level of manageability and availability, even in heterogeneous computing environments with distinct hardware and operating system requirements.

Tags: Storage Hardware, Network Technologies		   
whitepaper Coherent Optical Frequency Transfer Via 110-Km Urban Fiber Network2008-06-10 University of Electro-Communications
  Optical frequency at 1542 nm was coherently transferred over a 110-km optical fiber using an urban fiber network (JGN2) between Tsukuba and Kashiwa cities. The phase fluctuation induced by the fiber length fluctuation was actively reduced by stabilizing the fiber length using a fiber stretcher and an acousto-optic frequency shifter. Residual frequency instability of the transmitted light at the remote end was reduced down to 1.5×10-15 at an averaging time of 1 s.

Tags: Network Technologies		   
whitepaper Transforming the Data Center with Unified Fabric2008-05-29 Cisco Systems
  Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) really the long-awaited breakthrough that will transparently integrate your network servers and storage, or is it simply the latest industry hype? Get the answers and expert insights from some of the most distinguished networking engineers in the industry on this 60-minute TechWiseTV video broadcast from Cisco.

Find out how and why FCoE is poised to dramatically transform and simplify your data center operations. Learn how FCoE compares to iSCSI and other protocols. Get a firsthand look at the new Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches in operation in a true multivendor environment. Discover how their unified fabric running FCoE simplifies your data center architecture and significantly reduces costs.

TechWiseTV addresses the biggest challenges faced by today's IT managers with real-world advice, technical solutions, in-depth demonstrations, and step-by-step implementation guides.

Tags: Data Infrastructure, Network Technologies, IT Infrastructure, Management		   
whitepaper Disaster Recovery Solutions: FCIP Gateway Performance Comparison2008-05-01 Hewlett-Packard
  In today's information-centric world, it is imperative that organizations protect their growing information assets to ensure business continuity, meet global data mobility requirements, and ensure compliance with new data retention and recovery regulations. Not having appropriate measures in place can result in lost productivity, lost revenues, lower customer satisfaction, and negative brand image, as well as severe financial penalties. Increasing regulatory and compliance obligations can also require that data be replicated at geographically separate data sites. For long-distance data replication over IP, Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) is the commonly-used technology.

Tags: LAN - WAN, Network Technologies		   
whitepaper Data Center Fabric: Leveraging 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel End to End in the Data Center2008-05-01 Brocade Communications Systems
  Speed increase in Brocade switching platforms is one of many advantages from Brocade's next generation ASIC family. Higher speed in the data center brings the immediate benefit of higher-performing ISLs and increased scalability; since ISL performance is doubled, more ports can be used for servers and storage. In addition, 8 Gbit/sec is needed for server virtualization, scaling of fabrics, backups, and high-performance computing requirements. Every data center user has or will have these needs in the future, and as data center plans are developed, Brocade's integrated end-to-end 8 Gbit/sec solution provides the broadest choice of capabilities with the highest performance and efficiency.

Tags: Network Technologies, Data Infrastructure		   
whitepaper Cisco Nexus 5000 and Emulex LP210002008-05-01 Cisco Systems
  Data Center managers are challenged to keep pace with continuous growth while managing capital, operational and facilities costs. Organizations have turned to server virtualization as a means of reigning in the costs by consolidating applications on virtual servers. Increases in SAN attachment have gone hand in hand. Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) offers the framework for implementing a Unified Fabric as a way to get beyond today's cost and complexity challenges. Cisco and Emulex have worked collaboratively on both standards and products that will deliver on the promise of a Unified Fabric reducing the total cost of ownership; offering investment protection of existing severs, networks, storage, and facilities; enhancing business agility; and enabling higher levels of operational continuity; while offering alignment with existing operational domains.

Tags: Storage Hardware, Network Technologies		   
whitepaper Limitations of Transmission Distances Over Multimode Fiber2008-04-01 Cisco Systems
  Multimode fiber simply refers to the fact that numerous modes or light rays are carried simultaneously through the waveguide. One key characteristic of a multimode fiber is its modal bandwidth. It represents the capacity of a fiber to transmit a certain amount of information over a certain distance and is expressed in MHz/km. An intuitive model is to consider that the signal consists in a number of delayed lines, each of which corresponds to a particular mode. This paper details the limitations in transmission distances suffered by laser-based Gigabit networks operating near a wavelength of 1300nm over multimode fibers. The discussion focuses on the relationship between the actual fiber modal bandwidth and various launch conditions.   
whitepaper NPIV: Emulex Virtual HBA and Brocade, Proven Interoperability and Proven Solution2008-04-01 Emulex
  N-Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) is an extension to the Fibre Channel industry standard, which is available across the Emulex Host Bus Adapter (HBA) product line and the Brocade Storage Area Network (SAN) switches and directors. NPIV delivers significant advantages for running multiple Virtual Machines (VMs) and managing the workload across multiple physical servers. This paper explains the technology which was developed by IBM and Emulex and has been in production on IBM z-Series Fibre Channel (FC) switches and directors from Brocade for over two years.

Tags: Network Technologies, Server Hardware