Virtualization is changing the requirements of the enterprise data center network, driving many networking vendors to reinvent their data center network product lines and emphasize the concept of a data center fabric. This expert E-Guide provides an overview of data center fabrics, including how they can be successfully built and how they’ll replace outdated networking architecture. Also included:

• A rundown of competing fabrics
• Building a data center fabric: limited interoperability
• Unified data center fabric primer: FCoE and data center bridging