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WHITE PAPER: This paper shows how enterprises may make the transition to 10GbE for storage using Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS Series arrays and Dell PowerConnect™ switches.

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: The advent of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE), Data Center Bridging (DCB), and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)offers enhanced performance and throughput for connecting networked storage to servers. Whether using the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel protocols, organizations have a clear path for unifying a network fabric in 10GbE environments.

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This technical white paper is the second in a series that is designed to help map I/O best practices from the physical world into the virtual world supported by logical domains.

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: The Intel Cloud Builders program provides a starting point as it supplies a basic hardware blueprint and available cloud software management solutions such as the Cisco* Virtualized Multi-Tenant Data Center (VMDC). The paper focuses on the design of converged fabrics to meet the needs of the multi-tenant, cloud data center.

Posted: 24 Mar 2011 | Published: 24 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: To cope and thrive through the economic downturn, service providers look to reducing the cost to serve and generating new revenues even more. Service Providers' billing infrastructure is a key imperative for both strategies. To address cost reduction, service providers must look at the two main drivers in this paper.

Posted: 20 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper is for IT organizations and service providers who are interested in building loud data centers. Read this paper to learn the complete architectural details with step-by-step instructions to set up and evaluate the two most common block-level storage protocols, FCoE and iSCSI, run over 10 GbE from end-to-end.

Posted: 03 Feb 2011 | Published: 03 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: An essential first step of launching the cloud is preparing your network for the unique requirements of services running on a multi-tenant shared infrastructure. This white paper discusses how a unified networking based on 10 Gigabit Ethernet can offer IT simplicity, scalability, and manageability in a cloud environment.

Posted: 28 Nov 2011 | Published: 28 Nov 2011

EGUIDE: Access this e-guide to learn more about data center fabrics with tips from the pros.

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 | Published: 02 Dec 2011

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: In this technical brief we provide an overview of the reasons Data Center Bridging (DCB) is being developed and how it can improve networking in the data center for applications, servers, and storage.

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 | Published: 03 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper for a look at the changes 10 Gigabit Ethernet creates for the cabling infrastructure in a data center and the specific steps necessary to make sure your new 10 Gigabit Ethernet data center network is rock-solid.

Posted: 04 Apr 2007 | Published: 01 Mar 2007