I am sitting here contemplating FcOE but am somewhat confused by the term. Is the below an accurate description of FCOE?
SAN ----> Switches VIA FC (8, 16, 32 GB, etc)
Switches ------> Hosts VIA Ethernet (10, 40 GB, etc)
Essentially the SAN feeds into the switches via Fiber channel protocol and delivers the storage to the hosts via ethernet or g/e. Is this an accurate explanation and high level overview of FCoE? Furthermore, I do not get why someone would not just do iscsi (sp?) these days since most switches can do 40 to 100 GB into a SAN over ethernet as well as down to the hosts?
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