Dell S5000 Deployment/Configuration Manual page 19

Dell Networking S5000: Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE
Adding the Dell S5000 Converged Switch to the Topology
In Figure 19, you can see how the traditional non-converged topology has changed with the
introduction of the Dell S5000 switch in a possible use case. Note how the Dell S4810 Ethernet
switches have been replaced by Dell S5000 converged switches. Also, note how the separate Ethernet
NIC and FC adapters on the server have been replaced by one converged network adapter (CNA). FC
frames are now encapsulated in Ethernet frames and both LAN and SAN traffic are carried over the
same Ethernet links up to the Dell S5000 which separates the two different types of traffic. For
different possible use cases of the Dell S5000, see the "Dell Networking S5000: Data Center ToR
Architecture and Design" document.
Figure 19: Dell S5000 acting as a NPIV Proxy Gateway and allowing for a converged infrastructure
It's important to note that as long as the appropriate drivers for both FC and Ethernet are installed, the
operating system can see two CNA ports as multiple Ethernet ports and FC HBA ports if NIC
partitioning (NPAR) is employed. Figure 20 displays how Windows logically sees a CNA card with two
ports with NPAR and FCoE Enabled as a 2-port NIC and a 2-port FC HBA.
Figure 20: Windows view in Device Manager of one Dell QLogic QLE8262 CNA with NPAR and FCoE enabled
19 Deployment of a Converged Infrastructure with FCoE
Deployment/Configuration Guide