Demartek Publishes FCoE First Look and Test Drive Reports

QLogic, Cisco and NetApp commissioned Demartek to perform a hands-on evaluation of new Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) technology. This evaluation included installing and deploying applications using FCoE technology in the QLogic lab facilities and reviewing several features including system installation configuration, provisioning storage to hosts and deploying storage to Microsoft Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server. Demartek performed this work at the end of May 2008.

QLogic, Cisco and NetApp Corporations also commissioned Demartek to attend the FCoE Test Drive Event, held June 4 – 6, 2008 at the Manchester Hyatt in in San Diego, California, to observe and audit the results. Demartek interviewed each of the fourteen participating companies and interacted with the engineers during the testing.

Both reports include a diagram and description of the hardware and software tested.

Demartek is also adding FCoE infrastructure to its lab for FCoE testing capability.

To download the reports:
FCoE First Look Report (PDF, 1715KB), and FCoE Test Drive Report (PDF, 369KB)