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• Allows connection of fabrics with the same domain ID and zoning definitions • Reduces the impact of scaling limits for individual fabrics • Increases levels of storage consolidation • Provides centralized backup for multiple fabrics FCoE fabric topologies FCoE technology allows you to converge Ethernet and Fibre Channel technology at the server, providing significant cable, adapter, and switch consolidation. All HP-supported Fibre Channel topologies are supported integrated with FCoE at the Fibre Channel fabric edge (Figure 10). This provides the benefit of investment protection by allowing the use of existing Fibre Channel products and infrastructure in an FCoE configuration (Figure 10 and Figure 11). FC attached HP storage X-series FC switch Fabric B FC attached HP storage X-series CN switch Converged 10 GbE CNA connections X-series FC switch Fabric A FC connections FC connections X-series CN switch FC connections 10 GbE IP network Ethernet connections Server with FC HBA and NIC Server Server with CNA with CNA Server with FC HBA and NIC 26642a Figure 10 FCoE integrated with an existing Fibre Channel fabric . Figure 11 shows a converged SAN fabric with servers using CNAs connected to a B-series CN switch and to a DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade. 52 SAN fabric topologies