Data Center Bridging (Dcb): High-Impact Technology - What You Need to Know: Definitions, Adoptions, Impact, Benefits, Maturity, Vendors (Electronic book text)

Data center bridging refers to enhancements to Ethernet local area networks for use in data center environments. The Data Center Bridging (DCB) Task Group of the IEEE 802.1 Working Group conducts standard setting efforts. Traditional Ethernet is the primary network protocol in data centers for computer to computer communications. However, Ethernet is designed to be a best-effort network that may drop packets when the network or devices are busy. In Internet Protocol networks, transport reliability has traditionally been the responsibility of the transport protocols, such as the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), with the trade-off being higher complexity, greater processing overhead and the resulting impact on performance and throughput.This book is your ultimate resource for Data Center Bridging (DCB). Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Data Center Bridging (DCB) right away, covering: Data center bridging, Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Media Independent Interface, 10/100, 10/100/1000, 100 Gigabit Ethernet, 100BaseVG, 10BASE-FB, 10BASE-FL, 10BASE2, 10BASE5, 10BROAD36, 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance, 10PASS-TS, 2BASE-TL, 5-4-3 rule, Apple Attachment Unit Interface, ARP spoofing, ATA over Ethernet, Attachment Unit Interface, Audio over Ethernet, Audio Video Bridging, Autonegotiation, Bridging (networking), CAM Table, Carrier sense multiple access with collision detection, Channel capture effect, Chipcom, Ciena Optical Multiservice Edge 6500, Connection-oriented Ethernet, Digital Ethernet Local Network Interconnect, Distributed Multi-Link Trunking, Distributed Split Multi-Link Trunking, User: Dkhydema/smart managed switch, Duplex mismatch, Dynamic Trunking Protocol, Energy Efficient Ethernet, EtherChannel, Etherdrive, Ethernet Alliance, Ethernet Automatic Protection Switching, Ethernet Exchange, Ethernet extender, Ethernet flow control, Ethernet frame, Ethernet hub, Ethernet in the first mile, Ethernet Operations, Administration, and Maintenance, Ethernet over coax, Ethernet over PDH, Ethernet over PDH over SONET/SDH, Ethernet over SDH, Ethernet physical layer, Ethernet Private Line, Ethernet Ring Protection Switching, Ethernet Virtual Private Line, EtherType, Exponential backoff, Fast Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, General Purpose Serial Interface, Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Media Independent Interface, GigE vision, HyperSCSI, Intelligent Resilient Framework, Interframe gap, InterSwitch Trunk, ISCSI, ISCSI Boot Firmware Table, G.8262, Laser bridge, Late collision, LattisNet, Link aggregation, List of deployed WiMAX networks, Local collision, Long Reach Ethernet, MAC flooding, MC LAG, Media Independent Interface, Medium Attachment Unit, Medium dependent interface, Metro Ethernet, Microwave Bypass, Modular connector, Multi-link trunking, Network segment, Network switch, New API, Nintendo GameCube Broadband Adapter and Modem Adapter, Packet switch, Physical Medium Dependent, PME Aggregation Function, Port Aggregation Protocol, Power over Ethernet, Power sourcing equipment, PROFIenergy, Programmable ethernet switching, R-SMLT, RASPPPoE, Reduced Gigabit Media Independent Interface, Reduced Media Independent Interface, Remote collision, Road to 100G, Serial Gigabit Media Independent Interface, Split multi-link trunking, Stackable switch, StarLAN, Synchronous Ethernet, Terabit Ethernet, TIA/EIA-568, Transparent LAN Service, UETS/EFR (Universal Ethernet Telecommunications Service/Ethernet Fabric Routing)...and much moreThis book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Data Center Bridging (DCB). It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Data Center Bridging (DCB) with the objectivity of experienced professionals