英特尔公开 Open-FCoE 项目源码

英特尔公司刚刚公布了 Open-FCoE 项目的源代码，Open-FCoE项目是允许光纤信道帧通过普通的以太网电缆传输到任何Linux系统。这意味着数据中心可以通过减少光纤信道设备的数量来降低成本。Cisco, Sun, IBM, EMC, Emulex等其它存储领域的一些公司都支持这种新的标准。
下面是英特尔公司的 Robert Love 写给 Linux 开源社区的部分信件内容： Hello Linux Community, I'd like to introduce a new Open Source project named Open-FCoE. FCoE is the acronym for Fibre Channel over Ethernet, which is the encapsulation of Fibre Channel frames within Ethernet packets. FCoE will allow systems with an Ethernet adapter and a Fibre Channel Forwarder to login to a Fibre Channel fabric (the FCF is a "gateway" that bridges the LAN and the SAN). That fabric login was previously reserved exclusively for Fibre Channel HBAs. This technology reduces complexity in the data center by aiding network convergence. It is targeted for 10Gps Ethernet NICs but will work on any Ethernet NIC supporting pause frames. Our code base provides a Fibre Channel protocol processing module as well as an Ethernet based transport module. The Open-FC module acts as a LLD for SCSI and the Open-FCoE transport uses net_device to send and receive packets. We've set up a "web home" for this project at www.Open-FCoE.org. Its purpose is to support development and users; it's very light on content right now. We have a lot of code and it will take time for us to harden and improve upon it. We're still early in development but are making this code available as soon as possible so that our project's development can truly be open. Robert Love Open-FCoE.org 来源Open-FCoE - Fibre Channel over Ethernet Project