If Brocade customers started buying Cisco Nexus 5000 switches to connect hosts at the access layer via FCoE, how long would it take Cisco to convince that customer to replace Brocade's director switches with a pair of Cisco MDS switches. Yeah, not too long.
Then what is Brocade left with? So, this should be an interesting play. If I am going to update my DC LAN environment with FCoE I have to use Cisco's new - and, um, pricey - Nexus line anyways. That's a change in architecture, not a normal evolution of the 6500 or 4500 series. So, if the cost is low enough for Brocade/Foundry FCoE and I already have a Brocade SAN, do I make the jump to Brocade? Might be worth the look. More >From the Field blog entries:
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If Brocade were to wait for Foundry to come on board ***and*** develop FCoE products, they would be left languishing at the starting line if/when FCoE takes off.
Talk to any of Brocade's large customers and you'll find out that the Foundry acquisition has little to do with Brocade and FCoE.
With FCoE, it's the "FC" that matters. ...and the Ethernet is not the Ethernet that we all love or hate.
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