Summary: This weeks show sees Hans Deleenheer joins Nigel as co-host, as they quiz Alex Kramer from the HP Virtual Connect Engineering team. This show gets under the hood with the HP Virtual Connect technology as well as discussing the recently announced Direct Connect to 3PAR configuration, which is being referred to by many as flattening the SAN. Topics covered include - Description of Virtual Connect and how it works Why did HP decide to develop Virtual Connect Is Virtual Connect a network switch (or network bridge if you're a networking purist) Slicing and dicing NICs HBAs and CNAs Who tends to manage Virtual Connect Where does FCoE fit in Quality (or lack of quality) of firmware Pros and Cons of connecting direct from Virtual Connect to 3PAR storage arrays Enjoy the show!
