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Yeah FCoE could be wonky. It was a pipe dream that was a no win balancing act.

I worked with some FCIP and given the right case and planning, that could work, within the right context.

It was a cool idea in theory. One cable for everything! And then you realize that you still have to worry about power, KVM (or a dedicated IPMI), and any other potential add ons. Emulex worked on getting their chips as on board NICs, which would have been neat for that, but honestly the performance and lack of upgradability couldn't compete with add-on cards.

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