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You have been told correctly, these fibre channel switches were made well before convergent networking was even thought about. <br />
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If &quot;couple&quot; means two you can connect two servers together with 10Gb Ethernet without switches anyway.
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You have been told correctly, these fibre channel switches were made well before convergent networking was even thought about.

If "couple" means two you can connect two servers together with 10Gb Ethernet without switches anyway.

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Ahh - I didn't realize there is 10G Ethernet cards. &nbsp;So if I put 10g cards in the 2 servers, to allow then to transmit data, would I need to go through a switch?
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Ahh - I didn't realize there is 10G Ethernet cards.  So if I put 10g cards in the 2 servers, to allow then to transmit data, would I need to go through a switch?

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you're saying connect them directly together without a switch?
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you're saying connect them directly together without a switch?

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Great - thanks for your help!
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Hello - we have EMC Brocade DS-300B switches that are in place for an EMC storage array, and we're wanting to use the extra open ports on the Brocade switch to allow fibre transmission speeds between a couple servers as well. &nbsp;But we're told these are &quot;basic switches&quot; incapable of Ethernet over fibre. &nbsp;We're looking for the experts to weigh in on this, and if this is correct, is there anything we can do to &quot;upgrade&quot; the switches to be able to do Ethernet over fibre? &nbsp;If there is nothing we can do, what switch model is recommended to do what we're looking for?<br />
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Thanks very much!
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Hello - we have EMC Brocade DS-300B switches that are in place for an EMC storage array, and we're wanting to use the extra open ports on the Brocade switch to allow fibre transmission speeds between a couple servers as well.  But we're told these are "basic switches" incapable of Ethernet over fibre.  We're looking for the experts to weigh in on this, and if this is correct, is there anything we can do to "upgrade" the switches to be able to do Ethernet over fibre?  If there is nothing we can do, what switch model is recommended to do what we're looking for?

Thanks very much!

Is a Brocade DS-300B fibre switch capable of being upgraded to handle Ethernet?

fibre

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

Switches / Hubs

Networking is the process of connecting computing devices, peripherals and terminals together through a system that uses wiring, cabling or radio waves that enable their users to communicate, share information and interact over distances. Often associated are issues regarding operating systems, hardware and equipment, cloud and virtual networking, protocols, architecture, storage and management.