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OEMs need flexibility, upgradeability when integrating Fibre Channel support: understand the tradeoffs, know the options.(Connectivity)(Order Entry Management System )
With demands for networked storage growing, the choice for OEMs isn't whether to incorporate Fibre Channel storage connectivity in servers, but in what form to provide that support. The choices range from very tight integration on the server or storage system motherboard, to quasi-custom integration through "mezzanine" boards for a blade server (or other custom applications), to the most flexible option of providing expansion slots for Host Bus Adapters (HBAs).
OEMs should choose different options for different customer sets at different points during the adoption curve of any given I/O (input-output) standard such as Fibre Channel. Among the variables to ...
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