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In today's cloud environments there are several additional attributes that become part of the network fabric.
These include:
Support for network and storage convergence
Support for virtualization, automation, and customization
Ease of network provisioning, configuration, and management
Low power
Very scalable, efficient, and high-performance fabric-based architectures can be built and deployed using open, interoperable and industry-accepted approaches. From high-density 10GbE to high-density 40GbE, to support for virtualization and convergence, as well as redundancy and multi-path capability, open industry-accepted solutions are gaining a foothold in building cloud-scale architectures.