Widely seen as the next generation in Layer 2 network infrastructure, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is a relatively new industry effort to combine the lossless features of Fibre Channel (FC) with the ubiquity of Ethernet. Combined with the new 10 Gbit Ethernet, it also promises something close to fibre channel speeds and the opportunity to converge FC and Ethernet networks, allowing organizations to simplify their networking infrastructure. Because it can support both FC and Ethernet traffic over a single physical infrastructure, it supports convergence of storage and network traffic over a single set of cables, switches, and adapters, eliminating the need for maintaining two physical networks, energy consumption and heat generation as well as overall cost and complexity. Specifically, storage management on FCoE has the same look and feel as management on traditional FC interfaces. On the Ethernet side, FCoE introduces 10 Gbit lossless Ethernet, the next generation in this technology, providing higher data transfer rates with more security against packet loss than previous versions. Overall, this promises to be a win all around for the network infrastructure.