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My husband says I’m passionate, and that’s why I like to argue. I’ve been wishing for an argument on FCoE for some time now (a wish in which I’m not alone), but all I run across is how FCoE is going to save the world.

In my search for the rest of the story (as the late Paul Harvey would have said), I talked with some of our technical folks to get the scoop. FCoE performance compares are one thing, but it’s important to balance the promises-of-FCoE argument with some concerns. Check out some of the FCoE discussion points pulled together by two of our engineers, and let us know what you think.

Back in January, we collaborated with VMware and other storage vendor partners in a multivendor post to make sure iSCSI customers were successful in deploying iSCSI for VMware.  Dell has a close engineering partnership with VMware, as is EMC, to assure integration of storage platforms with vSphere via the vStorage APIs.

There have been some notable changes to VMware's architecture and how it works with iSCSI, so it was important for us to update you on the latest at the Dell TechCenter.

I LOVE coming together for the greater good!

I won't cover it all here but be sure to click over to our blogging mothership, Direct2Dell, to read about Dell's Fast Track to Efficiency, the theme for Dell's announcement of a slew of new servers, a cool new EqualLogic array for small business and remote offices, and quite a few different services.

We'll also be hosting a webcast today with a number of Dell executives outlining the importance of these announcements and the impact to our customers. Following that webcast, my colleagues at Dell TechCenter will be hosting a live technical chat.

Take a look.

If you haven't noticed by now, my colleagues over at the Dell TechCenter host each week a Tech Tuesday Chat, this week focusing on how to install and configure Dell's new Dell Management Console. Please join us at 3pm central time today to chat with DMC experts from Dell.

And, as always, if you're not able to make the session, come by tomorrow and you'll be able to see the full script from the chat. You may also not know but we've recently created a specific user's group for Dell Management Console where you can view demos, read about recent announcements to the offering, read FAQs and discuss your implementation.

If you're using Dell Management Console, I'd encourage you to join the group and begin sharing your best practices and tips. And if you haven't see DMC yet in action, I've included below a short overview video.