A unified Ethernet network runs data and storage traffic, including iSCSI, CIFS, NFS, and Fibre Channel, over your existing Ethernet infrastructure.
Unified Target Adapters (UTAs) and Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) are network adapters that support IP traffic and FCoE traffic on the same 10-Gb Ethernet link. These adapters may also support fibre channel traffic.
In addition to the hardware components, Data ONTAP also supports the Data Center Bridging Exchange (DCBX) protocol, which is required for negotiating operating parameters that control transfers of both FC and Ethernet traffic over the Ethernet infrastructure.