Networking Reaches a Crossroad 10/25G Ethernet...Cloud Connectivity 25/50/100GE Gen3 or 4 x16...

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July 2018

Networking Reaches a Crossroad – 10/25G Ethernet


4XIP traffic will nearly quadruple over the next five years


34BBillion devices will be connected to the internetby 2020


90%Of all digital data has been created in the lasttwo years


In the Midst of a Technology EvolutionEnterprise SwitchingCellular Phones

Verbal communication Mobile multimedia tool

IT Is Changing Shape

10/100 Mbps

10/40/100GE

Utilization

Efficiency

Lower Costs

Virtualization

Software

Defined

Open

From brick…

to SLICK!From large to

MONOLITHIC…


10GE Is Not Adequate Bandwidth For Today’s Networks

Virtualization ApplicationsFlash and NVMe Storage

Increasing Bandwidth Requirements

A single virtualized server can drive

20Gb/s of network throughput

SSDs can support 24Gb/s of

sequential read throughput

Modern applications require

increased IO and network bandwidth


25G Economics – it just makes sense!

25G Technology

64 half-width servers

64 x 25G server ports

64 x 25G ToR switch ports

1.6Tb available bandwidth

10G Technology

64 half-width servers

128 x 10G server ports

128 x 10G ToR switch ports

1.2Tb available bandwidth

33% Morebandwidth

50% Fewer

server ports

50% Less ToR switch ports

25G


Ultra-high Performance and Economical Connectivity

2.5xMore Network Bandwidth

Means fewer switches, adapters and cables

The need for higher speeds has arrived and the benefits are HUGE!

25GE 100GE

Forecasted to reach two million ports, 2.5 times faster than 10GE

Reduces density of 40GE from four lanes to one

Additional Advantages: 50% fewer server ports

50% less ToR switch port


25Gb/s Ethernet Improves Data Center ROI More VM’s Need More Network Bandwidth

Higher Performance at a Lower Cost

Faster Storage Needs Faster Networks

• NVMe outperforms SATA HDD/SATA SSDs

- 10x more IOPS, 10x more bandwidth and up to 40-

50% lower latency

• A single NVMe Flash needs 3X10G links or a single

25G NIC

0

10

20

30

40

50

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

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Number of VMs per Server


25GE Improves Data Center Efficiency


Do the Math… 25, 50 and 100G Ethernet Makes Sense

Zero Increase in Networking Form Factor Complexity

Compute Storage Fabric

• 25GE uses single lane cable

• Utilize the same copper/fiber cable

• Fan-in cables at the switch

Higher bandwidth utilizing

familiar cabling

1/10GE 25GE 10GE/32GFC 50GE 10/40GE 100GE

2.5XHigher Bandwidth Efficiency

>50% Reduction In Cabling

• Greater storage node connectivity

• Remove network bottlenecks for flash

• NVMe over Fabric ready

Up to 25% more bandwidth

15X Greater Switching Bandwidth

• Reduce cabling and ports

• Diminish need for director switches

• Remove network bottlenecks

Better load distribution

Lower latencies


Future Proof With Backwards Compatibility

ADAPTERS SWITCHES

Deploy today in 1, 10 and 40G Ethernet environments and migrate to 25, 50, and 100G to:

• Improve server connectivity by 2.5X• Increase efficiency and reduce cost associated with data center cable plant• Reduce overall adapter and switch infrastructure costs• Extract better storage/server resource utilization


Networking Requirements to Meet Data Center Demands

Non-Blocking, Full Line Rate, All Block Sizes- Eliminate congestion with larger lanes

- Efficiently manage buffers and minimize packet loss

Boost Compute Efficiency to Improve Bottom Line- Deploy intelligence into the fabric to improve network performance

- Offloads and overlays for efficient packet processing

Sufficient Performance to Scale- Remove bottlenecks and support more data streams

- Future proof with 25, 50 and 100G Ethernet speeds

Minimize Transfer Times and Delays - Remove OS and CPU to reduce delivery times

- Complete application workloads quicker and improve productivity

Throughput

Bandwidth

Latency

Efficiency


NICs Must Provide Efficient Data Movement

Efficient Data Movement

• Multi-Host & eSwitch: Embedded hardware OVS switch – Advance Flow Steering Engine

• Virtual network acceleration (VXLAN, NVGRE, GENEVE)

• RDMA – Efficient Data Exchange - Low Latency, Low CPU Overhead

Efficient Data Movement

With RDMAVirtual Overlay Network

Acceleration

Embedded Switch

Hardware OVS Switch

NVGRE, VXLAN, GENEVEVM

CPU CPU CPU CPU

VM VMVM VMVM


Switching - From Legacy Chassis to Scale-out Leaf & Spine

Compute

Nodes

Storage

Nodes

25GE

• Same Connectors

• Similar Infrastructure

• Half the Cost / Power

• More speed options

Compute

NodesStorage

Nodes

10GE

40GE

10GE

40GE

100GE

50GE

Legacy Spanning Tree

Core

Distribution

Access

Scale-out Leaf and Spine

Core/Distribution

Access

1GE 1GE

2.5x fewer optics/cables

2.5x fewer spine switches

2.5x fewer ports


Ethernet Networking Done Right

Increase application

performance

Achieve improved business

productivity and boost application

workloads by increasing utilization

levels

Increase productivity by optimizing application performance

Improve bottom line by getting more out of your infrastructure

Industries lowest latency networking solutions

Total Infrastructure Efficiency

Achieve architectural freedom to make your business more agile,

responsive and competitive

Improve business agility with freedom of choice

Provides architectural freedom and avoid vendor lock in

Rapidly introduce new products and services

With flexibility

comes freedom

Deployment Flexibility

Provide deterministic data delivery, simplified scale-out and integration

with reduced complexity

Reduce complexity and costs

Advanced automation and centralize management

Simplifies provisioning and capacity planning

Simplify operations at

scale

Operational Simplicity


Comprehensive End-to-End Ethernet Portfolio

100GE Adapter

150 million messages per second

10 / 25 / 40 / 50 / 56 / 100GE

32 100GE Ports, 64 25/50GE Ports

10 / 25 / 40 / 50 / 56 / 100GE

Throughput of 6.4Tb/s

Transceivers

Active Optical and Copper Cables

10 / 25 / 40 / 50 / 56 / 100GEVCSELs, Silicon Photonics and Copper


Intelligent Interconnect Enables Next Generation Data Centers

Features

Speed

Bus

Message rate

Latency

Max Power (2 ports)

Ethernet Offloads

Overlay Networks

Use Cases

Future Proof:

• Today – 1/10/25/40GE

• Tomorrow – 50/100GE

1/10/40/56GE

Gen3 x8

36Mpps

0.64us

6.2W

RDMA, SR-IOV, TSO

NVGRE, VXLAN

Enterprise Networks, Cloud

connectivity

OS Support:

RHEL, CentOS, Citrix, Fedora,

SLES, OEL, Windows,

ESX/vSphere, Ubuntu10/25/40/50/100GE

Gen3 x8 or x16

150Mpps

0.63us

13.8W

RDMA, SR-IOV, HDS, RSS,

TSS, LRO, LSOv2,

NVGRE, VXLAN, GENEVE,

MPLS

Hyperconverged, Machine

Learning, Data Analytics ,

High-Performance

Computing, Web2.0, Cloud

and NVMe Storage

10/25/40/50GE

Gen3 x8

75Mpps (40GE)

0.71us

7.4W


TSS, LRO, LSOv2

NVGRE, VXLAN and

GENEVE

Enterprise Networks,

Hyperconverged, Storage,

Cloud Connectivity

25/50/100GE

Gen3 or 4 x16

200Mpps

0.6us

10.6W


TSS, LRO, LSOv2

VXLAN, OVS Offload,

NVGRE, MPLS, GENEVE,

and NSH

Machine Learning, Artificial

Intelligence, Data Analytics ,

High-Performance

Computing, Web2.0, Cloud,

and NVMe Storage platforms

ConnectX Ethernet Adapters


Open Ethernet Switching

10/40/100G32x100GE ports (64x50GE)Ideal for 100GE ToR or aggregation

SN2700BSN2700

SN2410 SN2410B

SN2100 SN2100B

8x100GE + 48x25GE25GE 100GE ToR33% Higher uplink capacity

16x100GE ports Ideal for storage and DB applicationsHighest 25G RU density

32x40GE Ideal 40GE ToR or

aggregation

8x100GE + 48x10GE10GE 100GE ToR

33% Higher uplink capacity

16x40GE ports Ideal for storage or DB applications

Highest 10G RU density

10/25/40/50/100G

• Predictable Performance

• Fair Traffic Distribution for Cloud

• Best-in-Class Throughput, Latency, Power Consumption

• Zero Packet Loss

SN Series

• High performance up to 100G

• Low latency and energy-efficient

• Optimized high-density design

• Open Ethernet with OS choice

18x10/25GE + 4x40/100GEIdeal for storage and HCI applications

SN2010 18x10 + 4x40/100GEIdeal for storage and HCI

applications

SN2010


LinkX Ethernet Cables and Transceivers

Copper Wires

Directly Attaches one system to another

Key feature = Lowest Priced Link

EN & IB: up to 5m reaches

2 Transceivers w/optical fiber bonded inside

Key feature = Lowest Priced Optical Link

100m/200m Reaches

“Transceiver”

4-channels Transmiter

4-channels Receiver

Converts electrical signals to optical

Transmits blinking laser light over optical fibers

Key features = Connectors & Long Reaches

Direct Attach Cables (DAC) Active Optical Cables Optical Transceivers

Copper CablesTransceivers with

Integrated FibersTransceivers with Detachable

MPO or LC Connectors


Mellanox – Unique Differentiated Hardware

Why Mellanox

• Established technology leader

• Dominant in High Speed Ethernet

• First to market with 25, 50, and 100GE

• Fastest growing Ethernet switch vendor

• Only End to End Ethernet Solution

• Trusted supplier to all major OEMS

Mellanox Ethernet Switches

• Twice the performance at half the price

• Unique form factors

- Ideal for hyper-converged networking

• Best in-class performance

- Throughput

- Latency

- Power consumption

- Highest Value/$Source: 3rd patty testing from The Tolly Group

Switch Throughput Comparison

Our Hardware works HARDER

Source: Crehan Research. March 2016


Similar Infrastructure, A World Of Options

Compute

NodesStorage

Nodes

Network

40GE

10GE 40GE

Compute

Nodes150% Higher

Bandwidth

Storage

Nodes25% Higher

Bandwidth

Network150% Higher

Bandwidth 100GE

25GE 50GE

Similar Connectors

Similar Infrastructure

Similar Cost / Power


Can 25G Ethernet Help Your Organization?

Are you running tier 1 or 2 applications on

virtual machines? How has VM density

changed in the last three years?

• 25G delivers better bottom line benefits and helps to

lower overhead and increase application

performance through better efficiencies than 10G.

Are you embracing unified communications (IP

telephone) and collaboration applications?

• If so, higher bandwidth is required to ensure quality

audio and to optimize collaboration tools

Do you have tight budgets that require IT to do

more with less?

• Many SMBs are seeing the value of implementing

25G as a way to get more value and life out of

networking equipment.

Do you have compliance requirements for Data

Retention? (Medical, Legal, Finance, TeleCo)

• Regulations apply to a wide range of companies and there

are growing requirements for access of the data at

desktops. Moving these large file will require more

bandwidth.

Video streaming, production and post-production

moving to 4K or greater

• Uncompressed 4K video needs 12 to 26 Gb/s of

bandwidth per stream, 10G can’t keep pace.

Are you implementing Flash and NVMe storage?

• High-speed connection to solid-state drives are being

pushed to their limit and NVMe will offer 5X the

performance. If you’re spending money on the high cost

of solid-state drives, you want to receive the maximum

benefits.

6 Questions to ask yourself…


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