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Presented by: Emulex and 451 Research
Why I/O Is Strategic for Convergence
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Webcast Housekeeping
1. All attendees will be on mute during the presentation
2. Please submit your questions via the text/chat feature
3. We will do all Q&A at the end of the presentation
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Shaun WalshSVP of marketing and corporate development
Why I/O Is Strategic
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Why I/O Is Strategic?
Building a Virtual Panel of Experts!
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Topics for the Virtual Panel
ServerVirtualization
CloudComputing
NetworkConvergence
BigData
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Why I/O is Strategic for Convergence
Next steps in performance and agility
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Company Overview
One company with 3 operating divisions
Syndicated research, advisory, professional services, datacenter certification, and events
Global focus
200+ staff 1,300+ client organizations:
enterprises, vendors, service providers, and investment firms
Organic and growth through acquisition
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Digital Infrastructure Focus
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Forces at Work
Separate Paths Storage and data networks have been distinct
• Differing requirements▫ Speed▫ Latency▫ Loss
• Different organizations Different growth paths
• Increases in performance
Becoming more alike over time
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A Mood to Merge
Storage Advances Fibre Channel speedData Advances iSCSI matures 10 Gb Ethernet
Approaching Parity Converged server platforms Virtualization pressures
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An Increasing Sentiment in Storage Networking
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Joining the Paths
Shift in sentiment pushed by advantages Virtualization
• Bringing teams together• Configuration flexibility
Operations• Simplifies buy/build• Single interface simplicity• CNA’s offer safety net
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Key Convergence Advantages
Area Aspect Advantage
Operations Simplified deployment Reduced cabling costs
VM mobility Workload agility
Hybrid cloud enablement Scale and cost flexibility
Technology Standards – DCB, DCBX More deterministic performance
Virtual NIC advancements Investment protection
Converged systems Operational simplicity
FCoE maturity Greater support and management
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Technology Aspects
Data network additions are critical to performance Data Center Bridging
• Approaching lossless Ethernet Adapter advancements
• Controls for mixed traffic• Virtualization
FCoE• Managing FC transition
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Data Center Bridging
Putting Ethernet into higher gear IEEE standards
• Priority-based Flow Control▫ 802.1Qbb – Flow pausing
• Congestion Notification▫ 802.1Qau – Backpressure for source quench
• Enhanced Transmission Selection▫ 802.1Qaz - Allocates bandwidth, priority
• DCBX – Capabilities Exchange▫ 802.1AB – Negotiates functionality
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Adapter Advancements
Controls for greater capacity Offloading
• Minimizing processor burn QoS
• Putting protections in place Virtualization
• Partitioning• SR-IOV
Power consumption• Copper catching up
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Fibre Channel over Ethernet - FCoE
Implementations reach maturity Much more than FC encapsulation!
• Replicating FC forwarding and controls Networking gear support
• Fiber Channel Forwarders (FCF)▫ Transitional switches▫ FC ports▫ Routers can have FCF stacks, too
• Extended networks possible Standard updated
• ANSI FC-BB-6• More complex toplogies
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Operations Aspects
Working it out Infrastructure shifts
• Gradual transition▫ Per server
• Shared management Virtualization integration
• Designing for workload mobility• Cluster and path planning
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Migration Case Study
Typical independent networks Storage and data isolated
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First Step Migration
After adding FCoE capable switch Servers connect directly with converged adapters Converged traffic
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Next Steps
Planning is key Infrastructure assessment
• Storage• Server• Network
Pilot evaluation• People planning• Application identification• Performance monitoring• Traffic volumes
Production deployment
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Questions? Comments?
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