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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
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
Digital Infrastructure Focus
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
A Mood to Merge
Storage Advances Fibre Channel speedData Advances iSCSI matures 10 Gb Ethernet
Approaching Parity Converged server platforms Virtualization pressures
An Increasing Sentiment in Storage Networking
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
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
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
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
Adapter Advancements
Controls for greater capacity Offloading
• Minimizing processor burn QoS
• Putting protections in place Virtualization
• Partitioning• SR-IOV
Power consumption• Copper catching up
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
Operations Aspects
Working it out Infrastructure shifts
• Gradual transition▫ Per server
• Shared management Virtualization integration
• Designing for workload mobility• Cluster and path planning
Migration Case Study
Typical independent networks Storage and data isolated
First Step Migration
After adding FCoE capable switch Servers connect directly with converged adapters Converged traffic
Next Steps
Planning is key Infrastructure assessment
• Storage• Server• Network
Pilot evaluation• People planning• Application identification• Performance monitoring• Traffic volumes
Production deployment
Questions? Comments?
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