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Ethernet Storage

Ethernet Storage. “Ethernet Always Wins” October 8,2008 Bob Jenkins. Agenda. Data Center Trends and Challenges Positioning Why Ethernet Wins in the Data Center FCoE. 2. 2. Data Center Challenges. Infrastructure efficiency

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Ethernet Storage

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  1. Ethernet Storage “Ethernet Always Wins” October 8,2008 Bob Jenkins

  2. Agenda • Data Center Trends and Challenges • Positioning • Why Ethernet Wins in the Data Center • FCoE 2 2

  3. Data Center Challenges Infrastructure efficiency Multiple network interfaces (FC, iSCSI, NAS, InfiniBand) yield high power, cooling, cabling, and space costs New computing paradigms Server virtualization driving consolidation and networked storage, which needs more bandwidth to server Multicore enables bigger and multiple workloads on same machine Server Networking TCP/IP UDP Storage SCSI FCPFICON Clustering InfiniBand Fibre Channel Fabric Fibre Channel HBA Ethernet Fabric InfiniBand Fabric Ethernet NIC IBA Host Channel Adapter *SNIA, “Building the Green Data Center,” 2008. 3

  4. Why Ethernet Wins Ethernet is poised to become a more important force in data center networks. 4 4

  5. Why Ethernet Wins in the Data Center High growth fueled by: Lower complexity Lower cost Pervasive skill set Remember Token Ring, FDDI, ATM, Aloha net Why now? Server virtualization 10GbE + Enhanced Ethernet Fibre Channel Over Ethernet I/O consolidation and fabric unification 5

  6. I/O Consolidation Technologies Data Center Bridging (DCB) Also known as DCE, CEE, EE... Enables 10GbE I/O consolidation Consists of prioritization and QoS enhancements at 802.x levels Benefits NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, FCoE, FTP, TFTP……… FC over Ethernet (FCoE) Is FC encapsulated in Ethernet; another upper-layer protocol Managed like FC at initiators, switches, targets Enables transition to Ethernet Used with permission of the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA), April 2008.

  7. Consolidation Example LAN LAN LAN 2 Ethernet Switches 2 Fibre Channel Switches 26 Ethernet Ports 26 Fibre Ports 2 DCB Switches 26 CNA Ports Dual Ethernet Switches Dual DCB Switches Dual DCB Switches Ethernet Storage at 10Gb Ethernet Storage at 1Gb Rack of Application / Web Servers Attach to Core Via Top of Rack Switches 1Gb Ethernet 10Gb Ethernet Traditional Fibre Channel FCoE Target Tape Library Attach directly to Core 10Gb Ethernet / DCB / FCoE 4Gb Fibre Channel Dual Fibre Channel Switches NetApp Storage 7

  8. Ethernet Unifies the Data Center Increased asset and storage utilization Simplified storage and data management Improved flexibility and business agility Reduced costs through consolidation Improved storage and network efficiencies Outsourced Data Centers New Data Centers, Remote Offices Traditional FC Data Centers Solve All Your Use Cases NAS iSCSI FCoE 10GbE Converged Enhanced Ethernet Unified File and Block 8

  9. Ethernet/FC Consolidation Brocade’s acquisition Foundry Networks Cisco acquisition of Andiamo (MDS)

  10. Positioning 10 10 © 2008 NetApp. All rights reserved.

  11. Positioning – Which Path to Chose Use NAS and iSCSI for Ethernet savings today Serve mission-critical apps – Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle Enable Ethernet architecture and FCoE transition over time For new datacenters, use Ethernet at inception For remote offices, iSCSI enables lower-cost, IP routing and good performance The future of Fibre Channel is Ethernet FC is today’s majority, and NetApp continues to gain and invest But, the end game will be multi-protocol on Ethernet For new infrastructure projects, consider timing / ecosystem of FCoE For traditional FC datacenters requiring consolidation benefits, start the FCoE transition at the edge(s) Applications Performance Availability Capacity • Benefits of NetApp Unified Model • Same hardware • Same software • Same people & processes

  12. NetApp: Best Choice for Ethernet Storage Broadest unified storage platform Recognized technology leadership Extensive ecosystem support Industry leading efficiency Supports All forms of Ethernet 21

  13. Oracle’s Austin Data Center Runs NetApp Ethernet Storage Compute grid: 20,000+ servers Largest Dell and Linux® installation on earth Scaling at over 100 servers/week Ethernet storage grid: from 6 to 12+ petabytes of NetApp® storage (mostly NFS) over past several years Largest single NetApp installation on earth Scaling at over 60TB of storage/month Over 500 mission-critical customer apps hosted on the premises Primary data center for 70,000+ Oracle employees 2 acres of data center raised floor space Virtualization is the next phase Sources: Oracle Magazine Mar/Apr 2005 and Oracle ADC Executives 22

  14. FCoE Product Support 23 23 © 2008 NetApp. All rights reserved.

  15. NetApp First to Announce Support for Native FCoE Storage • First storage system vendor to support native FCoE • Unified platform for FC, FCoE, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS • First to demonstrate native FCoE (SNW, October 2007) • Deployment scenarios • FCoE / DCB host to Cisco Nexus to NetApp FC or FCoE arrays • Infrastructure support • Host • ESX 3.5, Windows 2003/2008, RedHat Linux 5u3 • Emulex and QLogic CNAs • Network • Resell Cisco Nexus 5020 • Array • NetApp FAS with FCoE integrated FCoE expansion card

  16. Summary Ethernet storage will continue to dominate and transform the data center Less cost and complexity Enhanced reliability and consolidation with CEE/FCoE standards NetApp is the Ethernet storage leader Broadest unified storage platform Proven success (32% share) and thousands of satisfied customers (Oracle, Sensis, Google, BMW, GE, …) Recognized technology leadership and leading storage efficiency With Ethernet, you’ll always win 25

  17. Thank You © 2008 NetApp. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. NetApp, the NetApp logo, Go further, faster, Data ONTAP, FlexClone, FlexVol, RAID-DP, and Snapshot are trademarks or registered trademarks of NetApp, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, Windows, and Hyper-V are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Intel is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Solaris and Sun are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. VMware is a registered trademark of VMware, Inc. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.

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