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Hot Trends in Fibre Channel

Hot Trends in Fibre Channel. Mark Jones President – Fibre Channel Industry Association Director, Technical Marketing Emulex Corp. 10/30/2013. agenda. How the FC Industry Innovates. 1. 2013: 11-11-11 . 2. Why Fibre Channel . 3. The Fibre Channel Roadmaps. 4. Innovations Abound.

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Hot Trends in Fibre Channel

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  1. Hot Trends in Fibre Channel Mark Jones President – Fibre Channel Industry Association Director, Technical Marketing Emulex Corp. 10/30/2013

  2. agenda How the FC Industry Innovates 1 2013: 11-11-11 2 Why Fibre Channel 3 The Fibre Channel Roadmaps 4 Innovations Abound 5 16GFC is needed for today's Datacenter 6

  3. Fibre Channel: Timeline CloudReady 2016+: 128GFC (4 “striped” parallel lanesof 32GFC) ConvergedNetworks 2015+:32Gb FC VirtualizationNPIV 2012:16Gb FC 2009: FCOE ArbitratedLoop 2008: 8Gb FC 2005: 4Gb FC FabricServices 2001: 2Gb FC 1997: 1Gb FC SAN products emerge 1988: Work beginson protocol

  4. 2013 – FIBRE CHANNEL MILESTONES! 11 – 11 – 11 • 11 Million ports shipped [1] • $11+ Billion spent on FC technology [2] • 11 Exabytes in FC storage shipped [3] [1] Worldwide Storage Area Network Market – Fibre Channel Forecast, January 2012 [2]Worldwide External Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue by Topology, Installation, and Protocol 2006-2015 ($B), IDC, 2011 [3] Worldwide External Enterprise Storage Systems Capacity Shipped by Topology, Installation and Protocol 2006-2015 (PB), IDC, 2011

  5. Why Fibre Channel? Non-Stop High Performance Scalable and Simple • Fibre Channel is the only purpose-built, data center proven network infrastructure for storage that keeps running, no matter what • Enables resilient IT infrastructure that optimizes availability and minimizes application disruptions • Industry leading network reliability minimizes management resources and costs • Fibre Chanel delivers 16Gb Fibre Channel and 40Gb FCoE performance ideal for high density virtualization, cloud infrastructure, and SSD storage • Lossless and deterministic networking ensures predictable performance under high utilization • FC dedicated networks are inherently low latency and secure • Fibre Channel fabrics are flat, simple, and elastic networks that easily scale up and down as needed • Backward compatibility enables scalability with new technology while leveraging legacy infrastructure

  6. How the FC Industry Innovates Fibre Channel Industry End-User Influence FCInnovations Storage Innovations Requirements Needs Fibre Channel Industry Association (Marketing) INCITS T11 Standards Organization (Technical) Tight Collaboration Press/Analysts Collateral /Education Standards/Profiles

  7. Fibre Channel Speedmap FC • “FC” used throughout all applications for Fibre Channel infrastructure and devices, including edge and ISL interconnects. Each speed maintains backward compatibility at least two previous generations (I.e., 8GFC backward compatible to 4GFC and 2GFC) • Line Rate: All “…GFC” speeds listed above are single-lane serial stream I/O’s. All “…GFCp” speeds listed above are multi-lane I/Os • ‡ Dates: Future dates estimated

  8. Fibre channel speedmap FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet tunnels FC through Ethernet.  For compatibility all 10GFCoE FCFs and CNAs are expected to use SFP+ devices, allowing the use of all standard and non standard optical technologies and additionally allowing the use of direct connect cables using the SFP+ electrical interface.  FCoE ports otherwise follow Ethernet standards and compatibility guidelines.

  9. Dedicated / Converged Networks Dedicated Networks - FC Dedicated Networks - FCoE Converged Networks NIC FC HBA CNA NIC CNA FCoE IP FCoE Ethernet Switch FCoE/DCB Switch FCoE/DCB Switch FC Switch LAN LAN LAN FCoE FCoE Ethernet Ethernet FC FC Ethernet FC HBA CNA FC HBA CNA

  10. The FCIA is helping to extend the FC protocol through close cooperation with the T11 Standards Organization through innovation in multiple areas: Innovations – Compliments of Fibre Channel 32GFC 128GFCp FCoE Flash Virtualization

  11. 32GFC 32GFC • 32GFC Specification currently under development within ANSI T11 • Doubles data bandwidth over 16GFC to 6400MB/s1 • Backwards compatible two generations WHATs New? • 1x single-lane • 28.05GBaud with 64b/66b encoding • 100 Meter on OM4 • Forward Error Correction • Performance / Reliability How • ANSI T11 to complete specification by Q4 2013 • First vendor commercial products in 2015 when 1. Full Duplex data transmission

  12. 128GFCp • 128GFCp based on 4 lanes of 32GFC • 25,600MB/s1 - 4x the bandwidth of 32GFC • Backwards compatible to single lane 32GFC or 16GFC WHATs New? • 4x 28.05GBaud lanes with 64b/66b encoding • QSFP cable connectors • Forward Error Correction across striped lanes • Performance / Reliability How • ANSI T11 to complete specification in 2013 • First vendor commercial products possible in 2015 when 1. Full Duplex data transmission

  13. 128GFCp Block Spraying across 4 Lanes • 128GFC will leverage the work of Ethernet as much as possible including: • 66-bit block striping across 4 lanes • Reed Solomon (528/514) Forward Error Correction at the 128GFC level instead of the 32GFC level 32GFC lanes 128GFC Data Stream =3 Figure 82-6 – PCS Block Distribution Source: IEEE 802.3-2012

  14. 128GFCp 128GFC Cabling • 128GFC will require two 4-lane ports • The ports can be either QSFP28, CFP2, CFP4 or some future 4 lane interface 12 fiber ribbon with MPO connectors 4 Tx, 4 Rx and 4 dark fibers QSFP28, CFP2 or CFP4 QSFP28, CFP2 or CFP4 AOC – Active Optical Cable Up to 50 meters DAC – Direct Attach Cable Active up to 5 meters

  15. 128GFCp Breakout Cabling • 128GFC port can be broken out to individual 16GFC or 32GFC lanes with a breakout cable 16GFC SFP+ -2 fibers 32GFC SFP+ -2 fibers QSFP28 32GFC SFP+ -2 fibers 16GFC SFP+ -2 fibers DAC – Direct Attach Cable Active up to 5 meters MPO connector – 12 fibers 4 Tx, 4 Rx and 4 dark

  16. FCoE 40GbE FCOE • 40GbE link rate for FCoE • 4x the bandwidth of 10GbE • Greater in-fabric performance per switch faceplate density WHATs New? • Utilizes 4x10.3125 Gbaud links • Products will use optical QSFP modules with MPO cables • Server connectivity - PCIe 8GT/s x8 required for 1p, x16 for 2p How • Specification was complete in 2010 • Switch products GA in 2013, Adapters in 2014 when 1. Full Duplex data transmission

  17. FCoE FC-BB-6 WHATs New? • VN2VN port – Virtual Node to Virtual Node • No FCF required – Lowers Cost of FCOE adoption • Separate Fibre Channel network not required • Each VN2VN port learns about all others in it’s VSAN • No FC Zoning, use VLANs and LUN masking • Scalability must be managed due to amount of context information to maintain How • ANSI T11 in comment resolution, Q4 2013 complete • Vendor adoption 2014 when 1. Full Duplex data transmission

  18. = Flash 16GFC Improves Host Flash Write IO 16GFC Improves Host Flash Performance • 16GFC

  19. = Virtualization “ My organization is planning to deploy 16GFC HBAs in the next 12 months in… #1 Answer is Virtualization servers September 2013 16GFC adoption survey ” • All Major Hypervisors support 16GFC • 16GFC offers double the throughput • Higher VM densities

  20. Relevant INCITS T11 Fibre Channel Standards • www.t11.org • Recently Published • FC-SB-4 FICON • FC-LS-2 Link Service • FC-FS-3 Framing and Signaling Protocol • FC-PI-5 16GFC • FC-MSQS 16GFC Testing and Performance • FC-IFR Inter-Fabric Routing • FC-SCM Simplified Configuration • FC-MI-3, Interoperability Profile • FC-DA-2, Interoperability Profile • FC-SP-2, Security • Work In Progress • FC-BB-6 FCoE Enhancements • FC-PI-6 / MSQS-2 32GFC • FC-SW-6 Fabric Enhancements (Includes FCoE) • FC-GS-7 Management Enhancements (Includes FCoE) • FC-EE Energy Efficiency • SM-HBA-2 HBA Management 2, At INCITS • FC-LS-3 Link Service • FC-FS-4 Framing and Signaling Protocol

  21. Summary: Fibre Channel… • Industry Milestone - 11-11-11 • Non Stop, High Performance and Scalable • Speed Roadmap continues to lead the industry • Same FC protocol for either DN or CN • 32GFC/128GFCp • 40GbE FCoE • FC-BB-6 and VN2VN • Flash = 16GFC • Virtualization = 16GFC

  22. Thank You www.Fibrechannel.org www.T11.org Mark.Jones@Emulex.com

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