The Year of 10G Data Center LAN

The Year of 10G Data Center LAN

Joe GervaisSenior Director, Product Marketing

Emulex

San José, CA USAFebruary 2010 1

Virtual NIC technology

HP Flex-10, IBM VFA • Multiple NIC functions per port• Maintains isolation offered by multiple GbE ports in

virtualized environments SR-IOV starting to emerge

• Early OS support– Linux only, Windows, Vmware 12-24 months away

• Nascent Bridging standards– Virtual Ethernet Bridge (VEB)– Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregators

Today’s VNIC provides good enough solution until SR-IOV ready – Much like NAT & IPv6

San José, CA USAFebruary 2010 2

2nd Generation FCoE Converged Network Adapters

Enables Blade Connectivity• Blades much further along in 10G transition• Blades traditionally drive higher SAN connectivity

Enables Broader Rack Server Connectivity• Full height adapters restricted platforms,

particularly Sun Sparc

San José, CA USAFebruary 2010 3

Innovative Business Models

FCoE will follow 10G Ethernet Deployments• One more tipping point for 10G

Business models allow FCoE to be layered on 10G products• 10G Data Center switches with FCoE Options• 10G LOMs/NICs with Pay as you Go upgrade to

FCoE

San José, CA USAFebruary 2010 4

FCoE – Benefactor of the Perfect Storm

San José, CA USAFebruary 2010 5

Server Virtualization Blade Server Deployments

10G LOM

FCoE