1. Dynamic FCoE You Can Do That?! Using FCoE to Expand Storage
Flexibility in the New Ethernet Cloud Topologies Co-sponsored by
Intel
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Traditional Data Centers Evolution of Convergence Network
separation at the host Separate Ethernet-based networks and Fibre
Channel-based networks Multiple cards per server 2 HBAs Average of
6 (or more!) NICs per server High underutilization drives up
unnecessary power, cooling, and asset costs * not to scale 3. 3
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Access-Layer Convergence Evolution of Convergence Consolidate I/O
on 10G links Drastically reduced CapEx and OpEx Multiprotocol
connectivity eased purchasing decisions for server refreshes
Prepared Data Centers for VM mobility requirements Any VM could
connect to FC storage if necessary, not just the ones with HBAs
pre-installed * not to scale 4. 4 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its
affiliates. All rights reserved. Case Study Boeing Aerospace and
Defense Reduced deployment times for each server by 25% Saved 35%
in Cap-ex and cut 90% of Power costs utilizing the cores better,
and increasing I/O with fewer cables and switches use our existing
personnel to manage both IP and FCoE resources quickly and
efficiently, increasing their value within the company CORE SAN
BSAN A FCoE FCoE Ethernet Fibre Channel Dedicated FCoE Converged
Link Multi-Hop FCoE End-to-End FCoE
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral
/ns340/ns517ns224//boeing.pdf 5. 5Cisco Confidential 2013-2014
Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Is That All?
Whats next!? Changes in hardware and software are affecting future
topologies How to address new topologies? What about multiprotocol
storage? Can we get true consolidated I/O throughout the fabric? 6.
6Cisco Confidential 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All
rights reserved. Introducing Dynamic FCoE 7. 7 2013-2014 Cisco
and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Leaf/Spine, CLOS
Changes in Network Architectures How to address new topologies?
What about multiprotocol storage? Can we get true consolidated I/O
throughout the fabric? Leaf Spine Leaf/Spine 40/100GbE CORE AGG
ACCESS 8. 8 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Evolution of Convergence Use IEEE ETS to guarantee
bandwidth for traffic types Use IEEE PFC to create lossless traffic
for FCoE Use advanced Ethernet fabric forwarding for ECMP traffic
flows Use Ethernet infrastructure for all kinds of storage
(including connections to traditional FC storage environment0s
Increase IT agility and operational and resource efficiency while
speeding delivery of services to application owners Improve
scalability for all application needs and maintain high, consistent
performance for all traffic types, not just storage 9. 9Cisco
Confidential 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. How does it work? 10. 10 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its
affiliates. All rights reserved. Rethinking Storage Networking
Typical Fibre Channel topology: Edge/Core/Edge not uncommon Dual
SANs for Redundancy SAN A SAN B 11. 11 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its
affiliates. All rights reserved. Rethinking Storage Networking
Typical Fibre Channel topology: Edge/Core/Edge not uncommon Dual
SANs for Redundancy If path breaks or core switch goes down, SAN
fails over to SAN B SAN A SAN B X 12. 12 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its
affiliates. All rights reserved. Rethinking Storage Networking
Typical Fibre Channel topology: Edge/Core/Edge not uncommon Dual
SANs for Redundancy If path breaks or core switch goes down, SAN
fails over to SAN B Meaning, if a core switch goes down, the entire
SAN side goes down SAN A SAN B X 13. 13 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its
affiliates. All rights reserved. Rethinking Storage Networking
Logical separation instead of physical separation SAN A SAN B SAN A
SAN B 14. 14 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Rethinking Storage Networking Logical separation instead
of physical separation Dynamically creates relationships between
Fibre Channel Forwarders (FCFs) SAN A SAN B SAN A SAN B FCF FCF FCF
FCF 15. 15 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights
reserved. Rethinking Storage Networking Logical separation instead
of physical separation Dynamically creates relationships between
Fibre Channel Forwarders (FCFs) Dynamically configures the ports
for Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) SAN A SAN B SAN A SAN B FCF FCF FCF
FCF VE_Port VE_Port 16. 16 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
All rights reserved. Rethinking Storage Networking Logical
separation instead of physical separation Dynamically creates
relationships between Fibre Channel Forwarders (FCFs) Dynamically
configures the ports for Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) Increases
redundancy and resiliency Storage traffic is load- balanced across
Equal-Cost Multipathing Topology SAN A SAN B SAN A SAN B FCF FCF
FCF FCF VE_Port VE_Port 17. 17 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its
affiliates. All rights reserved. Rethinking Storage Networking
Logical separation instead of physical separation Dynamically
creates relationships between Fibre Channel Forwarders (FCFs)
Dynamically configures the ports for Inter-Switch Links (ISLs)
Increases redundancy and resiliency Storage traffic is
load-balanced across Equal-Cost Multipathing Topology If a spine
switch fails, SAN A is not interrupted! SAN A SAN B SAN A SAN B FCF
FCF FCF FCF VE_Port VE_Port X 18. 18 2013-2014 Cisco and/or its
affiliates. All rights reserved. Availability Dynamic FCoE Hardware
Nexus 5500 (Leaf) - Now! Nexus 5600 (Leaf/Spine) - Now! Nexus 6001
(Leaf/Spine) - Now! Nexus 6004 (Leaf/Spine) - Now! Nexus 7000
(Spine) - Q3 2014 Nexus 7700 (Spine) - Q3 2014 Software
R7.0(1)N1(1) - Now! EMC Qualification In progress, expected Q2 2014
Nexus 5500 Nexus 5672 Nexus 56128 Nexus 6004 Nexus 6001 19. 19
2013-2014 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Dynamic
FCoE Summary Traditional storage environments are way far cool New
Data Center topologies can include traditional storage Mix the best
of both worlds - Fibre Channel/FCoE High Availability and Ethernet
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