Flexing Network Muscle with IBM Flex System Fabric Technology

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Flexing Networking Muscle with IBM Flex System Fabric Technology

Tim Werts – Brocade Business Development for Flex20 May 2014


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WHOOAA!

Flex that network muscle with Brocade.

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FabricsThe Evolution of Networking

Flex Networking Muscle



What is a Fabric network?

Reliable, connectionless high performance interconnect–FC, PCI, Infiniband–and now … Ethernet

Multiple nodes connects leveraging all paths within network

Intelligence of fabric within all switches

Simple and automated–Self-forming, auto-learning, auto-healing, auto-migration–Setup and sustaining is much quicker

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ProductsBrocade Fabric Switch Modules




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Brocade Fabric technology in Flex System

Source: If applicable, describe source origin

EN4093RSI4093 EN6131 EN2092CN4093

p270 p460

x222

p24L p260 Flex System V7000

Storwize V7000

x220 x240 x440 PCiE Expansion

Storage Expansion

FC50228/16Gb FC

EN402310/40Gb Enet



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FC5022The value of 16Gb FC




8 IDC Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Forecast Update, May 2013

FC growth remains on top



Virtualization is driving shared storage


IBM Presentation Template Full Versionvirtual machineperformance

Top 20 VMwareVMmark® results use FC

100%





Benefits of Gen5 FC for Flex solutions

Improves Flex performance and increase server ROI– Up to 50% more VM per server

Consolidates hardware and lowers solution cost– Up to 50% hardware consolidation

Increases Flex investment potential– x222 server allows 28 servers per chassis– Ideal for POWER VIOS servers with High Availability – Supports 16Gb storage including the 16Gb IBM 840 Flash array

Increase Reliability, Availability, Serviceability

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FC5022 16/8 Gb FC Scalable Switch Module

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Product SummaryIBM 88Y6374 (12p Base) – IBM 00Y3324 (24p Base)

IBM 90Y9356 (24p Enterprise)

Product SummaryIBM 88Y6374 (12p Base) – IBM 00Y3324 (24p Base)

IBM 90Y9356 (24p Enterprise)

• 48-port 16/8/4 Gbps SAN Scalable Switch (SKUs: Base 12 & 24-port switch; Enterprise 24-port switch)• 28 internal (16/8 Gbps) and 20 external (16/8/4 Gbps) ports• Native switch mode or Access Gateway (NPV) mode • Access Gateway (NPV) can be enabled at any time (12-port, 24-port, 36-port, 48-port)• 8,192 buffers for up to 3,750 Km extended distance at 4 Gbps (Extended Fabrics license required)• In-flight encryption and compression (no license required)• Fully integrated into IBM Flex System Manager appliance using BNA and SMI-S.

16-8-4 Gbps FC



Upgrades Paths for FC5022

Switch 12-PORT 24-PORT 36-PORT 48-PORT12-Port Base

SwitchYES YES

Add only 88Y6382YES

Add only 88Y6386YES

Add both 88Y6382 & 88Y6386

24-Port Base Switch

NA YES NO YESAdd only 88Y6386

24-Port Enterprise

Switch

NA YES NO YESAdd only 88Y6386

NOTES: 36-ports can only be obtained by applying 24-port upgrade to 12-port module.12-port upgrade cannot be applied to the 24-port modules.



3 models of FC5022 SAN Scalable Switch

• 24 port Base model: 00Y3324

• Includes two 16GB SFP’s

• Full Fabric

• Enhanced Group Management

• Advanced Zoning

• Access Gateway or Fabric Mode

• Feature on Demand :

• Add 24 ports with IBM FOD (DPOD)

• ISL Trunking

• Fabric Watch

• 24 port ESB model: 90Y9356

• Full Fabric


• Advanced Zoning


• Includes ESB Software

• ISL Trunking

• Adaptive Networking

• Advanced Perf. Monitoring

• Fabric Watch

• Extended Fabrics

• Server Application Optimization


• Add 24 ports with IBM FOD (DPOD)

• 12 port Base model: 88Y6374

• Full Fabric


• Advanced Zoning



• Add 12/24 ports with IBM FOD (DPOD)

• ISL Trunking

• Fabric Watch



20-40% fewer servers

IBM Flex System 16Gb Redpaper

50-100% increased VM density

2x fewer cables and components

Lower Cost solutions

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EXTREMEPERFORMANCE

ENTERPRISE RELIABILITY

Gen5 FC and Flash storage arrays



FC5022 FC offers Enterprise Scalability 12 or 24 or 36 or 48 ports per modules

FC 3171 6 external ports

Why build your next gen servers with a limited embedded switch?

Two slots for FC

FC 5022 20 external ports

vs.

8 Gb

16 Gb

IOM Bay3

IOM Bay4

FC 5022 FC = FibreChannel5 = 16G02 = Brocade2 = Partitions



Typical 2-chassis solution using 8Gb FC 70 pieces

70pieces

8Gb FCmodules



Typical 2-chassis solution using 16Gb FC 50% hardware reduction

FC 5022

FlexFlex

FlexFlex

32pieces



16Gb FC provides

Simplification

50% less cables

60% less SFPs

100% less ToRs

Marvel Comics ©



FC5022 allows greater inter-rack scalability

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Storage

SAN-A SAN-B 24-Port Switch Modules

32Gb Links 48-Port Switch Modules

9 Flex Chassis Config - 126 Servers

18 Flex Chassis Config - 252 servers

Storage

24-Port Sw Modules

32Gb Links48-Port Sw Modules

SAN-A SAN-B

32Gb Links

8x8Gb Links 8x8Gb Links

Two FC5022 designated at embedded FC ToRs.



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EN4023The value of Ethernet Fabrics




Flex EN4023 10/40Gb Ethernet Fabric Switch

Up to 42 x 10Gb Ethernet ports (internal or server facing)

– Allows mix of 10Gb NICs with base SKU: 2x10Gb LOM, 2x10Gb NIC, 4x10Gb NIC, 8x10Gb NIC*

Up to 14 x 10Gb and 2 x 40Gb Ethernet ports (rear facing)

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14 SFP+ ports2 QSFP+ portsMgmt. port

Max assignable internal ports

Max assignable external ports

Max Ports

Base Switch 24 x 10Gb 14 x SFP+ 24

With upgrade FoD 1 40 x 10Gb 14 x SFP+2 x 40Gb QSFP+

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With upgrade FoD 1 & 2 42 x 10Gb 14 x SFP+2 x 40Gb QSFP+

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Typical Data Center network architecture

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Classic, Hierarchical Architecture

Core

Aggr

egat

ion

Acce

ss

Complex

Inefficient

Expensive



Ethernet Fabric network architecture

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Ethernet Fabric Architecture

Edge

Core

Scalability

Automated

Efficient

Evolutionary

Ideally suited for modern data centers



What is an Ethernet fabric?

Optimized for server virtualization and cloud architectures

More efficient, higher throughput, lower latency

Scale-out vs. scale-up to increase flexibility and reduce cost

Simplified deployment and administration

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Brocade VDX TCO Analysis

4 rack configuration cost savings

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TCO savings with Brocade $4,520,981



Redefining Total Cost of Ownership

Competitors can drop price to reduce CapEx

Brocade can reduce TCO (CapEx and OpEx)

Decreasing the time to deploy the network by 79%

Decreasing the time to implement changes to the network by 85%

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ELIMINATE COMPLEXITY



Ethernet Fabric Automation

• Zero-touch VM discovery, configuration, and mobility

• Self-forming trunks

• Minimal configuration to add links or switches

• Five times faster to deploy additional network capacity

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Ethernet Fabrics are self forming

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Automatic fabric creation and expansion (two steps, 1 to 2 minutes) Automatic trunk creation

30 GbE Data Center Bridging (DCB) trunk (3×10 GbE)10 GbE DCB link

RBridge 1 RBridge 2

RBridge 3

GEHA reduced basic network management

time by 20 percent, or over 1000

man-hours per year.

SunPower reduced setup time by over 80 percent

compared to its three-tier network.



10-node Ethernet Fabric Setup

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Brocade VCS Fabric technology, with 10 Brocade VDX 6720 Switches:

– Step 1: Turn switches on– Step 2: Configure RBridge IDs– Step 3: Connect cables– Step 4: There’s no step 4

Cisco FabricPath, 10 Nexus 7000 Switches:Step 1: Create two portchannels between a Nexus

pairStep 2: Activate Virtual PortChannel (vPC) between

themStep 3: Activate FabricPath on the vPC pairStep 4: Activate vPC+ in the pair (~7 commands per

switch)[…]Step 19: Configure Media Access Control (MAC)

learning mode for FabricPath Virtual LANs (FP VLANs)

Step 20: Activate FabricPath in the defined portchannel

Step 21: Repeat the previous 20 steps for the four other vPC+ pairs

[…]Step 101: Configure two portchannels between each

edge vPC pair and the core vPC pair[…]Step 106: Activate FabricPath on the eight defined

portchannels[…]Step 114: On each Nexus 7000 in the core vPC,

define eight portchannels[…]



Automatic Inter-switch link (ISL) Trunk creation

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Automatic Fabric Creation and ExpansionAutomatic Trunk Creation

30GbE DCB Trunk (3x10GbE)

10GbE DCB Link

20GbE DCB Trunk (2x10GbE)



Logical Chassis - simplifying operational complexity

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VCS

Traditional Management Brocade Logical Chassis Management

N points of management Single point of management



VM-aware network automation

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• No manual configuration of MAC addresses and port profiles; less error-prone

• Minimizes procedural delays between the server and network IT teams

• Eases integration of multiple Brocade VCS fabrics with VMware

• Protects against VM/MAC spoofing via secure vCenter communication

BrocadeNetworkAdvisor

NAS iSCSI FCoE FC iSCSIInfiniBand

vCenter



Performance drives network savings

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Significantly reduce network infrastructure requirements by 25%

Consolidate a virtualized environment with 32% more traffic to the servers

Increase the networks performance by up to 30%

SPEED OF FABRICS



Brocade ISL Trunking increases link efficiency

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70%40% 40% 50% 50% 50%

Traditional algorithms cause imbalances Brocade Trunking increase link efficiency

Upto160GE trunking



Improve network utilization

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How It Works1. Layer 3 gateway multipathing (in red) is achieved

via multiple active Layer 3 gateways.

2. Layer 2 multipathing (in blue) is performed with industry-standard Transparent Interconnect of Lots of Links (TRILL).

3. Layer 1 multipathing (in green) is achievedvia Brocade ISL Trunking, providing the industry’s best load balancing across a trunk group.

Layer 3 Gateway Resiliency

Maximum Network Utilization

Automated Load Balancing

User Benefits

40%

40%

40%



Adding Brocade Ethernet fabric to your infrastructure

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• Intro VCS in a POD• Flat layer 2 • Co-exist with legacy

access switches

• Scale Out VCS• Co-exist with legacy

access/aggregation

• Fully deployed fabric• Core-Edge Solution• Legacy network

support

FCXLAG

Other vendor switches

MLX

RXVCS

MLX(or Cisco/Juniper)

FCX


MLX

RX

VCS

VDX

FCX


RX

VCS

VDX



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Redeploy



Flex EN4023 Ethernet Fabric benefits

5X simpler to deploy

30% additional bandwidth to each server

100% link utilization

90% OpEx savings –VCS auto-configuring, auto-healing features

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