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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