QLogic Partner Confidential

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QLogic QME2572 Host Bus Adapter

• Product features and value proposition
• Anand Vridhagiri
• Sr. Outbound Marketing Manager

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Data Center ChallengesWhat is driving the need
for 8Gb HBA?

• New resource-intensive applications (Web 2.0)
  coupled with information explosion
• Storage hungry applications drive more traffic
• Windows Server 2008
• Exchange and SQL Server now support 2x storage
  capacity
• Microsoft Exchange
• Increased mailbox sizes
• Increased number of storage groups
• Increased I/O coalescing
• Server Virtualization
• Green Networking
• Blade Servers

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Blade Servers
Blade Servers
Does your HBA have the bandwidth to handle the
combined I/O?
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How does QME2572 help?

• Future Proof
• 8Gb storage
• Next generation of multi core blade servers
• Data Backup Applications
• Backup 2x the data in the same window or the same
  amount of data in half the time. Reduce disk to
  disk replication time
• Experience more database transactions and
  Exchange seats per server
• Enable More Virtual Machines
• Double the number of VMs per server without
  reducing the throughput of each VM
• Provides power, security and management level
  optimizations

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How is QME2572 positioned?
Enterprise Data Center
Optimized to Exceed the Business Requirements of
the Next Generation Data Center
Optimized
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QME2572 FeaturesDell Blade Server mezzanine slot
connector

• Higher Performance 
• Up to 3200 MBps (full-duplex)
• 200,000 initiator IOPs per port
• Virtualization Optimized
• Supports N_Port ID virtualization (NPIV),
  Quality-of-Service and Dynamic Provisioning
  during live migration
• Power Optimized
• QLogic StarPower Technology enables power
  management techniques to ensure lowest power
  cooling Cool HBA Technology

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8Gb HBA Features contd

• RAS Optimized
• Overlapping Protection Domains (OPD) extended for
  control and data paths to ensure data
  integrity
• Security Optimized
• Enhanced Authentication (FC-SP)
• Management Optimized
• Unified driver model eliminates interoperability
  issues between firmware and driver versions and
  cuts upgrade time in half
• Guaranteed Interop Investment Protection
• Certified with all major operating systems,
  servers, storage, and applications
• Backward compatible with 2Gb and 4Gb Storage
  Networks

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8Gb Accelerates Disk to Disk Backups

• Maximize utilization of Dell disk
• Reduce D2D backups
• ¼ the time of 2Gb
• ½ the time of 4Gb

TRANSFER RATE VS. TIME 1.2TB OF DATA TO TRANSFER
t mins
t / 2 mins
Dell FC Storage
t / 4
QLogic 8Gb Mezzanine Cad
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Optimized for Virtualization

• QLogic QME2572 include NPIV (N_Port ID
  Virtualization)

WWPN
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Power Cooling

• HBA
• Reduced external components
• Integrated the external Synchronous SRAM memory
• Elimination of NVRAM reduces number of components
  and power consumption
• Cool HBATM Technology
• No fans or heat sinks required
• Designed to require low airflow for operation
• Also results in lower power consumption from the
  server
• Intelligent Link Training
• PCIe Gen2 increases the bus speed, runs 8Gb FC
  using fewer lanes
• QLogic auto-detects Gen1 or Gen2
• If Gen2, power down unused lanes
• Does not compromise performance

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Customer pain points solved

• Backup 2x the data in the same window or the same
  amount of data in half the time
• Keep up with the growing demand for streaming
  media and HD video
• Reduce disk to disk replication time
• Enable more database transactions and Exchange
  seats
• Be ready for 8Gb storage
• Be ready for the next generation of multi core
  blade servers

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Summary

• QLogic QME2572 for Dell PowerEdge Blades
• Avoids potential I/O bottlenecks to accelerate
  performance of applications
• Reduces back-up time and disk to disk replication
  time
• Virtualization (NPIV, VSAN), Security (FC-SP) and
  Management optimized
• Lower power consumption
• Cool HBA
• Dynamic Power Management Link Training
• Investment protection and backward compatibility

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Dell QLogic Team

• Worldwide Account Mgmt
• Gary Thomas, 512-639-7525, gary.thomas_at_qlogic.com
• Business Development
• Ronnie Payne, 512-658-1851, ronnie.payne_at_qlogic.co
  m (NA)
• Ian Wardrope, 44 7780 990091, ian.wardrope_at_qlogic
  .com (EMEA)
• Systems Engineering / HPC Solutions Architect
• Brad Garton, 512-826-7525, brad.garton_at_qlogic.com
  
• Marketing
• Anand Vridhagiri, 512-364-9590,
  anand.vridhagiri_at_qlogic.com
• QLogic partner site for Dell
• http//www.qlogic.com/Solutions/OEM_Dell.aspx