HP Emulex Brocade 8Gbs Fibre Channel Infrastructure

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HP / Emulex / Brocade 8Gb/s Fibre
ChannelInfrastructure
August 2008
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Agenda

• Introduction
• Partnership between HP/Emulex
• Why do anything?
• Why do it now?
• Why HP/Brocade/Emulex partnership?
• How we are going to help?
• BOM/Ordering Information

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Introduction

• This presentation outlines the details and
  drivers behind the NEW 8Gb/s Fibre Channel
  Infrastructure bundle (HP part AP710AM) from
  Emulex Brocade
• Leverages
• Industry leading HBAs from Emulex
• Switches from the market leader Brocade
• Brought to market by HP and their business
  partners
• Leading technology and high commercial value
  proposition

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ML DL
Alpha
Integrity
ESL
MSL
XP
MSA
EVA
EBS Tape Storage
SWD Disk Storage
C-Class
P-Class
ISS BCS Servers

• EVA embedded switch
• Virtual tape embedded switch
• DL ML 2Gb/s and 4Gb/s PCI-X and PCIe
• Integration with Systems Insight Manager (SIM)
  and Storage Essentials (SE)
• Integration into Virtual Connect
• 2Gb/s HBA Mezz card P-class
• 4Gb/s HBA Mezz card C-class
• MultiPulse Path failover and load balancing
  software

• 13 year strategic OEM partnership with HP
• Over 20 HP-branded products from Emulex deployed
  across HP servers and storage
• HP-branded HBAs from Emulex are supported in
  a broad range of SAN environments
• ProLiant, HP 9000, Integrity and Alpha-based
  servers
• StorageWorks family of solutions, including
  MSA, EVA, XP and EBS storage
• Broad Support for Windows, Linux, HP OpenVMS,
  HP Tru64 UNIX and Solaris Operating Systems

Every Emulex production product is qualified at HP
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Simply Emulex

• Simple to setup
• Microsoft Simple SAN is Emulex EZPilot
• Simple Integration
• 102 Design wins and qualifications
• Emulex drivers are supported by Oracle as part of
  its Unbreakable stack
• Emulex drivers are built into RHEL3, RHEL4, SLES
  8 and SLES 9
• Simple Management
• Seamlessly integrated into storage management
  frameworks
• Global HBA discovery and management
• Driver and firmware reloads without downtime
• LUN rediscovery without reboot
• Simple Virtualisation
• Integrated into VMware 3.0.1 and VMotion at
  3.0.2
• Integrated into Microsoft Virtual Server Manager
• Simply Better
• Industry Leading MTBF
• Industry Highest Dual Channel performance

Dual Port Throughput
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
MB/s
600
Competitor
400
LPe11002
200
0
1k
4k
64k
16k
256k
Block Size
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VMware Support

• ESX Server 3.x 2.5.xand 3.5 integrated
• HP HBA Part Numbers (HP Streams)
• 403621-B21 4Gb PCI Express DC c-Class Mezz,
  Helios
• FC2143/FC2243 4Gb PCI-X 2.0 SC/DC HBA, Helios
• FC2142/FC2242 4Gb PCI Express SC/DC HBA, Zephyr
• A7388A/A7387A 2Gb PCI-X SC/DC HBA, Thor
• FCA2404/2404DC 2Gb PCI-X SC/DC HBA, Pegasus
• AJ762A(81E)/AJ763A(82E) 8Gb PCI Express SC/DC
  HBA, Saturn
• Boot from SAN support!
• StorageWorks Arrays
• ProLiant DL/ML Servers

Consult with your HP ESS representative, or
internal support matrices for configuration and
support details
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The Emulex 8Gb/s product

• LPe12000 single-channel 8Gb/s PCIe 2.0 Fibre
  Channel HBA
• LPe12002 dual-channel PCIe 8Gb/s Fibre Channel
  HBA

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Why do anything?

• HP has an 8Gb/s lead in the field
• First mover advantage
• Infrastructure bundle
• Available for MSA and EVA attachments
• 8Gb/s solution and functionality for basically
  the same price as the 4Gb/s equivalent
• Upgrades to existing infrastructures
• Target 2Gb/s and 4Gb/s environments
• Capitalises on significant existing installed
  market position

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Why do it now?

• Virtualization and virtual servers
• Higher SAN attached rates dictated by Virtual
  Server deployments
• Increased I/O bandwidths requirements
• Demand for virtual server level QoS, management
  and measurement

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Why do it now?

• Multi-core processors
• Need to aligned I/O and bandwidth with the
  processing power offered with Multi-core
  processors
• Increasing density of virtual servers
• VMware currently supports up to 64 virtual
  machines per server
• 8Gb/s from Emulex Brocade can support up to
  256 virtual servers (per port)
• Room for growth and investmentprotection that
  customers are demanding

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Why do it now?

• Windows 2008
• New method of addressing I/O controllers via the
  MSI-X stack
• Running Kernel no longer interrupted to service
  I/O requests
• TPC-E benchmarks proved an 18 transaction
  increase
• Now supported by the Emulex 8Gb/s HBA's
• Data volume growth
• Stored data growing at approximately 70 YOY
• Infrastructure MUST keep pace
• 8Gb/s infrastructure delivers data more
  efficiently
• 8Gb/s infrastructure cuts waiting time down for
  faster processors
• Faster backup times allow for more production
  processing time
• HPs new Ultrium 4 requires 8Gb/s connections to
  drive full bandwidth of 256 Mb/s

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Why do it now?

• Faster restore times
•  8Gb/s shortens the data recovery phase  
• Enhanced security
•  Support DH-CHAP authentication
• This is the first time that a storage area
  network has been secure
• A key requirement in the FSA environment
• Enhanced data protection (Emulex 8Gb/s are
  BlockGuard ready)
• Ready for HP Arrays at the time they implement
  BlockGuard
• Data frame has an additional Data Integrity field
  
• Enhanced end-to-end data integrity
• Power Efficient
• PCIe 2.0 has the ability to shut down I/O lanes
  that are not being used
• Less power use when not fully utilized
• Reduction of ISLs
• 8Gb/s performance increase allows for
  consolidation of Inter Switch Links (ISLs)
  between core switches
• More ports available for storage and server
  connections

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Why implement with Brocade / Emulex?

• History of broad market adoption
• More acceptable bundle in channel and at the end
  user
• Better understood
• Leverage existing channel intellectual property
• Leverage existing install base
• Largest number of 1Gb/s ports
• Largest number of 2Gb/s ports
• Technology leadership
• First to introduce NPIV
• The foundation for virtual environments
• Wide range of SAN interoperability options
  compared to other solutions

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How are we going to help?

• Why 8Gb/s brief
• Sales elevator pitch / presentation
• Technical pitch / presentation
• Sales cheat sheet
• FAQ
• Datasheets (online)
• Print run available on request
• Tools in English, French, German Italian
• Web banners HP / Brocade / Emulex / Partner 8Gb/s
  branded
• Email marketing HP / Brocade / Emulex / Partner
  8Gb/s branded
• Revamped www.emulex-hp.com microsite as a
  supporting tool

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BOM/Ordering (HP part AP710AM)

• 1 x B-Series 8/8 Base SAN Switch (no e-port)
• 2 x Emulex 8Gb/s (HP AJ762A/81E) HBAs
• Cables and SFPs
• Compelling Price Point
• Scales to 24 ports
• Upgradable to full-fabric functionality
• Part numbers/Ordering information
• HP part number AP710AM

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Thank You!