Jake Howering

Director, Product Management

Solution and Technical Leadership Keys

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The Market, Position and Message

Extreme Integration and Technology

Market Opportunity for Converged Infrastructure

2017 $6B

$74B

*Source - Wikibon

The Converged Infrastructure market is predicted to reach (US) $74 billion in 2017*, a 52% CAGR that includes Networking, Storage, and Compute.

2013

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2010-2014

CAGR

NAS + iSCSI + FCoE 13.9%

Fibre Channel SAN 1.3%

Network-attached NAS 5.4%

iSCSI SAN 18.2%

External DAS -8.8%

Fibre Channel over Ethernet

104.6%

Switched SAS 31.9%

Data Center connectivity is changing

• Increasing emphasis on Ethernet-based connectivity options

Source: IDC, (7/10) and EMC

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Storage Networking Interconnections:

Fibre Channel vs Ethernet

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FC v Ethernet Storage Port Count Growth

2/4G 8G 16G 10GE 40GE

VSPEX Certification & Best-of-Breed Solutions

EMC VNX 5300

Extreme Networks

Summit X670

Lenovo RD630 +

Qlogic 8300 CNA

Mixed Workloads on

VMware ESXi 5.1

Designed for flexibility and validated to

ensure interoperability and fast

deployment, VSPEX enables you to

choose the technology in your complete

cloud infrastructure solution.

http://www.emc.com/platform/vspex-proven-infrastructure Ethernet SAN, up to 125 VM’s, Failure

scenarios, 9.88 GB iSCSI Throughput

Test Configuration

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Extreme Competitive – Beating the Competition

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Extreme

Networks X670

Cisco Nexus

5548UP

Brocade VDX

6730

Switch Height 1 RU 1 RU 1RU

OS Single OS Multiple OS’s Single OS

Max 10GE ports 64 48 60

Max 40GE ports 4 0 0

Throughput 1.2T 960G 1.2T

Stacking Yes No Yes

OpenFlow Yes No Yes

OpenStack Yes Yes No

List Price ~ $25,000 ~ $55,000 ~ $62,000

Technology iSCSI FCoE FCoE

High Performance and High Value

Extreme Innovation with Open Standards Extreme Validated Solution (EVS) Enables Storage Partners and SDN

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NetApp

EMC

Others VLANs

LAG

iSCSI (Support TCP)

Jumbo Frames (9000)

DCB

Extreme SDN for Converged Infrastructure – Available Now ! OpenStack - Extreme Quantum Plug-in is ‘Topology Aware’

Storage

Compute

Network

Pod 1

Zone 1

Data Center Core

Internet

Storage

Compute

Network

Pod 2

VM provisioned in Pod 1

based on Topology

Scheduler proximity

algorithm

VM mobility, aka vMotion,

can be restricted to Pods

or Zones.

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What Does it Mean to be Extreme

Value – Leverage the low cost curve of Ethernet

– Converge LAN and SAN onto single network for lower CAPEX and OPEX costs

– Efficient scalability with pay-as-you-grow model for incremental growth

Performance – High availability to maximize uptime and user experience

– Efficient bandwidth utilization while assuring a loop free topology

– Data Center Bridging features for lossless SAN experience

Simplicity – Pre-tested and Pre-validated solution assures seamless deployment and operations

– Extreme Networks single OS provides consistent and predictable UI and troubleshooting

– Automation and Management tools with VMware vCenter, EMC Unisphere and Extreme Networks Ridgeline systems

Open Standards – Industry standards protocols, including Ethernet, to assure interoperability

– SDN-Ready with OpenStack and OpenFlow support

– Open API's, including XML and SOAP, for system abstraction and custom integration as needed

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Solution and Technical Leadership Keys

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The Market, Position and Message

Extreme Integration and Technology

Storage Networking - Multiple Protocols

iSCSI NAS

Choice of connectivity Fibre Channel (4 Gb/s, 8 Gb/s)

Low cost IP (1 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s)

FCoE

Choice of delivery File-based

Block-based

Growth paths iSCSI to Fibre Channel for

throughput

Fibre Channel to FCoE for simplification

Scale front end and storage independently

Ethernet

File Sharing Ethernet

iSCSI SAN

Fibre Channel

SAN

Fibre Channel

S I M P L E

FCoE

SAN

FCoE

Storage System

Typical Storage Systems Deployment

• Simple – Tune SQL Server in 80% less

time with FAST VP

–Provision SharePoint 4 times faster with a single tool

• Efficient –Realize 50:1 server

consolidation without creating storage bottle necks with FAST Cache

• Powerful –Run virtualized Microsoft SQL

and Oracle three-times faster

Shared storage for virtual servers and applications

Virtual server pool

Oracle, Microsoft Exchange,

SQL Server, SharePoint

Unisphere

vCenter

Storage

pool

VNX series

Storage Networking Key Requirements

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• Availability

• Resiliency

• Isolation

• Performance

Storage Networking Key Technologies

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• Fibre Channel

• Fibre Channel over Ethernet

• iSCSI

Ethernet

IP

Network Stack Comparison

TCP

iSCSI

FCIP

FCoE

FCP

FC

IP

TCP

FCP FCP

Ethernet Ethernet

SCSI

FC FC

SCSI SCSI SCSI SCSI

SCSI iSCSI FCIP FCoE FC

PHYSICAL WIRE

Less Overhead

than FCIP, iSCSI

Ethernet-Based Storage Systems

Priority Based

Flow Control

(PFC)

Enhanced

Transmission

Standard(ETS)

DCB Capabilities

Exchange (DCBX)

Data Center Bridging (DCB) Protocols

Block Based Storage

iSCSI

FCoE

File Based Storage

NFS

CIFS

Dynamic

Scripting

Clear

Flow

ExtremeXOS Infrastructure Layer

Storage Networking Key Features

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• DCB • FIP Snooping • STP • MLAG • VLANs • Jumbo Frames

Data Center Bridging

Data Center Bridging – Key Technology for Lossless Ethernet SAN

DCBX: Data Center Bridging Capabilities Exchange (802.1Qaz)

Discover and Exchange Capabilities and Configuration between DCB Switches via LLDP (802.1ab), including:

Priority Flow Control (802.1Qbb) – Pause specific classes of traffic between DCB switches

Enhanced Transmission Selection (802.1Qaz) – Guarantee a specific percentage of bandwidth for a specific class of traffic

DCBX DCBX

LLDP LLDP

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FCoE Initialization Protocol – FIP Snooping

FIP Snooping (FCoE Initialazation Protocol

Snooping )

Efficient FC transport (FCoE) over

10GE Ethernet in DC

.. FIP snooping is used in

multi-hop FCoE

environments. FIP snooping

is a frame inspection method

that can be used by FIP

snooping capable DCB

devices to monitor FIP frames

and apply policies based on

the information in those

frames.

LAN & SAN – Physically Separate Topologies

• Servers connect to LAN, NAS and iSCSI SAN with NICs

• Servers connect to FC SAN with HBAs

• Many environments today are still 1 Gigabit Ethernet

• Multiple server adapters, multiple cables, power and cooling costs – Storage is a separate network

(including iSCSI)

Rack-mounted servers

Ethernet

Fibre Channel

Ethernet LAN

1 Gigabit Ethernet

1 Gigabit Ethernet NICs

Storage

Fibre Channel SAN

Fibre Channel HBAs

1 Gigabit Ethernet

iSCSI SAN

Adapter Evolution: Consolidation Network Adapter

Vswitch VMkernel

storage stack

Storage Drivers and Virtualization

NIC NIC FC HBA

FC

HBA

vNIC vNIC vSCSI vSCSI

LAN traffic FC traffic

CNA

CNA

LAN traffic FCoE follows FC

path

Hypervisor

iSCSI traffic iSCSI traffic

*iSCSI initiator can also be in the VM

FCoE Extends FC on a Single Network

Network

Driver FC

Driver

Converged

Network Adapter

Server sees storage traffic as FC

FC network

FC storage

Ethernet

Network

Converged

Network Switch

Ethernet

FC

FCoE SW Stack

Standard

10G NIC

Lossless Ethernet Links 2

options

SAN sees host as FC

FCoE With External FCoE Gateway

Converged Network Switches move out of the rack from a tightly controlled environment into a unified network

Maintains existing LAN and SAN management

Rack Mounted

Servers

10 GbE CNAs

Converged Network Switch

FC Attach

Ethernet Network

(IP, FCoE) and CNS

Ethernet LAN

Storage

Fibre Channel SAN

Ethernet

FC

FCoE with Top of Rack Gateway

Network Switches stay in the rack for a IP-based unified network

Need Specialized Network Switch that has both FC and Ethernet ports – expensive !

Maintains existing LAN and SAN management

Rack Mounted

Servers

10 GbE CNAs

Eternet Switch

FC Attach

Ethernet LAN

Storage

FC SAN

Ethernet

FC

Ethernet LAN & iSCSI SAN

Network Switches stay in the rack for a IP-based unified network

Maintains existing LAN and SAN management

Rack Mounted

Servers

10 GbE CNAs

Eternet Switch

iSCSI Attach

Ethernet LAN

Storage

iSCSI SAN

Ethernet

FC

Convergence at 10 Gigabit Ethernet

• Two paths to a Converged Network – iSCSI purely Ethernet

– FCoE allows for mix of FC and Ethernet (or all Ethernet)

• FC that you have today or buy tomorrow will plug into this in the future

• Choose based on scalability, management, and skill set

Rack Mounted

Servers

10 GbE CNAs

Converged Network Switch

FC SAN

Ethernet LAN

iSCSI/FCoE

Storage

Ethernet

FC

Software Defined Storage Networking – FCoE Overlay

Ethernet Fabric

A

Ethernet Fabric

B

Compute Layer

1. Dual paths from customer to compute layer - Basic Design

2. Active path backup path - Basic Design

3. Load Shared Paths - Advanced Design

Indicates traffic is allowed

to cross planes in normal

working condition

Customer or

Machine

Basic Topology – Customer to Compute Layer

Ethernet Fabric

A

Ethernet Fabric

B

1. Dual paths from Compute layer to storage layer - Basic Design

2. Active path backup path - Basic Design based on hypervisor multi-pathing 3. Load Shared Paths - Advanced Design - requires hypervisor plugin to enable IO level

load sharing

4. Consider TCP monitor LACP lag groups with iSCSI

Failure

plan Path to Fabric A is

Active

Path to Fabric B is

Passive

Storage Layer

Compute Layer

Basic Topology – Compute to Storage

FC + FCoE Design – Single Hop & Active/Standby

FC + FCoE Design – Single Hop & Active/Active

FC + FCoE Design – Scalable Single Hop & Active/Active

Storage Networking Comparison

FC FCoE iSCSI

Lossless Yes DCB (req) DCB (option)

Layer 2 N/A Yes No

Layer 3 - IP No No Yes

TCP No No Yes

Resiliency Yes Yes Yes

Isolation Yes Yes Yes

Performance Best Second Third

Bandwidth 16GB FC 10GE 40GE +

Hardware FC SAN

Director

FCF

(Gateway)

+ FIP

Switch

Ethernet

Switch

Capability

Thank You!

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EMC VSPEX Minimum Requirements – 125

VMs

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Profile Characteristics Value

Number of virtual machines 125

Virtual machine OS Windows Server 2012 Datacenter edition

Processors per virtual machine 1

Number of virtual processors per

physical CPU core 4

RAM per virtual machine 2 GB

Average storage available for each

virtual machine 100 GB

Average IOPS per virtual machine 25 IOPS

Number of LUNs or NFS shares to

store virtual machine disks 1 or 2

Number of virtual machines per LUN

or NFS share 50

Disk and RAID type for LUNs or NFS

shares

RAID 5, 600 GB, 15k rpm, 3.5-inch SAS

disks

EMC VSPEX Hardware Requirements – 125

VMs

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Component Configuration

Lenovo RD 630 Intel E5-2680 Dual socket 8 core per socket with hyper threading achieves 32 logical cores per node

256G ram per node

2 x Qlogic 8362CNA per host using Ethernet drivers

RAID 1 boot disk for hypervisor 2 x 300 Gig SAS

IPMI enabled in bios using dedicated copper management port shares access with IPMI ip address

VMware vSphere Servers CPU 1 vCPU per virtual machine

4 vCPUs per physical core

For 125 virtual machines:

125 vCPUs

Minimum of 32 physical CPUs

Memory 2 GB RAM per virtual machine

2 GB RAM reservation per VMware vSphere host

For 125 virtual machines:

Minimum of 250 GB RAM

Add 2 GB for each physical server

Network (Block Storage systems) 2 x 10 GE NIC per server

2 Qlogic 8362 CNAs

NOTE: Add at least one additional server to the infrastructure beyond the minimum requirements to implement VMware vSphere High Availability (HA) functionality and to meet the listed

minimums.

Extreme Networks Infrastructure Minimum Switching Capacity for Block Storage:

2 x Extreme NetworksX670

2 x 10 GE ports per VMware vSphere Server

1 x 1 GE port per Control Station for management

2 ports per VMware vSphere server, for storage network

2 ports per SP, for storage data

Shared Infrastructure In most cases, a customer environment already has infrastructure services such as Active Directory (AD), DNS, and other services configured. The setup of these services is beyond the

scope of this document.

If implemented without existing infrastructure, the new minimum requirements are:

2 physical servers

16 GB RAM per server

4 processor cores per server

2 x 1 GE ports per server

NOTE: These services can be migrated into VSPEX post-deployment. However, they must exist before VSPEX can be deployed.

EMC VNX Series Storage Array Block Common:

1 x 1 GE interface per Control Station for management

1 x 1 GE interface per SP for management

2 front end ports per SP

system disks for VNX OE

For 125 virtual machines

EMC VNX 5300

60 x 600 GB 15k rpm 3.5-inch SAS drives

4 x 200 GB Flash drives

2 x 600 GB 15k rpm 3.5-inch SAS drives as hot spares

1 x 200 GB Flash drive as hot spare

EMC VSPEX Software Versions

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Software Configuration

VNX OE for file: Release 7.0.100-2

OE for block: Release 31 (05.31.000.5.704)

EMC VSI for VMware

vSphere

Version 5.1

Virtual Machine

Base Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

VDBench 5.0.2

Note: VDBench was used to validate this solution.

It is not a required component for production.

Extreme + EMC VSPEX Software Versions r

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Software Configuration

VMware vSphere

vSphere Server 5.1 Enterprise Edition

vCenter Server 5.1 Standard Edition

Operating system for vCenter

Server

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard Edition

NOTE: Any operating system that is supported for vCenter can be used.

Microsoft SQL Server Version 2008 R2 Standard Edition

NOTE: Any supported database for vCenter can be used.

EMC VNX

VNX OE for Block 05.32.000.3.770

EMC VSI for VMware vSphere:

Unified Storage Management

5.4

EMC VSI for VMware vSphere:

Storage Viewer

5.4

EMC PowerPath /VE 5.8

Virtual Machines (used for validation – not required for deployment)

Base Operating System Microsoft Window Server 2012 datacenter edition

Network Switching

Extreme Networks Summit

Switches

15.3

EMC VSPEX Virtualization Requirements –

125 VMs

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Component Configuration

VMware vSphere

Servers

CPU 1 vCPU per virtual machine

4 vCPUs per physical core

For 125 virtual machines:

125 vCPUs

Minimum of 32 physical CPUs

Memory 2 GB RAM per virtual machine

2 GB RAM reservation per VMware vSphere

host

For 125 virtual machines:

Minimum of 250GB RAM

Add 2 GB RAM for each physical server

Network Block

2 x 10 GE NICs per server

2 HBA or CNAs per server

NOTE: Add at least one additional server to the infrastructure beyond the minimum requirements to

implement VMware vSphere High Availability (HA) functionality and to meet the listed minimums.

EMC VSPEX Network Requirements – 125

VMs

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Component Configuration

Network

Infrastructure

Minimum

switching

capacity

Block

2 Extreme Networks X670 physical switches

2 x 10 GE ports per VMware vSphere server

1 x 1 GE port per Control Station for

management

2 ports per SP, for storage data

EMC VSPEX – Block Storage Requirements

– 125 VMs

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Component Configuration

EMC VNX

series Storage

Array

Block

Common:

1x1 GE interface per control station for

management

1x1 GE interface per SP for management

2 front-end ports per SP

System disks for OE

For 125 virtual machines:

EMC VNX 5300

60 x 600 GB 15k rpm 3.5-inch SAS drives

4 x 200 GB Flash drives

2 x 600 GB 15k rpm 3.5-inch SAS drives as

hot spares

1 x 200 GB Flash drive as a hot spare