Oracle Storage Networking Powered by QLogic

Optimized for the Oracle Solaris Platform

Why QLogic

Oracle provides a complete family of FC HBA and FCoE CNAs that are fully supported in Oracle Solaris

17 + years of time-tested Oracle Solaris solutions

Pioneered Oracle Solaris FC I/O technology ensures solutions deliver a stable, reliable and highly available solution

Hardware

Apps

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Database

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Oracle Linux X X X X X

Solaris Containers X X X X

Oracle VM X X X X

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Software

Operating Systems

Virtual Machines

Servers

Storage

8Gb FC HBAPCIe

Std & EM

10 GbEFCoE CAN

PCIeStd & EM

Oracle Linux Driver

FC & NIC

Oracle Solaris Driver

FC & NIC

T10-PI SANSurferSoftware

Software

Oracle Stack

Foundational to the Oracle Stack

SPARC T3 Series

M3000

M4000

M5000

M8000

M9000

T5440T5240

T5120

SPARC T4 Series

Full Testing and Integration with SPARC Enterprise, Blade, and x86 Servers

Rack-Mount Servers and Open Storage

Blade Clusters (x86/SPARC)

The networking leader in real-world performanceOracle OLTP Virtualization

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Oracle OLTP Transactional Performance (IOPs)

Outstanding I/Os (Increasing Workload)

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Critical networking infrastructure for Oracle Solaris deployments

The Ultimate in Performance

For Oracle Optimized Database tested solutions, the Oracle 8Gb FC adapter powered by QLogic was selected.

Optimized Solutions for Database BOM

Processors

Warranty

Servers

Storage

Storage Networking

Selected HBA for Optimized Database Configurations

QLogic’s power management technologies

StarPower™ consumes only the power necessary to run at full speedCool HBA™ technology: HBAs can operate without airflow

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QLogic 8Gb FC HBAs consume up to 30% less power for greener IT!

QLogic ensures a lower power and cooling infrastructure

Power Consumption- 8 Gb Dual Port HBAs

The Ultimate in Low Power Consumption

QLogic’s Overlapping Protection Domains (OPDs) Provides overlapping parity and cyclic redundancy checking and generation

FRAME BUFFER

FC INTERFACE

MODULE

HOST BUS INTERFACE MODULE

FC CRC

PCI Parity / ECCByte ParityFC CRC

Byte Parity PCI Parity / ECC

OPD OPD

OPDOPD

PCI BusFibre Channel

CRC = Cyclic Redundancy Check

ECC = Error Correction Code

Data moving from FC to Host Bus

Data moving from Host Bus to FC

Provides continuous data protection

The Ultimate in Business Resiliency

Once again, Oracle Networking powered by QLogic is selected for optimizing

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Included in TPC-C Benchmark Price/Performance for Oracle SuperCluster

Tested benchmark items included

SPARC T3 1.65 GHz processors

8Gb FC Dual Port HBA, QLogic

SPARC SuperCluster T3 -4 servers

Oracle Database 11g Release 2

Oracle Solaris 10

Industry Standard Benchmark with SuperCluster

Market-leading performance to meet the demands of all virtualized applications

High Performance

VMflex supports multiple virtual connections sharing the same physical port

Flexible and Adaptable

Fully supported and tested with Oracle VM 3.0 for ease of installation and turn-key deployment

Assured Integration

Improve consolidation and efficiency to reduce cost and overall IT resources

Lower TCO, IT Footprint

Optimized for Oracle VM 3.0

Recap: Engineered to Win Together

•Oracle HW, SW, and networking powered by QLogic provide a seamless high performance solution to your customers.

Best-in-class: QLogic has the largest Storage Networking I/O install base = reliability and turn-key deployment

Integral to the Oracle Stack: HBA technology embedded in Oracle storage hardware and fully tested across Oracle servers and apps

Pioneered Oracle Solaris FC I/O technology: Ensures solutions deliver a stable, reliable and highly available solution

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