The Path To FCoE in Storage Networking

Amit Jain

Sr. Product Manager

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Data Centers Require Multi-Protocol ConnectivityConvergence for agile architecture with lower TCO & simple management

FCHigh Performance

Data Center Connectivity

FICONMainframe

Connectivity

FCIPLong Distance

Replication Connectivity

iSCSI-NAS

File and Block Over IP

TCP/IPLAN Connectivity

FCoE

SAN Protocols

LAN Protocols

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Evolving the Data CenterIncremental FCoE deployment in existing FC SANs

Phase-I

Phase-II

DirectlyFibre Channel

SAN

A B

Native Ethernet LAN

Nexus MDS FC

FCClassical DC

Separate LAN/SAN

A B

Cisco MDS SAN A

Cisco MDSSAN B

Nexus Nexus

FC

Single-Hop FCoE

1. Instant ROI

2. Reduced Provisioning

3. Simple (NPV mode)

EthernetFCDedicated FCoE Converged Link

FC

MDS FC SAN A

MDS FC SAN B

Nexus

Multi-Hop FCoE

Why ?

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Hyper-AgilityFuture-Proofing with Ethernet-based SANs

Wire-once, Enable anywhere: Ready for all Storage Protocols

Soft-Provisioning: Any protocol, any time

1

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ISLs - High-Performance SAN Core Faster, Efficient FCoE speeds, available sooner

2

16G FC 40G FCoE0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Actu

al T

hrou

ghpu

t

~200%

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Consolidation: 2-vs-1 networkSimplify, Save and Scale

FCoE/ NFS/ iSCSI

Nexus Nexus

Fibre ChannelSAN

A B

Native Ethernet LAN

Nexus MDS FC

FC

3

Two Separate Networks

One Converged Network

or

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Evolving the Data CenterIncremental FCoE deployment in existing FC SANs

A B

Cisco MDS SAN A

Cisco MDSSAN B

Nexus Nexus

Phase-I

Phase-II

DirectlyFibre

ChannelSAN

A B

Native Ethernet LAN

Nexus MDS FC

FCClassical DC

Separate LAN/SAN

FC

Single-Hop FCoE

1. Instant ROI

2. Reduced Provisioning

3. Simple (NPV mode)

EthernetFCDedicated FCoE Converged Link

FCFCoE/iSCSI/NFS

MDS FC SAN A

MDS FC SAN B

Nexus

Multi-Hop FCoE

1. Flexibility

2. High-Performance SANs 3. Consolidation

FC

MDS FC SAN A

MDS FC SAN B

Nexus

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Fibre Channel

SAN

A B

Native Ethernet

LAN

FC

Dedicated Ethernet SANFor customers, not ready to converge resources yet

Dedicated FC SAN Dedicated Ethernet SAN

No Change in Operations

Multi-Protocol Flexibility

High Performance SANs

Ethernet SAN

A B

Native Ethernet

LAN

FCoE

Nexus MDS Nexus MDS orNexus

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Dynamic FCoE using FabricPathHighly Resilient, Scale-out, Converged Fabric

Server

FabricPath

ConvergedFCoEFC

LAN

Storage attached to Leaf Directly

Storage attached via Director-class switch, connected to Leaf

Nexus 5K/6KNexus 7K*

Nexus 5K/6K

MDS

FCoE FC FCoE FC

*N7K/N77 as FCoE over FP Spine with F2E and 10G/40G F3 cards will be supported in Gibraltar (Q3CY14)N5K/N6K as FCoE over FP Leaf/Spine already supported in 7.0(1)N(1) (Q1CY14)

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Nexus 5000

Nexus 7000

CORE

SAN BSAN A

FCoE FCoE

EthernetFibre ChannelDedicated FCoE Converged Link

Multi-Hop FCoE End-to-End FCoE

Saved 35% in Cap-ex

Cut 90% of Power Costs

Reduced deployment times for each Server by 25%

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solutions/collateral/ns340/ns517ns224//boeing.pdf

Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS) ChallengeReduce costs while maintain performance of mission-critical apps

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FCoE TractionWorldwide Customer Base across various verticals

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