Virtualization in the Data Center
The End-2-End advantage
nd, 2009
October 22nd
Leon
Leon van
van Dongen
Dongen
leon.vandongen@brocade.com
leon.vandongen@brocade.com
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Brocade Background
Pioneer and leader in data center networks:
– Founded in 1995 by storage thought leaders from EMC, HP,
IBM & SUN
– Clear leader in data center networks, >70% market share
– Encompassing data center, enterprise and service provider
networks complimented with global services
Public company Listed on NASDAQ as BRCD
– Strong financial performance with revenues of $2B (’08),
$1.24B (’07), $751M (’06)
– Based in San Jose, CA with major centers in Geneva and
Singapore and over 100 world-wide sales offices
– High R&D investment profile of over 20% (vs. typical) enabling
continued innovation and diversification
30 year DNA in networking through a combination of
companies including Foundry Networks, McDATA, CNT,
Silverback and SBS to expand product & service offerings
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Partnerships Deliver Best-in-Class Solutions
Brocade partners with leading
blade server, rack server,
mainframe, and storage providers
to deliver best-in-class, end-to-end
solutions
– Proven technology: reliability,
efficiency, lower TCO
LAN
Fabric
SAN
Fabric
– Open standards: solution flexibility,
interoperability, competitive pricing,
leverage investments
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Business Demands from the Data Center Network
Drive down Cost
Virtualization
Compute
Services
Network
Services
Storage
Services
Information Infrastructure
Increase Performance
and Scalability
Improve Virtualization
& Mobility
Simplify Management
Provide Agility
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Data Center Networking
Data Center Transition
Business Drivers
Technology Enablers
• Drive Out Cost:
– Consolidation
– Efficiency
• Virtualization:
– Host and infrastructure
– Open systems
• Improve Agility:
– Fast deployment
– Tunable performance
• Consolidation:
– High density
– High performance
• Increase Reliability:
– Highest quality
– Lowest risk
• Convergence:
– I/O consolidation
– Next-generation edge
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Data Center Evolution
Host-Based Virtualization
Fibre Channel Switching
8 Gb
16 Gb
Convergence
Ethernet Switching
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•
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1 Gb 10 Gb
Modular Computing
2000 to 2010
Scale and Consolidate
2005 to 2015
Hardware-focused
Network = pipes
App/server = 1:1
Scale by replication of hardware
Distance is a constraint
Host virtualization has growing
adoption rate
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10 Gb
40 Gb
32 Gb
100 Gb
100 Gb
Virtual Enterprise
2010 and beyond
Host and network coordination
Network = bigger pipes
App/server = 10:1
Scale with denser/faster hardware
Distance is a constraint
Host virtualization more critical,
I/O-intensive apps (~25%)
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Software-focused/cloud-based
Server bus and network collapse
App/server = 100’s:1
Scale by moving apps
Distance becomes irrelevant
Host virtualization and
orchestration are everywhere
(>75% of all apps)
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Virtualization: Strategic Summary
1. Layer 2 software switch integration
– Leverage, optimize partner technology
2. Multiple hypervisors supported
– VMware ESX, MS HyperV, KVM, Xen,…
3. Industry-standard port aggregation implemented
– No proprietary tags; IEEE 802.1 VEPA, VEB,…
4. Consistent access layer virtualization across current and
future platforms
Ethernet, Fibre Channel, CEE
5. Integrate with industry-leading orchestration frameworks and tools
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End-2-End
Server Consolidation
Enabled by server virtualization and SANs
Applications
A
Servers
DataStorage
Center
Fabric
Network
Storage
A
A
A
A
• Physical servers are
consolidated, but a higher
percentage of virtual servers
connect to the shared storage
network
• Applications will move across
virtual servers and the
infrastructure, no longer attached
to physical ports —the data
center fabric must support this
• More connected elements drive
new network and
infrastructure requirements
• VM-aware end-to-end
management (server-to-storage)
becomes critically important
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Brocade Data Center Fabric Architecture
End-to-End Policy-Based Automation (Orchestration)
Applications
A
A
A
A
A
Policy
Servers
Data
Security
Data Center
Fabric
Data Mobility
Data
Protection
(CDP, DR)
Storage
• Plug-in architecture provides nondisruptive choice of best-of-breed
application resources and services
solutions
• Brocade has unique policy-based
features and an architecture that
easily accommodates SLA- and
application-driven automation
• End-to-end management for
scalable, broad connectivity across
a secure, multiprotocol environment
is extended to servers, only via
Brocade HBAs and CNA’s
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Brocade 815 and 825 Fibre Channel HBAs
Key Features:
8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel
(also supports 2 and 4 Gbit/sec)
Single- or dual-port models
BR-815-0010
1600 MB/sec throughput per port
Up to 500,000 IOPS per port
50 buffer credits per port
X8-lane PCI Express 2.0
Low-profile design; LC-style pluggable SFP+
BR-825-0010
Power is approximately 6 watts
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Issues we are addressing
1. Losing Managebility
Solution: NPIV
2. Solve the Bandwidth Issue
Solution: Quality of Service (QoS)
3. Applications consuming too much Resources
Solution: Ingress rate limiting
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Issue 1: Losing Manageability
Applications
App
App
App
App
Servers
Data Centre Fabric
Storage
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Solution - N-Port ID Virtualisation (NPIV)
NPIV is a Fibre Channel facility allowing multiple IDs to share a single
physical N_Port. This allows multiple Fibre Channel initiators to occupy a
single physical port.
ANSI T11
standard,
developed for the
IBM mainframe.
This virtual HBA,
or VPORT,
appears to the
FC fabric as a
physical HBA.
Without
NPIV
NPIV
enabled
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Issue 2: Solve the Bandwidth Issue
Any congestion on the link/fabric path affects all traffic flow from
the HBA through the fabric
Problem is worse in virtual server environments
Congestion
Virtualization Later
VM_1
– The more VMs the greater the potential for congestion at the
host & fabric level
Device
Latencies
T1
VM_3
VM_2
NPIV-1
NPIV-2
HBA
SWITCH
ISL
SWITCH
T2
NPIV-3
T3
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Solution – QoS at the Host & Fabric Levels
Each VM can be linked to NPIV ports
Each VPORT can be linked to a QoS priority level
– High, Medium (default) or Low
Each priority level is linked to the fabric QoS priority levels for the complete
solution
– This will prioritize and isolate data flow from host through the fabric
QoS Priorities – Host Level
QoS Priorities – Fabric Level
T1
NPIV-1
NPIV-2
VC
HBA
VC
SAN
T2
VC
NPIV-3
T3
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NPIV integration into vStorage
Without
With
NPIV
NPIV
Benefits
• NPIV gives Storage admin
visibility to VM
• Set QoS to VM
• WWN stays with VM when
vmotioned
• Storage Polices kept with
VM during migration
Legend
High Priority QoS
Medium Priority QoS Low Priority QoS
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Optimizing Server Virtualization
Mobility, a key attribute in the virtualized data center
Brocade enables transparent VM
mobility across the SAN
• Security and QoS attributes are
attached to the “Vport” and are
carried over when the VM is
moved across physical servers
HBA
HBA
DCX
• Each VM gets its own virtual
connection to its storage LUNs
through a dedicated “Vport”
• Brocade is a key enabler of VM
mobility with end to end NPiV
management from host to
storage.
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Brocade Management Pack for SCVMM
Scenario: I/O utilization exceeds threshold
Virtual
machines
automatically
migrate
to the
next
A PROThe
Tip
Transmit/Receive
is fired
from
theservice
Brocade
Rate level
(I/O)
Management
has
exceeded
Pack
the
to
Data
delivery
agreement
has
threshold
System
setCenter
byIntelligent
the
Operations
SAN Administrator
Manager
cluster
node based
on VMM’s
Placement
automatically
been
restored
without
interruption
LAN
SAN
VMs
HBAs
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Partner Alliances
Brocade and VMWare partner to build solutions to
improve management and ease of use in virtualized
server environments.
– Building solution cases based on real world scenarios.
– Development of management software bridging the gap
between VM‘s and SAN/LAN.
Brocade and Microsoft partner to integrate Brocade‘s
Management solutions into System Center.
– Integration of DCFM into System Center, Mgmt. Pack for SC
VMM.
Citrix/XEN uses Brocade‘s SMIS technology for disk
provisioning. Further integration planned.
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The EMC – Brocade Partnership
EMC - Brocade Partnership Highlights
Strong Partnership since 1998
Common vision
IT efficiencies through consolidation, virtualization, protection and manageability
Mission critical customer experience
More than 20,000 mutual mission-critical installations
Highest rated product quality
99.9999% reliability, leading Connectrix partner for field reliability and quality
Strategic technology alignment
Partnering closely to provide leadership for emerging technologies
Integration and interoperability
Stringent interoperability processes, EMC Support Matrix
Joint solutions addressing core customer challenges
Reference Architectures, Infrastructure Assessments, Design and Deployment Services
Joint support services to reduce risk
Fastest time-to-relief and time-to-resolution, Code Red process, Supplemental Support
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Brocade VMware Management Plug-in (In development)
Benefits
VMware vCenter Server
• Reports network statistics into
vCenter for both SAN & LAN
• Identifies storage bottlenecks
• Pinpoint problems in the LAN or
SAN and dynamically take action in
Vmware environment
• Show physical network topology
Manage
VMware
Infrastructure
VMware
Infrastructure
INM
Brocade FC
Brocade Ethernet
DCFM
An oversubscribed link
is reported in DCFM.
DCFM tells vCenter to
migrate VM to new
host
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FCoE for VMware
Benefits
• Converged storage and networking
traffic on 10GB Converged
Enhanced Ethernet
• Reduce Cable Management
• Faster Storage Vmotion & Vmotion
• End-to-end Advantage with CNAs
and Switches
• Lowest Power Consumption
Brocade CNA
FCoE Traffic
CEE
Brocade
FCoE Switch
Brocade LAN
HPC
IP
Brocade SAN
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Virtual Fabrics for a VMware Environment
Tier 1 Virtual Apps
Test & Dev Virtual Apps
QoS
QoS
Tier 1 Apps nonvirtualized
LS2
LS1
LS3
LS4
Tier 2 Apps nonvirtualized
Need
• Isolate you critical ESX Servers from the
rest of your virtual and physical
environments
• Storage, management & fault isolation
by application tier
• Dynamic server cluster scalability
• Simple server / storage administration
Benefits
• Port level allocation per Logical Switch
• Full support for NPIV, QoS and F_Port
Trunking
• Independent management per Logical
Fabric
• Independent management domains for
server and storage teams
Routed to
Storage
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EMC–Brocade Core Initiatives
Enabling the next-generation data center with technology and solutions available today
Next-generation
Backup, Recovery,
and Archiving
Consolidation
Virtualization
Protection
Efficiency/Green
VMware
Encryption
Backup
Performance
Hyper-V
RecoverPoint
Deduplication
Business Continuity/
Disaster Recovery
Disk Library
Convergence
Global Solutions and Professional Services
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