Native InfiniBand Storage Deployment & Customer Experiences

1. Native InfiniBand StorageDeployment & Customer Experiences Dave Ellis Director, HPC Architecture LSI Logic IBTA & OFA DevCon San Francisco September 25, 2006

2. Disclaimers • The material contains LSI Logic, Engenio Storage Group technology overview information • Referenced features, functionality and capabilities may not all be supported by all LSI ESG Partners • Dates contained here do not reflect product testing/qualification conducted by LSI ESG Partners • Dates and features are subject to change • The opinions of the speaker do not reflect the opinions or policies of LSI Logic

3. More than 180 Storage related patents issued and another 160 pending Shipped over 300,000 storage systems 1981 1982 1984 Co-wrote SCSI industry specifications 1989 Developed first SCSI protocol chip First SCSI macro cell 1990 First RISC-based SCSI chip 1991 RAID Storage System Industry’s first multi-mode RAID (0, 1, 3, 5) controller and system Industry’s first RAID-assist chip set 1994 Industry’s first wide SCSI interface First fully functional PCI-Fast SCSI chip Dual active RAID controller 1996 First intelligent transportable battery backup module First fully functional PCI-Ultra SCSI chip Caching RAID controller 1999 Industry’s first Fibre channel RAID system First Multi-function dual channel PCI-Ultra SCSI chip First PCI-Ultra2 SCSI chip First dual channel PCI-Ultra2 SCSI chip 2001 Debuted Hotscale™ technology First single chip RAID controller Native InfiniBand demonstration Industry’s first complete line of enterprise-class 2003 First to validate Ultra320 interoperability SANmark 2003 certification Industry’s first serial ATA enterprise storage First SPC-1 results Achieved SNIA certification for SMI-S provider 2005 Shipped first production SAS silicon to leading OEMs Industry’s first 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel storage system Shipped first SAS solution to the channel Achieved industry’s first SAS Windows qualification Sampled industry’s first PCI Express SAS controller 25 Years of Storage Innovation Same technology, same partners, different names…

4. LSI Logic Products and Markets Engenio Storage Group Storage Components Group Custom Solutions Group Consumer Products Group Silicon to Storage

5. Server NAS HBA Storage System FC Switch The Storage Landscape Server Server Server Server Blade Disk Drive Disk Drive PCI RAID HBA SCSI SAS PCI RAID RAID on Motherboard SCSI FC SAS JBOD JBOD Storage System Storage System Bridge External Storage Server Disk Drive Bridge Tape HBA Storage System FC Switch

6. Technology Roadmap – Industry View 2006 2007 2008 2009 2 Gb FC 4 Gb FC 8 Gb FC 10Gb IB 20Gb DDR IB Host Interface 10Gb iSCSI 1 Gb iSCSI 6Gb SAS 3Gb SAS 2 Gb FC 4 Gb FC 8 Gb FC Expansion Interface 3Gb SAS 6Gb SAS 2 Gb FC 4 Gb FC DiskDrive Interface 6Gb SAS 3Gb SAS SCSI 1.5Gb SATA 3Gb SATA 6Gb SATA External Drive Form Factor 3.5” Low Profile (7.2K – 15K RPM) 2.5” High RPM

7. LSI 6498 Overview • 6th generation Redundant XBB architecture with Native InfiniBand Host • Four 10 Gb/s InfiniBand host-side interfaces • Eight 4 Gb/s Fibre Channeldrive-side interfaces • Support for up to 224 FC and/or SATA disk drives • Over 100 TB Capacity • Switched drive modules reduce latency and improve RAS • LSI storage systems technologies are available through OEMs • Standard Management Interface

8. InfiniBand – Customer Experiences • Early Adopters • Strong opinions about direction • Insisted on co-development or alpha-level testing • Put resulting product into production and have not upgraded • Government Agencies and/or Labs • Co-development with very large test beds • Continue to push the technology to the limits • Have vision beyond capabilities of current generation of products

9. InfiniBand – Customer Experiences • Commercial Customers • Looking for less expensive alternatives • Looking for performance enhancements beyond existing alternatives • Grid systems becoming more viable as applications are developed • Grass-roots Efforts • Many OEM Partners are just now deciding it is a viable solution • Some Partners’ internal labs have been testing for months • Generating demand from within

10. InfiniBand – Development Experiences • IBTA Plugfest – Spring 2006 – University of New Hampshire • Storage array was connected, configured, and simply worked! • Commercial customers attended to observer the technology exchange • Valuable relationships formed • SC05 – Nov 2005, Seattle, WA • StorCloud – Interoperability pushed to the limits • Booth activity with many of our Partners • Lots of Customer interest • Post-SC05 Customer engagements ongoing

11. InfiniBand – Development Continues • Driver Development • Lots of ongoing activity with the IB component vendors to ensure interoperability • Lots of ongoing activity with our Partners to develop host-side device drivers • Introducing “Enterprise Ready” Storage concepts to component suppliers who have not worked in this area before • Multi-path I/O Drivers • Failover Drivers • Providing years of FC Enterprise Experience to the IB community to ensure that IB Storage is a viable unified wire option • Moving to OFED 1.1 SRP driver

12. InfiniBand – Upcoming Committments • IBTA Plugfest – Fall 2006 – University of New Hampshire • We will attend and continue to support the IB community • SC06 – Nov 2006, Tampa, FL • We will attend and continue to support our Partners and the IB community

13. Questions?Contact Info:Dave EllisDirector, HPC ArchitectureLSI Logic, Engenio Storage Group770-330-9486 (Cell)256-895-0517 (Office)