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Quick Guide: Virtualization and 10 GbE Networks

Quick Guide: Virtualization and 10 GbE Networks. Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements.

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Quick Guide: Virtualization and 10 GbE Networks

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  1. Quick Guide:Virtualization and 10 GbE Networks

  2. Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements This presentation contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to, statements relating to goals, plans, objectives and future events. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this presentation regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenues, projected costs, prospects and plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “projects,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Examples of such statements include statements relating to [products and product features on our roadmap, the timing and commercial availability of such products and features, the performance of such products and product features, statements concerning expectations for our products and product features [and projections of revenue or other financial terms]. These statements are based on the current estimates and assumptions of management of Force10 as of the date hereof and are subject to risks, uncertainties, changes in circumstances, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results to be materially different from those reflected in our forward looking statements. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. In addition, our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures or investments we may make. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

  3. Force10’s Market DisruptionsIndustry Leading Reliability and Scalability Lessons Learned in Large Data Centers • Business doesn’t exist without the network • Reliability is key • Global support • Integrated ecosystem • Network seen as competitive edge Large Data Center

  4. Virtual DataCenter Evolution Evolution of the Data Center Automation SOA Virtualization Convergence Consolidation

  5. Types of consolidation Application Servers and / or storage Within the campus Geographically IDC sees consolidation strong through 2008 Cost driven / space, power, cooling Mergers / acquisitions Cost of people Globally Consolidation Continues

  6. Voicemail Calendar Files Wireless & Voice Email UltraSearch WebConferencing Virtualization Defined • Pooling of <consolidated> resources and making them available—as needed • Ability to dynamically bring up and tear down applications and services, regardless of present workload or location

  7. After Virtualization Single SiteDisaster Recoveryw/out Duplication Centralized ResourceManagement and Automation What Virtualization Delivers Server Virtualization: Where is it Taking us? Before Virtualization • Resource Management by Server • Disaster Recovery by Duplication • Management Downtime • Asynchronous Deployment and Rapid Provisioning • Integrated Infrastructure Planning Processing, Data, Access • High Availability • Live Migration App 1 App 2 App 3 • Server Sprawl • Low Utilization • Synchronous Deployment • Capacity Planning by Application

  8. Evolution Evolution Where is the Bottleneck? • Virtualization now causing I/O bottlenecks at the rack switch • Cost effective high performance 10 GbE rack switches now available • NIC / Server Adapters now exceed 10 Gbps with latencies <=10 microseconds • PCI-e 40 Gbps offers bridge between Ethernet and IB • Servers no longer the bottleneck • PCI-e today offers 20 Gbps • Multiprocessor architectures pushing servers I/O well over 1 Gbps

  9. Why 10 GbE Is An EnablerIn Virtualization Mid-TierApplication Servers Front EndWeb Servers Back EndDatabase Servers NAS NAS NAS Load Balance, Firewall, proxy, etc. DAS DAS I/O Requirements SAN Heavy (5-10 Gb/s) Intermediate (200-500 Mb/s) Low (<200 Mb/s) Network &NAS Traffic Intermediate (1.5-4 Gb/s) Low (<100 Mb/s) Heavy (3-6 Gb/s) Block StorageTraffic Heavy (1-4 Gb/s) Heavy (2-4 Gb/s) ClusteringIPC Traffic None Typical Traffic for each server 6.5-14.0 Gb/s 1.3-4.6 Gb/s 5.2-10.2 Gb/s Only Line-rate 10 GbE Will Reliably Handle Peak Loads

  10. Force10 Delivers Cost-Effective 10 Gigabit Migration • What does virtualization deliver? • Improves the availability of common Enterprise applications • Improves server utilization and hence lowers costs • Increase flexibility and agility in provisioning and managing servers • What is the role of the network? • 10 GbE rack switch eliminates any I/O bottlenecks for high performance servers • Reliability of the network is now critical

  11. Want Virtualization:Get 10 GbE Virtualized Pods VMware Control Center • Massive bandwidth ensures no network congestion • High availability through full sweet of NIC teaming capabilities • Network simplicity &agility • Leading switch port density & resiliency delivers lowest TCO • Each pod looks the same (cookie-cutter approach) 10 GbE Data Center Backbone Gigabit or 10 Gigabit server direct connect

  12. C-Series 1.5 Tbps backplane 384 GbE (w/PoE) line-rate32 10 GbE line-rate C-Series Wiring Closet C-Series S-Series CAPEX OPEX C-Series • 75% lower up front cost, > $1 million savings • One device, versus five • 28 less line cards • 81% less power • 81% less cooling needed (air conditioning) • 80% less rack space E-Series 5 Tbps backplane capacity 672 GbE line-rate56 10 GbE line-rate Reliable Networking by Force10 DataCenters LAN Core E-Series S-Series E-Series

  13. Benefits of Virtual Infrastructure

  14. Backup

  15. Price/Performance Scalability Flexibility Stackable Customer Requirements • Low cost upgrade to Layer 3 features • Newest silicon: more for your money • Seamless upgrade to 10 GbE: ensure you can scale as traffic increases • Larger hardware tables: capacity to turn on more features • Higher capacity switch fabric: better throughput under full load • High speed stacking technology: ensures better performance as ports are added Resilient stacking links for switch interconnection

  16. Benefits Of Ethernet Storage I/O, User I/O, Management & Interconnect • Ethernet network & system resiliency + high density = simpler topology • Fewer devices to manage • Common sparing, common network management • Data center agility can leverage 10 Gigabit Ethernet to eliminate network congestion • All equal Lower OpEx!! • Reduced power, cooling and space needs Before

  17. LAN Users ClusterIPC NAS Servers DiskArray SAN or Storage Cluster Unifying Fabric?

  18. Data Center White PapersConsolidation -> Virtualization -> SOA • Force10’s views on SOA • Models and expected implementation strategies • Force10’s reference architecture • In depth discussion of our topology supports virtualization tools and adjacent devices • Why is consolidation happening? • Why does it build a foundation for virtualization? • How does Ethernet play a role?

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