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The next step for Fibre Channel Bob Nixon, Emulex

The next step for Fibre Channel Bob Nixon, Emulex. FC 8G. SAS 6G. FC 4G. SAS 6G. FC Switch. FC 2G. SAS 3G. SAS IOC. SAS IOC. FC IOC. FC IOC. FC 1G. SAS 1.5G. SAS Expander. LC FC 2G. SAS 1.5G. SATA 6G. SATA 3G. SATA 1.5G. Next Generation Back Ends: Tiered Storage.

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The next step for Fibre Channel Bob Nixon, Emulex

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  1. The next step for Fibre ChannelBob Nixon, Emulex

  2. FC 8G SAS 6G FC 4G SAS 6G FC Switch FC 2G SAS 3G SAS IOC SAS IOC FC IOC FC IOC FC 1G SAS 1.5G SAS Expander LC FC 2G SAS 1.5G SATA 6G SATA 3G SATA 1.5G Next Generation Back Ends:Tiered Storage Next Generation Enclosures Next Generation Storage Controller Enterprise Near line

  3. The Problem • Tiered storage systems are becoming the enterprise standard • Performance tier is predominantly Fibre Channel / SCSI • Nearline tier has chosen SATA • SATA and Fibre Channel disk drives are not easily integrated into Fibre Channel based enterprise storage systems • Costly to replace and/or re-architect existing FC systems • Requires multiple skill sets to maintain • Impacts reliability with additional bridges and components The Solution • Integrate low cost SATA storage into existing Fibre Channel enterprise storage systems by… • Leveraging the universal transport nature of Fibre Channel to… • Encapsulate SATA FIS as a standard FC payload and tunnel it over FC infrastructure

  4. Fibre Channel. . . IT’S NOT JUST FOR SCSI ANYMORE!

  5. What is FAST? • Fibre Channel Attached SATA Tunnel • Encapsulates SATA FIS as standard FC payload • Attaches SATA drive shelves via FC infrastructure • Integrates SATA drives with enterprise FCP/SCSI storage in a single infrastructure. • Provides the same function as SAS/STP • BUT • allows true multi-initiator usage of drives • uses the mature FC infrastructure technology

  6. Legacy FCP Based Storage Tunneled SATA and Passthru FCP FAST Based Storage SATA Tunneled Over FC Storage FCP/SCSI Drives SATA Drives SATA and FCP Drives FASTEcosystem & Function • Connects SCSI/FCP drive shelves and SATA drive shelves through the same FC infrastructure • Encapsulates requests to SATA drives as FC-4 payloads and routes them through FC infrastructure • Routes requests to SCSI drives using standard FCP • Supports redundant connections to single ported SATA drives • Delivers true multi-initiator usage of SATA drives Existing FC IOC with firmware enhancements Existing Fibre Channel Infrastructure Enclosures with Fibre Channel AND / OR SATA Drives

  7. Server Server Server FCP SCSI Storage Shelf Switch FCP Today’s Fibre Channel Storage SCSI SCSI FCP FCP RAID

  8. SCSI FAST SCSI FCP FCP SCSI Storage Shelf Server Server Server FCP FAST SATA FIS Switch SATA Storage Shelf SCSI payloads mapped to SATA FIS, wrapped in FAST FAST Fibre Channel Storage- 1 SCSI FCP FCP FAST RAID SATA FIS

  9. SCSI FAST SCSI FCP FCP SCSI Storage Shelf Server Server Server FCP FAST SATA FIS Switch SATA Storage Shelf FAST SATA FIS FAST SATA FIS FAST payloads Virtualized, or simply passed through mapped to SATA FIS, wrapped in FAST FAST Fibre Channel Storage- 2 FAST RAID ATA SATA FIS

  10. FASTBenefits • Protects investments by • Leveraging existing FC infrastructure • Lowers cost • versus FC capacity optimized drive approaches • versus bridge based approaches for FC to SATA conversion • Decreases time to market by • Leveraging existing FC infrastructure • Leveraging existing drive technology for all tiers • SCSI and/or SATA storage all with one interconnect • Leverages field proven Fibre Channel interconnect • Stability • Efficiencies • Scalability • Reliability

  11. FASTBenefits • Improves SATA for enterprise applications • SATA truly becomes multi-initiator, not multi-connected • Provides choice of SATA system interfaces • SATA drives presented as SCSI • Deployment without major changes to RAID code base • All translations confined within the RAID controller • New storage features can be used without changes to the shelves • Uses T10 specified SCSI/ATA translation • SATA drives presented as ATA • No translation of commands • No need to mask errors in SCSI

  12. FAST Next Steps • Create a standard! • Review concept with T13 (April 2005) • Conference Call to review Project Proposal (Early May 2005) • Approve T11 Project Proposal (June 2005)

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