QLogic I/O Solutions for IBM System X, Blade and PureFlex

System Storage™PureSystems™POWER Systems™System x™BladeCenter®

Ingrained into the IBM server ecosystem

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QLogic Adapter Value

July 2013

QLogic Adapter value

• Readiness for virtualized environments & Cloud deployments• Support for VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, Linux/KVM, PowerVM• Optimized for virtualized environments

• Superior application level I/O performance• Microsoft Exchange: up to 133% higher IOPs than competition*

• Oracle OLTP: up to 106% higher IOPs than competition**

• 200,000 IOPS per port

• 1,600MB throughput

• Power efficiency• lowest power consumption for FC adapters in IBM Flex portfolio

• QLogic StarPower

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* http://www.qlogic.com/Resources/Documents/WhitePapers/Adapters/White_Paper_The_8Gb_Fibre_Channel_Adapter_of_Choice_in_MS-Exchange_Environments.pdf** http://www.qlogic.com/Resources/Documents/WhitePapers/Adapters/White_Paper_The_8Gb_Fibre_Channel_Adapter_of_Choice_in_Oracle_Environments_106.pdf

QLogic 8Gb HBAs

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Oracle OLTP PerformanceExchange Workload

Scalability

224% better performance

Dynamic Power Management

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Dynamic Power Management

• Smart QLogic ASIC senses the PCI-e bus and uses the right amount of lanes to provide maximum performance

• Uses up to 40% less power

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QLogic connectivity solutions for IBM System x

Server connectivity• 16Gb single & dual port Fibre Channel adapters• 4 & 8Gb single & dual port FC adapters• 10GbE Converged Network Adapter• 10GbE Virtual Fabric Adapters

16Gb Fibre Channel Technologyfor IBM System X

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Introducing QLogic 16Gb HBAs for System x

• QLogic 16Gb Fibre Channel adapters

• The first PCIe Gen3 FC adapter in the IBM product portfolio

• Ideally suited for IBM System x M4 servers but also compatible with M3 servers• OS support

• Windows 2008 & 2012, RHEL 5 & 6, SLES 10 & 11, VMware ESX & ESXi 4.1, VMware vSphere 5 & 5.1

• 16GB SFP+ (P/N 00Y3345) ships with adapter

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Product nameSystem x part

numberQLogic part

numberIBM System x M4 servers

IBM System x M3 servers

QLogic 16Gb FC Single-port HBA for System x 00Y3337 QLE2660 √ √

QLogic 16Gb FC Dual-port HBA for System x 00Y3341 QLE2662 √ √

QLogic 16Gb FC performance benefits

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8Gb 16Gb0

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3x IOPs

• Twice the Throughput of 8G, cutting response time in half

• 3 times the IOPs of 8G Fibre

• 40% faster than 10G Ethernet/FCoE

• Backward compatibility ensures investment protection

Improve your price per performance and lower your power requirements

• Companies wanting to consolidate hardware by deploying virtualized environments will benefit by using 16Gb FC

• On Line Transaction Processing (OLTP) applications such as on-line banking and travel reservation systems or any other type of high volume/many user applications will benefit from 16Gb FC

• Using 16Gb FC, backup and restore applications will complete in nearly ½ the time that it would take to complete in 8Gb FC environments

What does TRUE PCI-e 3.0 mean to your customers?

It means 16% better performance than PCI-e 2.0 adapters

This Demartek study explains the benefits of the QLogic 16Gb PCI-e 3 adapters compared to 16Gb PCI-e 2 adapters

http://www.qlogic.com/Resources/Documents/MediaCoverage/QLE2600_16GFC_HBA_Evaluation_Demartek.pdf

QLogic Architectural Advantage: Port Isolation

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Per Port Functionality QLogic

Independent CPU Isolated Memory Independent Firmware Image

QLogic’s Architecture Provides• Independent functionality• Higher reliability• Simplified manageability• Predictable performance • Excellent stability

Shared Architecture• Shared resources across ports creates:

• Higher risk of failure• Irregular performance • Risk of instability

Memory

Firmware

Processor

Port 0

Port 1

PCIe

Memory

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Processor

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Port Isolation Performance Characteristics

• At first glance, it would appear that The reasoning behind Emulex’s design is for customers running in an Active/Passive or Failover Configuration.

• Assuming this was true, then a customer might want better single port performance.

• When considering that the purpose of a failover configuration is redundancy and reliability, the fact that both ports share memory, CPU and Firmware make this decision counterintuitive.

• If one port fails due to internal issue, both will fail, leaving no port to failover to.

• QLogic’s Port Isolation ensures this does not happen.

QLogic VFA Product Portfolio

QLogic Virtual Fabric Adapters for IBM System x

• QLogic 8200 VFA• Standard PCIe card• Support for IBM System x M4 servers

• QLogic Embedded VFA• Mezzanine board• Support for System x x3550, x3650 M4 servers• Doesn't use up a PCIe slot

• Two products, same functionality• 10GbE dual-port with vNIC capability

• 4 virtual ports per physical port• Licence upgrade with IBM Feature-on-Demand

• Full Converged Network Adapter capability• FCoE & iSCSI offload

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QLogic Virtual Fabric Adapters for IBM System x

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All of the same capabilities: • PCIe Gen2 x8 • Supports Optical and Copper DAC

• (SFPs are NOT included on Embedded VFA)• Multi-personality ports (10GE, iSCSI & FCoE)• QLogic’s switch agnostic N-PAR (NIC Partitioning)• Multi Protocol Hardware offload • Dual port removable 10Gb SFP+• Industry-leading 10Gbps performance

Flexible networking:• Upgrade for iSCSI and FCoE functionality

Product nameSystem x part

numberQLogic part

numberIBM System x

M4 servers

QLogic Embedded VFA 90Y6454 n/a √

QLogic Embedded VFA FOD License 90Y5179 n/a √

QLogic 8200 VFA 90Y4600 QLE3262 √

QLogic 8200 VFA FOD License 00Y5624 n/a √

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Supported Transceivers / Cables

QLogic Product Portfolio17

QLogic VFA (8200) vs QLogic 10Gb CNA (8100)

Feature Comparison 8100 8200

PCIe Gen2 x8 No Yes

Full iSCSI hardware offload No Yes

NIC Partitioning No Yes

Congestion Notification (802.1Qau) No Yes

VEB(Virtual Ethernet Bridge), VEPA(Virtual Ethernet Port Aggregator) capable

No Yes

Simultaneous Multi-protocol support Yes Yes

Optical Cable support Yes Yes

Active Copper DAC support Yes Yes

Passive Copper DAC support No Yes

Progressive functionality (Feature On Demand) No Yes

QLogic PureFlex Product Line

July 2013

IBM - PureSystem Product Portfolio

PureFlex

x220 x240 p260 p460 p24L IBM PureFlex Chassis

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IBM Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter 69Y1938

Network IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN

Switch69Y1930

IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb Pass-

thru69Y1934

x440

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IBM Flex System Fabric 10GbE Converged Scalable

Switch (CN4093)00D5823

Choices when deploying a new Flex chassis

• Connecting to an existing Fibre Channel SAN• use Pass-thru transparent mode• quick to deploy, configured in minutes• zero interoperability issues with external switches• automatic load balancing and failover• no reconfiguration needed to existing SAN

• Connecting directly to Fibre Channel storage• use 8Gb SAN Switch • fully featured with no additional licences to buy• virtualization ready with enhanced NPIV support• autosensing to 2Gb, 4Gb, 8Gb/s operation

• Management• QLogic QuickTools management suite• run from within Flex Systems Manager

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CN4093 - Flex convergence with QLogic

• IBM Flex System Fabric 10GbE Converged Scalable Switch (CN4093)• QLogic module provides Fibre Channel

Gateway functionality• Similar to QLogic Virtual Fabric Ext Module

in BladeCenter• Allows Flex chassis to connect directly to

Fibre Channel SAN or storage• Omniports configurable to 10GbE or Fibre

Channel• Benefits

• Converged networking in Flex chassis• No requirement for expensive Top of Rack

switch

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IBM PureFlex - reasons to specify QLogic products

• Complete end-to-end 8Gb Fibre Channel solution• Cost effective, default choice for today's customer requirements

• The only Fibre Channel adapter supporting all Compute Nodes• x220, x240, x440, p24L, p260, p460

• Chassis connectivity options for all deployments• Connecting to Fibre Channel Storage• Connecting to Fibre Channel SAN

• Proven technology from IBM BladeCenter and System x Rack/Tower• adapter of choice for IBM customers today in BladeCenter and System x rack/tower• Fibre Channel adapters - industry market leaders at 55%• >13 M adapter ports shipped

Flex Enterprise

Chassis support

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FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch

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IBM Smartcloud for PureFlex

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• Smartcloud for PureFlex• Pre-configured Express, Standard, Enterprise• Intel & Power compute nodes• Storwize V7000 Storage Array• QLogic FC Adapters & Switch• Virtualization support

• VMware• KVM, HyperV

• Smartcloud capabilities• Create images: simplify storage of images• Deploy VMs: reduce deployment time• Operate a Cloud

QLogic BladeCenter Product Line

July 2013

IBM - System X Product Portfolio

Server Adapter

(Mezz or Standup)

Server Platform

BladeCenter

BladeCenterS, E, HT, H

Network44X1905 20-

port 8Gb FC SAN switch module

88Y64064/8Gb SAN

Switch

88Y64104/8Gb FC

IPM

44X1907 8Gb FC

IPM

46M6172Virtual Fabric

Extension Module (FCoE)

8Gb FC + 1GE Combo HBA

(CFFh)44X1940

FCoE 10Gb CNA42C1803

8Gb HBA (CIOv)

44X1945

4Gb HBA (CIOv)

46M6065

QLogic 10GbE VFA

00Y3332

HS, HX5, JS and PS

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QLogic VFA for BladeCenter• New product introduction

- Announce June 25th, GA July 26th - Three different part numbers

• Two opportunities for I/O consolidation- Combine mulitiple 1GbE connections into fewer 10GbE Converged Data and Storage networking

IBM BladeCenter Product Part # Description

QLogic 10Gb VFA 00Y3332 10GbE NIC with QLogic NIC partitioning (NPAR)Dynamic QoS settings

QLogic 10Gb VF Advanced FoD Upgrade

00Y5622 Feature-on-Demand upgrade licence

QLogic 10Gb VF Advanced CNA

00Y5618 10GbE NIC with QLogic NIC partitioning (NPAR)Dynamic QoS settings Full Converged Network Adapter functionality

NPAR (NIC Partitioning)

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PF6Disabled

PF5Disabled

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PF2NIC *Empty PF0

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NPAR Theory of Operation – Partitioning

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PCIe Configuration Bus

PF3NIC * EmptyPF1

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Physical Port 1

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PF2Disabled

PF7NIC *

PF6NIC *

PF5NIC *PF5

iSCSIPF4

iSCSIPF7

FCoEPF6

FCoE

Physical Port 0

Changing the Personality of the NIC Partition

NPAR provides multiple Ethernet interfaces per physical 10Gb Ethernet port.

This is done by partitioning the port’s PCIe interface into four independent Ethernet functions.

• Each NPAR Function is presented as a unique Ethernet interface to the server and the OS, with its own unique MAC address

• Each Function has its own instance of a device driver

• NPAR supports functions with NIC, FCoE and iSCSI personalities

NPAR – eSwitch

• NPAR Implements an eSwitch which is similar in function and capability to the hypervisor’s vSwitch• VLAN aware• MAC address lookup

• The eSwitch works in conjunction with the hypervisor’s vSwitch.• The vSwitches cascade into the NPAR eSwitches through the NPAR NIC Functions

• Each eSwitch is associated with a single Physical Port• All NIC Functions associated with a single Physical Port are switched in the same eSwitch• The Physical Port is the Uplink for its associated eSwitch• Keeps switch statistics within the card.

• NPAR is external switch agnostic • It does not require any switch specific features in the external switch for it to work correctly

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Server

vSwitch to eSwitch

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NIC Traffic Flow within the Host

• Can NOT run FCoE and iSCSI at the same time. • Cannot turn NIC partitioning off.• A firmware update and reboot are required for adding iSCSI or FCoE

The Competition

Not all NIC Partitioning implementations are created

equal!

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NIC

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QLogic's NPAR = True Flexibility• CAN run FCoE and iSCSI concurrently. • NIC partitioning can be fully disabled.• FOD key is all that is needed for FCoE and iSCSI capabilities

NIC

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Disabled

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• NPAR functions (NIC/FCoE and iSCSI) can be disabled if desired.

NPAR QoS Configuration

• Minimum Bandwidth setting• This is a guaranteed amount of bandwidth available through the NIC Function• Specified as a percentage of the NIC’s portion of the physical port’s bandwidth• The sum of all the Minimum settings for the NIC Functions of a physical port must be

less than or equal to 100%

• Maximum Bandwidth setting • Sets the Maximum amount of bandwidth a NIC Function is allowed to utilize• Specified as percentage of the NIC’s portion of the physical port’s bandwidth• The sum of all the Maximum settings for the NIC Functions of a physical port may

exceed 100%

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QoS settings are tunable “On the Fly”.

Changes can be implemented seamlessly without a reboot or port reset.

Oversubscription

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• Oversubscription:• Allows the total maximum bandwidth settings of the NIC Functions of a

physical port to exceed the port’s actual bandwidth

• Each NIC Function can claim up to100% of a physical port’s bandwidth If no other NIC Function is using it.

• Allows unused bandwidth to be dynamically shifted to where it is needed

• Oversubscription prevents bandwidth waste

QLogic vs the Competition

Key Features The Competition QLogic 8200Divide physical port into multiple partitions

Bandwidth Guarantee per Partition

Oversubscription Capabilities X

Dynamic QoS Configuration X (reboot required)

Concurrent FCoE & iSCSI traffic X

Operating System, Integrated Tools

X

Offload VM-to-VM Traffic (eSwitch)

X

Can disable partitioned ports X

(Change QoS “on the fly”)

(NIC Partitioning –NPAR)

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QLogic Tools

QLogic Adapter Hardware37

Adapter Management

PreBoot Utilities Fast!UTIL QConvergeConsole CLI

QConvergeConsole GUI (QCC) VMware Plug-in

QCC GUI: Simplified Management

• Single-Pane-of-Glass• QConvergeConsole: Unified web-based single-pane-of-glass console (GUI &

CLI) for FC, Ethernet and Converge Network adapters• Customer freedom to manage all adapters in data center

• QLogic QConvergeConsole Plug-in for VMware vCenter • 3rd Party tools using standard APIs - One tool – all protocols – all OSs• Integrated with APIs - visibility across data center management Native OS

tools for Networking • Role based Authentication – for LAN and SAN administrators

• Common Driver Stack• Single driver – backward compatible with 8Gb and 4Gb FC Adapters • Windows, Linux, ESX, Solaris, XenServer

• Diskless Boot• BIOS, UEFI, FCode

• Higher Uptime• Extended Hardware Assisted Firmware Tracing (eHAFT) – faster resolution

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QCC CLI Installation & Overview39

QCC CLI: Menu Driven

Scanning for QLogic adapters, please wait…

QConvergeConsole

CLI - Version 1.0.1 (Build 32)

Main Menu

1: Adapter Information 2: Adapter Configuration 3: Adapter Updates 4: Adapter Diagnostics 5: Adapter Statistics 6: NIC Partitioning (NPAR) Information 7: NIC Partitioning (NPAR) Configuration 8: Refresh 9: Help10: Exit

Please Enter Selection:

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QCC CLI: Scripting

• Using QCC CLI commands with options, a script can be created• Example Script for CNA (8000 Series)

• Set Port 2 NIC to Wake on LAN• Set Port 2 FC parameters to factory default• Set Port 2 FC Frame Size to 1024

qaucli –pr nic –n 1 Port_Wake_On_LAN_Option 1qaucli –n 1 defaultqaucli –n 1 FR 1024

QLogic Converged Console - vCenter Plug-in

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QLogic Adapter Management integrated with VMware vCenterDynamic bandwidth Provisioning

Network and Storage Maps – connect the fabric to the Cloud

In-build Diagnostics and Statistics

Online Firmware Updates at the click of a button

Bandwidth allocation charts help map fabric to business logic

Color coding simplify the determination of health of a component

Additional Information

Reference material

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Videos

Enabling NPAR on QLogic 10GbE                                                                • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PY8OlQGneU

Configuring NPAR under Windows 2008                                                • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK1OXNKynNw

NIC teaming 3200/8200 teaming                                                                • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEfGFqoz_Nc

QLogic CNA featuring multi-protocol VMware vMotion                  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ6h0YYYPmg

QLogic Proof-of-Concept/Demo facilities

• QLogic Solutions Lab, Minnesota• Customer Proof-of-Concept and Demo facilities

• remote access available• Additional IBM equipment recently deployed

• IBM PureFlex• Flex Enterprise Chassis• FC3171 8G FC SAN switch, 10GbE switch• x86 & Power compute nodes• V7000 Storwize, Flex System Manager node

• Additional IBM servers• 3 x System x M4• 2 x Power Systems 720

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To arrange access• email ibminfo@qlogic.com