HP Dl180 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers
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- HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 1
...5 HP supported 10GbE media standards 5 Physical medium dependent connections for 10GbE 5 Transceiver modules ...6 10GbE connection standards...6 Converged network fabrics with 10GbE 6 iSCSI ...7 Fibre Channel over Ethernet ...8 HP approach to10GbE implementation 9 HP Dual Port 10GbE Server - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 2
on demand (VOD), data backup, and network storage High-performance, latency-sensitive computing requirements like those for High Performance Computing (HPC) clustering implemented within financial services environments. These system configurations provide real-time trading floor information and - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 3
(NAS), File System, iSCSI Targets and Initiators, and Fibre Channel (FC) Storage Area Networks (SAN). These multiple networks are typically deployed physically or with VLAN isolated switches and network adapters for each server. Figure 1 illustrates the fact that businesses may support as many as - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 4
support for an InfiniBand fabric including dedicated switches, adapters, and fabric management and services. This additional, costly requirement has proven to be beyond the reach of many potential users. 10GbE networks 10GbE employs an IP-based Ethernet network. Ethernet‟s world-wide installed base - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 5
10GbE media standards All HP supported media specifications for cable, connections, and connection modules employed in the design and construction of 10GbE networks are standards certified by IEEE. Physical medium dependent connections for 10GbE The 10GbE standard specifies various physical - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 6
10 gigabit per second interfaces and require only 1 lane (pair) in each configuration, users can install two modules side by side for redundancy. For more information on HP speed networks. The implementation, management, and cost of using multiple network fabrics in data centers have prompted HP - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 7
requirements of all four types of data: LAN, IPC, management, and storage. Figure 2. Transition from multiple networks to a converged network Multiple Data Networks Processor Memory Converged Data Network Processor Memory , or even in multifunction HP 10GbE network adapters. Currently, two of - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 8
iSCSI protocol, such as a tape drive. The iSCSI stack at both ends of the path is used to encapsulate SCSI block commands into Ethernet Packets for transmission over IP networks as illustrated in Figure 3. Figure 3. iSCSI is SCSI over TCP/IP File System Disk Driver SCSI SCSI MP** iSCSI initiator - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 9
a broad portfolio of 10GbE products for ProLiant blade, rack, and tower platforms. HP 10GbE architecture includes network designs that are optimized for speed, reliability, and redundancy. These designs incorporate appropriate media specifications for cabling, transceiver modules, switches, and - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 10
customers to provision their HP ProLiant DL370 G6 and ProLiant ML370 G6 servers with 10Gb bandwidth. Figure 5. NC524SFP upgrade module for ML/DL370 G6 These adapters are ideal for customers with environments that require a dual port, high performance 10GbE NIC in support of high demand environments - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 11
port NICs. Each 10Gb port can be configured from one to a maximum of four individual FlexNIC‟s. Each FlexNIC is recognized by the server ROM and the operating system or hypervisor as an individual NIC. Figure 6. The HP NC532m Flex-10 10GbE Network Adapter The HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 12
PCIe physical functions (PF) that are treated as separate hardware FlexNICs by the operating system. Each of these FlexNICs has its own MAC address. Figure 8. Flex-10 architecture BladeSystem Server Flex10 LOM or Mezz Card FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC FlexNIC port 01 - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 13
IEEE specification 802.3ap) one-lane, serial backplane network equipment. It is done automatically in hardware, so that performance and security are unaffected. If two modules are used in a side by side configuration, this capability can provide redundant access to every FlexNIC on the server - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 14
servers - Servers that are located closer to end user machines than to origin servers at the backbone of the network. An example of an edge server would be a cache server Ethernet address and frame formats as other speeds, and will operate in full-duplex mode. It will support a data rate of 10 Gbps - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 15
Area Network Serial ATA - The Serial Advanced Technology Attachment interface is primarily designed for transfer of data between a computer and mass storage devices SFP+ - 10 Gigabit Small Form Factor Pluggable transceiver module is 30% smaller, more power efficient, requires fewer components - HP Dl180 | 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-standard servers - Page 16
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Abstract
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Introduction
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Why 10GbE technology is important
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Current network architecture
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Types of data
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Network and interconnect types
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Small Computer System Interface
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Ethernet
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Fibre Channel
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InfiniBand
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10GbE networks
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Full duplex operation
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Latency
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HP supported 10GbE media standards
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Physical medium dependent connections for 10GbE
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Transceiver modules
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10GbE connection standards
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Converged network fabrics with 10GbE
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iSCSI
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Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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HP approach to10GbE implementation
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HP Dual Port 10GbE Server Adapters
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Virtualization and Virtual Connect
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Server Virtualization
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NIC virtualization
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Flex-10 for Virtual Connect
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Summary
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Appendix:
Glossary
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For more information
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Call to action
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10 Gigabit Ethernet technology for industry-
standard servers
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