FCoE Origins and Status for Ethernet Technology Summit
1. Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Origin and Current Status Stuart Miniman, Technologist Office of the CTO EMC Corporation
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5. Time To Widespread Adoption 1990 2000 2010 1980 Defined 73 Standard 83 Widespread 93 Defined 85 Standard 94 Widespread 03 07 09 ?? Defined Standard iSCSI Defined 00 02 Widespread 08 Standard Standard 10 Gigabit Ethernet 02 09 Widespread Widespread
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7. FCoE Extends FC on a Single Network FC network FC storage Ethernet Network Converged Network Switch Lossless Ethernet Links SAN sees host as FC Network Driver FC Driver Converged Network Adapter Server sees storage traffic as FC Ethernet FC
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9. FCoE Support Timeline 2008 2009 Fibre Channel over Ethernet pre-standard switches & CNAs T11 & IEEE standards defined T11 standard ratification (FC-BB-5) FCoE standard switches & CNAs FCoE embedded in servers IEEE standard ratification FCoE embedded in blades, servers & storage T11 FC-BB-6 Fibre Channel over Ethernet Development Timeline 2010+
Let’s look at the rack server environment today. In today’s environment… Servers connect to the LAN with multiple network interface cards (NICs) Servers require HBAs to connect to an existing Fibre Channel SAN Many of today’s data centers are running at 1 Gigabit Ethernet speed Multiple server adapters require more power and cooling costs
Also coming in 2010 – 16Gb FC, 40/100 Gb Ethernet
FC has a large and well managed install base Drive for I/O consolidation iSCSI strength was to use existing network infrastructure and skill set to offer lower-cost connectivity for consolidation, but management of large iSCSI environments is cumbersome Not rip and replace or new management paradigm, but incremental transition
FCoE is NOT the death of iSCSI (just like iSCSI was not the death of FC) – plenty of room for both; both add to the overall SAN market (meet the needs of the growing virtualization market).