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Fibre Channel Target in Open-E JovianDSS

Fibre Channel (FC) uses a high-speed network technology for data storage that has become a common connection type for

SAN enterprise storage. It is especially suited for creating SAN topologies for virtualization, data centers or other demanding

platforms that deal with large amounts of data. Fibre Channel helps users to avoid collisions and congestion and allows

a better saturation of the network connections than other protocols.

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The ZFS- and Linux-based Open-E JovianDSS is a data storage software designed especially for enterprise-sized storage

environments. It includes support for the Fibre Channel technology as an initiator which allows users to connect external

Fibre Channel devices, and as a target, which in turn allows users to serve virtual volumes via the Fibre Channel protocol.

With its unique features, the product ensures highest data reliability and integrity, and addresses the needs of Enterprise

users seeking a SAN solution with thin provisioning, compression and deduplication.

Benefits of the Fibre Channel technology with Open-E JovianDSS software:

Enables creating high performance SAN storage systems with high throughput and low latency

Supports multiple client protocols simultaneously as unified storage

Offers very high storage capacity of up to hundreds of petabytes

Provides excellent scalability

Reduces downtime and ensures Business Continuity through High Availability and the On-and Off-site Data Protection

Offers easy configuration and maintenance of the whole storage especially in High Availability environments

Very high stability, reliability and data safety

Open-E JovianDSS with Fibre Channel supports many kinds of topologies.

FC Switch 1

SAS JBOD

Legend:

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0

NIC 1GbEth0Bond0(Active-Backup)Management, Ring, PingIP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx

Fibre Channel(target mode)

FCFC1

NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)

Optional,external Ping Node


Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0

NIC 1Gb Eth0 Bond0(Active-Backup)

Management, Ring, PingIP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx


FC FC1

NIC 1Gb Eth1

AEXPANDER SEC

BAEXPANDER PRI

B

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

SAS SAS0SASSAS0

Single SAS JBOD (Active-Active)Fibre Channel High Availability Cluster with

Key characteristics

Connection redundancy

standard

Performance level

high

Disk location JBOD

Max. distance between nodes

15ft / 5m

FC Switch 1

SAS JBOD 1

Legend:

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0



FCFC1

NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0




FC FC1

NIC 1Gb Eth1

AEXPANDER SEC

BAEXPANDER PRI

B

SAS JBOD 2

AEXPANDER SEC

BAEXPANDER PRI

B

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

SASSAS0,1 SAS SAS0,1

Double SAS JBOD (Active-Active)Fibre Channel High Availability Cluster with

Key characteristics


high

Performance level

very high

Disk location JBOD


15ft / 5m

FC Switch 1

FC JBOD 1Legend:

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0


FCFC1

NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0



FC FC1

NIC 1Gb Eth1

FC JBOD 2FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

FCFC2

FCFC3

Fibre Channel (initiator mode)

FC FC2

FC FC3

Fibre Channel(initiator mode)



Double FC JBOD (Active-Active)Fibre Channel High Availability Cluster with

Key characteristics


high

Performance level

very high

Disk location JBOD


50miles / 80km

SAS JBOD 1Legend:

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

NIC 1GbEth0Bond0(Active-Backup)Management, Ring, PingIP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b


Management, Ring, PingIP: xxx.xxx.x.xxxNIC 1Gb Eth1

AEXPANDER SEC

BAEXPANDER PRI

B

SAS JBOD 2

AEXPANDER SEC

BAEXPANDER PRI

B

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

SASSAS0,1

SASSAS2,3

SAS SAS0,1

SAS SAS2,3

FCFC0Fibre Channel(target mode)

FCFC1

FC FC0Fibre Channel(target mode)

FC FC1

FC Switch 1

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Double SAS JBOD with MPIO (Active-Active)Fibre Channel High Availability Cluster with

FCFC2

FCFC3


SAS JBOD 1

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0



NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0




NIC 1Gb Eth1

SAS JBOD 2

ATTO FibreBridge 1 ATTO FibreBridge 2Legend:

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

FC FC2

FC FC3


FCFC1 FC FC1

FC Switch 1

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Double SAS JBOD and ATTO FibreBridge (Active-Active)Connection Topology with

Key characteristics


very high

Performance level

very high

Disk location JBOD


15ft / 5m

Key characteristics


high

Performance level

very high

Disk location JBOD


50miles / 80km

SAS JBOD 1Legend:

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0

SASSAS0,1



NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

FCFC2 FC2FC

FCFC3 FC3FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0

SAS SAS0,1




FCFC1 FC FC1

FCFC2 FC FC2

FCFC3 FC FC3

NIC 1Gb Eth1

SAS JBOD 2

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

Double SAS JBOD without FC Switch (Active-Active)Fibre Channel High Availability Cluster with

Key characteristics


high

Performance level

very high

Disk location JBOD


15ft / 5m

Legend:

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

NIC 10GbEth2,3


Bond1(Round-Robin – point-to-point, Mirroring path)IP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx

NIC 10Gb Eth2,3Bond1

(Round-Robin – point-to-point, Mirroring path)

IP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx

NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b





NIC 1Gb Eth1

10 Gb LAN

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

FCFC1 FC FC1

FC Switch 1

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Mirror over Ethernet (Active-Active)Fibre Channel High Availability Metro Cluster with

Key characteristics


high

Performance level

high

Disk location Server chassis


50miles / 80km

Legend:

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0



NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

FCFC2 FC2FC

FCFC3 FC3FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0




FCFC1 FC FC1

FCFC2 FC FC2

FCFC3 FC FC3

NIC 1Gb Eth1

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

NIC 10GbEth2,3Bond1(Round-Robin – point-to-point, Mirroring path)IP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx



IP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx

Mirror over Ethernet without FC Switch (Active-Active)Fibre Channel High Availability Metro Cluster with

FC Switch 1

Legend:

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunknode-aNIC 1GbEth0Bond0

(Active-Backup)Management, Ring, PingIP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb


FCFC1

node-b



FCFC1

10 Gb LAN

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

Cluster-in-a-Box (Active-Active)Fibre Channel High Availability Cluster

Key characteristics


high

Performance level

high



50miles / 80km

Key characteristics


standard

Performance level

high



in one box

Double SAS JBOD without FC Switch (Active-Passive)Fibre Channel High Availability Cluster with

SAS JBOD 1Legend:

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0

SASSAS0,1



NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0

SAS SAS0,1




FCFC1 FC FC1

NIC 1Gb Eth1

SAS JBOD 2

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

Key characteristics


standard

Performance level

high

Disk location JBOD


15ft / 5m

FC Switch 1

SAS JBOD

Legend:

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0



FCFC1

NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0




FC FC1

NIC 1Gb Eth1

AEXPANDER SEC

BAEXPANDER PRI

B

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

SAS SAS0SASSAS0

FCFC2

FCFC3


SAS JBOD 1

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0



NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0




NIC 1Gb Eth1

SAS JBOD 2

ATTO FibreBridge 1 ATTO FibreBridge 2Legend:

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

FC FC2

FC FC3


FCFC1 FC FC1

FC Switch 1

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

SAS JBOD 1Legend:

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0

SASSAS0,1



NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0

SAS SAS0,1




FCFC1 FC FC1

NIC 1Gb Eth1

SAS JBOD 2

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LANLegend:

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

NIC 10GbEth2,3


Bond1(Round-Robin – point-to-point, Mirroring path)IP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx



IP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx

NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b





NIC 1Gb Eth1

10 Gb LAN

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

FCFC1 FC FC1

FC Switch 1

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

FC Switch 1

SAS JBOD 1

Legend:

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0



FCFC1

NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0




FC FC1

NIC 1Gb Eth1

AEXPANDER SEC

BAEXPANDER PRI

B

SAS JBOD 2

AEXPANDER SEC

BAEXPANDER PRI

B

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

SASSAS0,1 SAS SAS0,1

SAS JBOD 1Legend:

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0

SASSAS0,1



NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

FCFC2 FC2FC

FCFC3 FC3FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0

SAS SAS0,1




FCFC1 FC FC1

FCFC2 FC FC2

FCFC3 FC FC3

NIC 1Gb Eth1

SAS JBOD 2

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

FC Switch 1

FC JBOD 1Legend:

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0


FCFC1

NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0



FC FC1

NIC 1Gb Eth1

FC JBOD 2FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

FCFC2

FCFC3

Fibre Channel (initiator mode)

FC FC2

FC FC3




Legend:

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a

FCFC0



NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

FCFC2 FC2FC

FCFC3 FC3FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b

FC FC0




FCFC1 FC FC1

FCFC2 FC FC2

FCFC3 FC FC3

NIC 1Gb Eth1

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

NIC 10GbEth2,3Bond1(Round-Robin – point-to-point, Mirroring path)IP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx



IP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx

SAS JBOD 1Legend:

Trunk

JovianDSSnode-a


Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

JovianDSSnode-b


Management, Ring, PingIP: xxx.xxx.x.xxxNIC 1Gb Eth1

AEXPANDER SEC

BAEXPANDER PRI

B

SAS JBOD 2

AEXPANDER SEC

BAEXPANDER PRI

B

SAS

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

SASSAS0,1

SASSAS2,3

SAS SAS0,1

SAS SAS2,3


FCFC1


FC FC1

FC Switch 1

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

FC Switch 1

Legend:

FC Switch 2

Switch 1 Switch 2

Trunknode-aNIC 1GbEth0Bond0

(Active-Backup)Management, Ring, PingIP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx NIC 1GbEth1

Client 1

FC0 FC

FC

NIC 1Gb

FC1

Eth0(Ping Node)



Client 2

FC0

FC1

Eth0 (Ping Node)

FC

FC

NIC 1Gb


FCFC1

node-b



FCFC1

10 Gb LAN

FC 2/4/8/16/32 Gb

LAN

Fibre Channel High Availability Clusters with On- & Off-site Data ProtectionAdditional data security level

Single SAS JBOD (Active-Active)

Double FC JBOD (Active-Active)

Double SAS JBOD without

FC Switch (Active-Active)

Double SAS JBOD (Active-Active)

Double SAS JBOD with MPIO

(Active-Active)

Mirror over Ethernet

(Active-Active)

Double SAS JBOD and ATTO

FibreBridge (Active-Active)

Mirror over Ethernet without

FC Switch (Active-Active)

Cluster-in-a-Box (Active-Active)

JovianDSSLocal Backup

server

JovianDSSRemote Backup

server

On- & Off-site Data ProtectionThe On- & Off-site Data Protection in Open-E JovianDSS is a feature for data Backup and Disaster Recovery with the possibility to instantly restore a company’s crucial data in case of an unexpected disaster. The feature uses consistent Snapshots for any kind of data and asynchronous replication to

local or remote destinations, where the rotational Snapshots are stored accor-ding to a retention-interval plan that can be customized to specific user needs. Open-E JovianDSS with On- and Off-site Data Protection does not require any backup agent.

Double SAS JBOD without FC Switch

(Active-Passive)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1. Why should I use Open-E JovianDSS with Fibre Channel?

Open-E JovianDSS with Fibre Channel offers a straightforward, stable and high-speed solution due to the plain structure of the

protocol. Additionally, dedicated wizards in Open-E JovianDSS help you to configure the system, while the WebGUI is designed to be

used with as few clicks as possible.

2. For whom has the Fibre Channel Target Feature been created?

The ZFS-based Open-E JovianDSS with FC Target is a perfect fit for Enterprises or SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises).

3. Can Fibre Channel Target in an Open-E JovianDSS server appliance be used as storage for virtualization with ESXi?

Yes. This solution is a perfect option when it comes to virtualization. A Fibre Channel Target set up with Open-E JovianDSS and used

as storage for ESXi is an excellent solution due to Fibre Channel’s low latency, which is of extreme importance for virtual machines

to work properly and efficiently.

4. Does Open-E JovianDSS Fibre Channel Target implementation require specific hardware?

Solutions with Open-E JovianDSS and a Fibre Channel Target require Fibre Channel HBAs (Host Bus Adapters). The solution sup-

ports Qlogic FC HBAs up to 32Gbps.

5. Is this solution cost-effective?

Yes. Fibre Channel solutions require higher investment cost. However, the high quality of the solution compensates users for the

price. Additionally, you can easily expand your storage space as your data grows with Open-E’s storage capacity licensing model.

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