presentation sun 8 gb fc channel hba customer
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8Gb FC – Industry View• “Fibre Channel continues to deliver”
> Highest performance> Superior application uptime> Investment protection
>Backward and forward compatibility> Continuous innovation
>Virtualization (NPIV, VSAN), Security
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Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBAStrategic Fit
• The Sun StorageTek 8GB FC HBA addresses customer need for 8Gb FC connectivity and increased performance for next generation servers
• Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBA- Provides support for PCIe Gen 2 support- Enables consumption of larger CPUs and more cores- Highly leverages previous released FC HBAs
• Utilizes QLogic & Emulex 8Gb FC technology• Fully compatible with existing driver stack (Leadville)
- Supports 8Gb FC switch offerings• 8 GbFC HBA enables the delivery of high-performance
servers and storage- 8 Gb FC HBAs will become a “check off” item for server
customer RFQs
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Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBA Overview
• Connectivity• Single and Dual Port 8Gb FC • 8/4/2 Auto negotiation• PCI-Express 2.0
• 8Gb FC • PCIe low profile form factor• Supports Sun Rack Servers
• Operating Systems Support• Solaris 10 x64, Solaris 10 SPARC• Windows, RedHat Linux, SuSE Linux, VMware
• Storage Support• ST2500 series array • ST3000 series array• ST6000 series array• ST9000 series array
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Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBA
FC ASIC
2 – SFP+ 8Gb FCTransceivers
3 LEDs / port
PCIe x8 Connector
Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBA
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Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBAOperating System Support
• Solaris 10 x64, Solaris 10 SPARC• RedHat
- RHEL 4- RHEL 5
• SuSE - SLES 9- SLES 10
• Windows Server 2003, 2008• VMware ESX 3.01 & 3.05• SAN boot support
- Universal boot feature supported
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Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBA Features• Higher Performance:
> Reduces response time of mission critical Datacenter applications and backup time-windows
> >1550 MBps/Port; 200,000 IOPs/Port
• Virtualization Optimized:> Delivers enhanced security, Quality-of-Service and
Dynamic Provisioning during live migration
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Sun StorageTek 8Gb HBA Features • RAS Optimized:
> Overlapping Protection Domains (OPD) extended for “control” and “data” paths to ensure data integrity
• Security Optimized:> Enhanced Authentication (FC-SP), Data Integrity (T10) and
Network isolation (NPIV)
• Management Optimized: > Providing faster deployment through comprehensive
device management tools
• Guaranteed Interop & Investment Protection: > Certified with all major operating systems, servers,
storage, and applications
> Backward compatible with 2Gb and 4Gb Storage Networks
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Sun StorageTek 8Gb HBA Summary• Sun StorageTek 8Gb Fibre Channel HBAs
> Doubles performance > Reduces back-up time> Cut down disk-to-disk replication time
> Avoids potential I/O bottlenecks> Investment protection and backward compatibility> Virtualization (NPIV, VSAN), Security (FC-SP)> Lower power
> Dynamic Power Management
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Sun StorageTek Dual 8Gb FC HBAAvailability
• Release Plans- Qlogic version
• Sun Part Number (single port): SG-XPCIE1FC-QF8-Z• Sun Part Number (dual port): SG-XPCIE1FC-QF8-Z• Announce: 9-16-08• RR & GA: 10-13-08
- Emulex version• Sun Part Number (single port): SG-XPCIE1FC-EM8-Z• Sun Part Number (dual port): SG-XPCIE2FC-EM8-Z• Announce: 9-16-08• RR & GA: 10-13-08
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