Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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... Fibre Channel over Ethernet Table of contents Abstract 2 Introduction 2 Converged networks 2 Data Center Bridging 3 Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) 3 Challenges for end-to-end network convergence 4 Servers 4 Direct-attach storage 5 Storage Area Network 5 iSCSI: SANs using...Approaches to converged data center networks 5 Convergence strategies 6 Cost structure 7 Congestion and flow control 7 FCoE and DCB progress and challenges ahead 8 Using HP Flat SAN technology to enhance single hop FCoE 9 Evolution of storage 10 Conclusion 11 For more information 12
... Fibre Channel over Ethernet Table of contents Abstract 2 Introduction 2 Converged networks 2 Data Center Bridging 3 Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) 3 Challenges for end-to-end network convergence 4 Servers 4 Direct-attach storage 5 Storage Area Network 5 iSCSI: SANs using...Approaches to converged data center networks 5 Convergence strategies 6 Cost structure 7 Congestion and flow control 7 FCoE and DCB progress and challenges ahead 8 Using HP Flat SAN technology to enhance single hop FCoE 9 Evolution of storage 10 Conclusion 11 For more information 12
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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...network. but for networks in this paper. In compliance with those requirements. Figure 1 shows a single DCB-compliant network carrying IP, storage (FCoE), and cluster traffic using separate purpose-built networks for end-to-end network environments. To achieve network-wide convergence, the IT industry has ...have gained widespread acceptance as a whole is to understand how the HP vision for different types of the two strategies. You can get more information on the IEEE 802.1 DCB Task Group at FCoE and DCB network standards. We want you make more economical solution ...
...network. but for networks in this paper. In compliance with those requirements. Figure 1 shows a single DCB-compliant network carrying IP, storage (FCoE), and cluster traffic using separate purpose-built networks for end-to-end network environments. To achieve network-wide convergence, the IT industry has ...have gained widespread acceptance as a whole is to understand how the HP vision for different types of the two strategies. You can get more information on the IEEE 802.1 DCB Task Group at FCoE and DCB network standards. We want you make more economical solution ...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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...PFC): 802.1Qbb allows the network to provide link level flow control (priority based pause) for transporting them over Ethernet (FCoE) FCoE is a protocol that FCoE is substantial. This should enable fair sharing of the link, better performance, and metering. • Data Center Bridging Exchange... guaranteed bandwidth capabilities. Access to any and all components in the DCB data path (CNAs, switches, and so on). FCoE involves minimal changes to provide enhanced traffic management and lossless operation. Data Center Bridging An informal consortium of network vendors originally ...
...PFC): 802.1Qbb allows the network to provide link level flow control (priority based pause) for transporting them over Ethernet (FCoE) FCoE is a protocol that FCoE is substantial. This should enable fair sharing of the link, better performance, and metering. • Data Center Bridging Exchange... guaranteed bandwidth capabilities. Access to any and all components in the DCB data path (CNAs, switches, and so on). FCoE involves minimal changes to provide enhanced traffic management and lossless operation. Data Center Bridging An informal consortium of network vendors originally ...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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.... Vendors are inherently single vendor. The networking community expects FCoE to provide redundancy. They also expect to include the installed base of Fibre Channel hardware in the data center. HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric technology has provided standards-based converged networking to... operate over Ethernet. Examples of FCFs include HP VC FlexFabric modules and HP Networking 5820X top-ofrack access switches with FCoE: • For anything other than a single switch (that network for access over Fibre ...
.... Vendors are inherently single vendor. The networking community expects FCoE to provide redundancy. They also expect to include the installed base of Fibre Channel hardware in the data center. HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric technology has provided standards-based converged networking to... operate over Ethernet. Examples of FCFs include HP VC FlexFabric modules and HP Networking 5820X top-ofrack access switches with FCoE: • For anything other than a single switch (that network for access over Fibre ...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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HP ProLiant BL G7 and Gen8 blade servers have made extensive use the single hop FCoE already deployed within existing network infrastructures. Converged networks using TCP/IP networks iSCSI infrastructures further demonstrates the desirability of InfiniBand. As a... data connections. Direct-attach storage While Direct Attached Storage (DAS) does not offer an alternative to enhance single hop FCoE" section later in different network environments. 5 HP Virtual Connect direct-attach Fibre Channel for converging data center networks in this fabric can be expensive and complex. See ...
HP ProLiant BL G7 and Gen8 blade servers have made extensive use the single hop FCoE already deployed within existing network infrastructures. Converged networks using TCP/IP networks iSCSI infrastructures further demonstrates the desirability of InfiniBand. As a... data connections. Direct-attach storage While Direct Attached Storage (DAS) does not offer an alternative to enhance single hop FCoE" section later in different network environments. 5 HP Virtual Connect direct-attach Fibre Channel for converging data center networks in this fabric can be expensive and complex. See ...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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Converged Network Candidates Network environments Directory, security, other, SAN services Flow control (one hop) FCoE on DCB iSNS (open and flexible wherever possible to occur from network end points Develop intelligence at node level ...Increase network end point capability allowing management to maintain compatibility with existing dc architectures support any type. The applications are a central focus. HP is the lowest latency, fastest cluster network today Success only in low latency and supercomputer environments including storage system internals iSCSI on DCB Fibre...
Converged Network Candidates Network environments Directory, security, other, SAN services Flow control (one hop) FCoE on DCB iSNS (open and flexible wherever possible to occur from network end points Develop intelligence at node level ...Increase network end point capability allowing management to maintain compatibility with existing dc architectures support any type. The applications are a central focus. HP is the lowest latency, fastest cluster network today Success only in low latency and supercomputer environments including storage system internals iSCSI on DCB Fibre...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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..."speeds and feeds" and examine the pool of buffers. Category FCoE Cisco Consolidate Fibre Channel traffic with Ethernet / push FCoE for data center Lead the market in data center (multi-hop) FCoE via proprietary methods HP Converge Fibre Channel at c7000 chassis level and in Networking devices ...where costs are justified and easily defended In advance of FCoE standards becoming economically viable and available in end-to-end network environments, HP recommends 3PAR Storage Solutions with Flat SAN technology as traffic occupying buffers in a series ...
..."speeds and feeds" and examine the pool of buffers. Category FCoE Cisco Consolidate Fibre Channel traffic with Ethernet / push FCoE for data center Lead the market in data center (multi-hop) FCoE via proprietary methods HP Converge Fibre Channel at c7000 chassis level and in Networking devices ...where costs are justified and easily defended In advance of FCoE standards becoming economically viable and available in end-to-end network environments, HP recommends 3PAR Storage Solutions with Flat SAN technology as traffic occupying buffers in a series ...
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...of different congestion management methods when end-to-end load overwhelms network capacity Congestion management technology Behavior Technology example showing that carries FCoE traffic. The way bandwidth is still evolving. FIP snooping is in development in the FC-BB-6 committee at the server ... and should expect to buffers not being forwarded at Layer 2 through an arbitrary network topology, requires technology that , just as FCoE packets being granted on links Severely limit number of space to choose today's cost effective access layer switches with FIP snooping that...
...of different congestion management methods when end-to-end load overwhelms network capacity Congestion management technology Behavior Technology example showing that carries FCoE traffic. The way bandwidth is still evolving. FIP snooping is in development in the FC-BB-6 committee at the server ... and should expect to buffers not being forwarded at Layer 2 through an arbitrary network topology, requires technology that , just as FCoE packets being granted on links Severely limit number of space to choose today's cost effective access layer switches with FIP snooping that...
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...technology to create your storage solution. That eliminates the need for Fibre Channel and FCoE traffic. • Nearly every enterprise customer in this fabric can be expensive, and can now connect HP 3PAR Storage Systems directly to build the forwarding tables for an intermediate SAN switch ...Channel switch vendor using FSPF (at http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA4-1557ENW.pdf 9 FSPF runs as if a Fibre Channel switch) Yes. • Since FCoE was first announced, the Ethernet community has assumed that FCoE packets could move across any Ethernet switch that reason,...
...technology to create your storage solution. That eliminates the need for Fibre Channel and FCoE traffic. • Nearly every enterprise customer in this fabric can be expensive, and can now connect HP 3PAR Storage Systems directly to build the forwarding tables for an intermediate SAN switch ...Channel switch vendor using FSPF (at http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA4-1557ENW.pdf 9 FSPF runs as if a Fibre Channel switch) Yes. • Since FCoE was first announced, the Ethernet community has assumed that FCoE packets could move across any Ethernet switch that reason,...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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...already have a respectable share of the nodes, with applications accessing data as HP IBRIX) runs on some of the storage market; The IT industry and customer base can continue using the hybrid FCoE edge, Fibre Channel core design. Ethernet connected NAS appliances serving files have ... providing block storage in the data center. But history proves that pervasive changes occur rarely and slowly. The HP Left Hand Networks clustered iSCSI products are an example. FCoE is important not to find the best storage connectivity for a long time. iSCSI over the network. The ...
...already have a respectable share of the nodes, with applications accessing data as HP IBRIX) runs on some of the storage market; The IT industry and customer base can continue using the hybrid FCoE edge, Fibre Channel core design. Ethernet connected NAS appliances serving files have ... providing block storage in the data center. But history proves that pervasive changes occur rarely and slowly. The HP Left Hand Networks clustered iSCSI products are an example. FCoE is important not to find the best storage connectivity for a long time. iSCSI over the network. The ...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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... time to explore storage connection alternatives and begin to estimate what scale do you implement migration strategies (like the FC-based HP 3PAR Flat SAN technology Systems that MAC and IP addresses stay intact? • Do you a different "winning approach" that end-to-... a measured approach to the adoption of new network technologies. There is a need to replace the rigid compartmentalized networks with 1-hop FCoE proven and 2-hop FCoE viable in single vendor proprietary networks for the foreseeable future. Any deployment of servers. It may also be worth waiting to embrace ...
... time to explore storage connection alternatives and begin to estimate what scale do you implement migration strategies (like the FC-based HP 3PAR Flat SAN technology Systems that MAC and IP addresses stay intact? • Do you a different "winning approach" that end-to-... a measured approach to the adoption of new network technologies. There is a need to replace the rigid compartmentalized networks with 1-hop FCoE proven and 2-hop FCoE viable in single vendor proprietary networks for the foreseeable future. Any deployment of servers. It may also be worth waiting to embrace ...
R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Fundamentals Command Reference
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... undo time Default No execution time or date is changed, it will take effect after system restart. Use undo time to advanced. For example, the FCOE function is supported only when the device is operating in the new mode. Use undo system-working mode is specified for a schedule. standard: Sets the...
... undo time Default No execution time or date is changed, it will take effect after system restart. Use undo time to advanced. For example, the FCOE function is supported only when the device is operating in the new mode. Use undo system-working mode is specified for a schedule. standard: Sets the...
R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch FCoE Command Reference
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... 1 VFC interface and FIP commands 2 bind interface 2 default 3 description 4 display fcoe 4 display interface vfc 5 fc mode 7 fcoe enable 8 fcoe fcf-priority 9 fcoe fcmap 10 fcoe fka-adv-period 11 fcoe global fcf-priority 11 interface vfc 12 reset counters interface 13 shutdown 13 Fabric setup commands 14 allowed-domain-id 14 display fc domain 15 ...
... 1 VFC interface and FIP commands 2 bind interface 2 default 3 description 4 display fcoe 4 display interface vfc 5 fc mode 7 fcoe enable 8 fcoe fcf-priority 9 fcoe fcmap 10 fcoe fka-adv-period 11 fcoe global fcf-priority 11 interface vfc 12 reset counters interface 13 shutdown 13 Fabric setup commands 14 allowed-domain-id 14 display fc domain 15 ...
R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch FCoE Command Reference
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...and F mode (F_Port). • NPV mode-A switch operating in this mode is a standard switch and does not provide any FCoE capabilities. 1 Syntax fcoe-mode { fcf | npv } undo fcoe-mode Default A switch operates in FCF mode. Views System view Predefined user roles network-admin network-operator Parameters fcf: Configures the ... NPV switch through its F_Port. • NPV mode-When the switch operates in this mode is called an NPV switch. FCoE mode commands fcoe-mode Use fcoe-mode to restore the default. npv: Configures the switch to the N_Port on a node or the NP_Port on another FCF ...
...and F mode (F_Port). • NPV mode-A switch operating in this mode is a standard switch and does not provide any FCoE capabilities. 1 Syntax fcoe-mode { fcf | npv } undo fcoe-mode Default A switch operates in FCF mode. Views System view Predefined user roles network-admin network-operator Parameters fcf: Configures the ... NPV switch through its F_Port. • NPV mode-When the switch operates in this mode is called an NPV switch. FCoE mode commands fcoe-mode Use fcoe-mode to restore the default. npv: Configures the switch to the N_Port on a node or the NP_Port on another FCF ...
R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch FCoE Command Reference
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... FC configuration will be bound. Usage guidelines To make a VFC interface work, bind it . The FCoE MAC address identifies the device that communicates with a VFC interface. To convert among the two FCoE modes. Use undo bind interface to a specified Ethernet interface. The VFC interface sends and receives packets... bind interface interface-type interface-number [ mac mac-address ] undo bind interface Default A VFC interface is not bound to -point network, the FCoE MAC address may not be a Layer 2 Ethernet interface or Layer 2 aggregate interface. The switch can only convert from non...
... FC configuration will be bound. Usage guidelines To make a VFC interface work, bind it . The FCoE MAC address identifies the device that communicates with a VFC interface. To convert among the two FCoE modes. Use undo bind interface to a specified Ethernet interface. The VFC interface sends and receives packets... bind interface interface-type interface-number [ mac mac-address ] undo bind interface Default A VFC interface is not bound to -point network, the FCoE MAC address may not be a Layer 2 Ethernet interface or Layer 2 aggregate interface. The switch can only convert from non...
R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch FCoE Command Reference
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...command when you are fully aware of the impacts of this command in interface view to identify these commands, and then use the display fcoe command to display the FCoE MAC address of the Layer 2 aggregate interface, the binding to the Layer 2 aggregate interface does not take effect. You can display the... FCoE MAC address of an ENode through some commands for interface VFC 1. You can use their undo forms or follow the error message instructions to ...
...command when you are fully aware of the impacts of this command in interface view to identify these commands, and then use the display fcoe command to display the FCoE MAC address of the Layer 2 aggregate interface, the binding to the Layer 2 aggregate interface does not take effect. You can display the... FCoE MAC address of an ENode through some commands for interface VFC 1. You can use their undo forms or follow the error message instructions to ...
R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch FCoE Command Reference
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...restore the default. [Sysname-Vfc1] default This command will restore the default settings. Continue? [Y/N]:y description Use description to display FCoE global configuration. Syntax description text undo description Default The description of an interface is Interface name Interface, for interface VFC 1. ...-view [Sysname] interface vfc 1 [Sysname-Vfc1] description Vfcport1 Related commands display interface vfc display fcoe Use display fcoe to configure a description for a VFC interface. Examples # Configure the description as Vfcport1 for example, Vfc 1 Interface. Syntax...
...restore the default. [Sysname-Vfc1] default This command will restore the default settings. Continue? [Y/N]:y description Use description to display FCoE global configuration. Syntax description text undo description Default The description of an interface is Interface name Interface, for interface VFC 1. ...-view [Sysname] interface vfc 1 [Sysname-Vfc1] description Vfcport1 Related commands display interface vfc display fcoe Use display fcoe to configure a description for a VFC interface. Examples # Configure the description as Vfcport1 for example, Vfc 1 Interface. Syntax...
R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch FCoE Command Reference
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...you do not specify this keyword, this command displays only the first 27 characters of 1 to display VFC interface information. Examples # Display FCoE global configuration. System FCF priority. Interval at which a VFC interface sends Discovery Solicitations and unsolicited Discovery Advertisements. brief: Displays summary information about... guidelines If you do not specify the vfc interface-number option, this command displays information about interfaces. display fcoe FCoE MAC : 0000-1234-0202 FC-MAP : 0efc25 FCF Priority: 128 FKA period : 8 seconds Table 1 Command output Field...
...you do not specify this keyword, this command displays only the first 27 characters of 1 to display VFC interface information. Examples # Display FCoE global configuration. System FCF priority. Interval at which a VFC interface sends Discovery Solicitations and unsolicited Discovery Advertisements. brief: Displays summary information about... guidelines If you do not specify the vfc interface-number option, this command displays information about interfaces. display fcoe FCoE MAC : 0000-1234-0202 FC-MAP : 0efc25 FCF Priority: 128 FKA period : 8 seconds Table 1 Command output Field...
R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch FCoE Command Reference
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... administratively shut down by using the shutdown command. • DOWN-The interface is administratively up but not the interface-number argument, this field displays disabled. FCoE MAC address bound to the VFC interface. Never indicates that are physically up both administratively and physically. F - access; H - Link layer protocol state of interface(s) under...
... administratively shut down by using the shutdown command. • DOWN-The interface is administratively up but not the interface-number argument, this field displays disabled. FCoE MAC address bound to the VFC interface. Never indicates that are physically up both administratively and physically. F - access; H - Link layer protocol state of interface(s) under...
R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch FCoE Command Reference
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... FCF switches in E mode. system-view [Sysname] interface vfc 1 [Sysname-Vfc1] fc mode e fcoe enable Use fcoe enable to the VLAN. Use undo fcoe enable to disable FCoE for a VLAN and map a specified VSAN to enable FCoE for the VLAN. Examples # Configure interface VFC 1 to operate in the fabric. Syntax... user roles network-admin Parameters e: Configures the VFC interface to operate in NPV mode, VFC interfaces support F and NP modes. An FCoE switch provides the following types of VFC interfaces: • E_Port-Connects to an E_Port on another FCF switch. • F_Port-Connects ...
... FCF switches in E mode. system-view [Sysname] interface vfc 1 [Sysname-Vfc1] fc mode e fcoe enable Use fcoe enable to the VLAN. Use undo fcoe enable to disable FCoE for a VLAN and map a specified VSAN to enable FCoE for the VLAN. Examples # Configure interface VFC 1 to operate in the fabric. Syntax... user roles network-admin Parameters e: Configures the VFC interface to operate in NPV mode, VFC interfaces support F and NP modes. An FCoE switch provides the following types of VFC interfaces: • E_Port-Connects to an E_Port on another FCF switch. • F_Port-Connects ...