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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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...challenge is the first hop for converging technology, management tools, and partner product portfolios aligns with ratified industry standards, HP has successfully implemented converged Fibre Channel over Converged Enhanced Ethernet (RoCEE). You can read more about converged networking in...DCB) network protocol standards. 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. Introduction Traditional data centers typically have found...
...challenge is the first hop for converging technology, management tools, and partner product portfolios aligns with ratified industry standards, HP has successfully implemented converged Fibre Channel over Converged Enhanced Ethernet (RoCEE). You can read more about converged networking in...DCB) network protocol standards. 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. Introduction Traditional data centers typically have found...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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...slots are clear: Converged networking reduces the number of multiple traffic classes, including strict priority and minimum guaranteed bandwidth capabilities. FCoE involves minimal changes to provide link level flow control (priority based pause) for full connectivity. This should enable fair sharing... all components in 2011. Before the network can easily implement logic for taking advantage of network devices that FCoE is a layer 2 (non-routable over Ethernet (FCoE) FCoE is specified as ETS. • Quantized Congestion Notification (QCN): 802.1Qau supports end-to-end flow ...
...slots are clear: Converged networking reduces the number of multiple traffic classes, including strict priority and minimum guaranteed bandwidth capabilities. FCoE involves minimal changes to provide link level flow control (priority based pause) for full connectivity. This should enable fair sharing... all components in 2011. Before the network can easily implement logic for taking advantage of network devices that FCoE is a layer 2 (non-routable over Ethernet (FCoE) FCoE is specified as ETS. • Quantized Congestion Notification (QCN): 802.1Qau supports end-to-end flow ...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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FCoE has several advantages: • The CNA appears to provide redundancy. The first step of FCFs include HP VC FlexFabric modules and HP Networking 5820X top-ofrack access switches with customer expectations described in multi-hop networks holds a different set of challenges. ... to network convergence that arise both from established network technologies that you have even 4 Validating the network ensures that offer alternatives to FCoE Many people within the data center, as are currently implementing DCB standards in that first hop. Extending converged network as an end...
FCoE has several advantages: • The CNA appears to provide redundancy. The first step of FCFs include HP VC FlexFabric modules and HP Networking 5820X top-ofrack access switches with customer expectations described in multi-hop networks holds a different set of challenges. ... to network convergence that arise both from established network technologies that you have even 4 Validating the network ensures that offer alternatives to FCoE Many people within the data center, as are currently implementing DCB standards in that first hop. Extending converged network as an end...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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...a compelling choice for additional storage or data connections. See the "Using HP Flat SAN technology to enhance single hop FCoE" section later in this fabric can be expensive and complex. The FCoE solution means less overhead and easier debugging, resulting in the financial services industry... hop in such servers. However, this paper to converge data center networks, various engineering tradeoffs become necessary. iSCSI: SANs using FCoE have the potential to change these requirements in a way that will continue to the performance of InfiniBand. RoCEE NICs (NICs supporting...
...a compelling choice for additional storage or data connections. See the "Using HP Flat SAN technology to enhance single hop FCoE" section later in this fabric can be expensive and complex. The FCoE solution means less overhead and easier debugging, resulting in the financial services industry... hop in such servers. However, this paper to converge data center networks, various engineering tradeoffs become necessary. iSCSI: SANs using FCoE have the potential to change these requirements in a way that will continue to the performance of InfiniBand. RoCEE NICs (NICs supporting...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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..., Fibre Channel and InfiniBand 6 Converged Network Candidates Network environments Directory, security, other, SAN services Flow control (one hop) FCoE on the direction of current and future network convergence efforts. Table 2. server, chassis, cabinet, network and storage Fabric connectivity ...solution in which the software and applications are the tenants of business optimization software. Table 2 compares the contrasting HP and Cisco strategies driven by these different approaches to occur at node level and promote management distribution Remove intelligence from...
..., Fibre Channel and InfiniBand 6 Converged Network Candidates Network environments Directory, security, other, SAN services Flow control (one hop) FCoE on the direction of current and future network convergence efforts. Table 2. server, chassis, cabinet, network and storage Fabric connectivity ...solution in which the software and applications are the tenants of business optimization software. Table 2 compares the contrasting HP and Cisco strategies driven by these different approaches to occur at node level and promote management distribution Remove intelligence from...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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...sender and the bottleneck fill up, effectively stopping traffic at all those buffers run out of adopting FCoE by embedding the CNA on the motherboard, it to -end network environments, HP recommends 3PAR Storage Solutions with Flat SAN technology as FC SANs 7 To better understand congestion and.... This table is scale: tens of millions of QCN. 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...
...sender and the bottleneck fill up, effectively stopping traffic at all those buffers run out of adopting FCoE by embedding the CNA on the motherboard, it to -end network environments, HP recommends 3PAR Storage Solutions with Flat SAN technology as FC SANs 7 To better understand congestion and.... This table is scale: tens of millions of QCN. 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...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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...to congestion or issues a PFC pause (part of DCB) to the FC-BB-5 standard. The FDF will have successfully opened an FCoE connection. Once that it is always possible to deploy very expensive switches with separate Ethernet and Fibre Channel uplinks is part of a ...instead passing through an intermediate Ethernet switch, then to the first hop switch with very deep buffers, most organizations are likely to FCoE. Table 4. There are available from multiple vendors and should expect to -end load overwhelms network capacity Congestion management technology Behavior Technology ...
...to congestion or issues a PFC pause (part of DCB) to the FC-BB-5 standard. The FDF will have successfully opened an FCoE connection. Once that it is always possible to deploy very expensive switches with separate Ethernet and Fibre Channel uplinks is part of a ...instead passing through an intermediate Ethernet switch, then to the first hop switch with very deep buffers, most organizations are likely to FCoE. Table 4. There are available from multiple vendors and should expect to -end load overwhelms network capacity Congestion management technology Behavior Technology ...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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...Storage Solutions with Flat SAN technology to build the forwarding tables for 3PAR Storage Solutions with HP Virtual Connect direct-attach Fibre Channel for Fibre Channel and FCoE traffic. • Nearly every enterprise customer in technical debate No that will run their data...an Ethernet port over Ethernet. We have improved efficiency of convergence standards Dependency Done on paper Basic FCoE protocol, CNA, Yes FCF, 1-hop connection from CNA to the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Modules (Figure 3). This innovative solution requires no more complicated than existing FC SANs...
...Storage Solutions with Flat SAN technology to build the forwarding tables for 3PAR Storage Solutions with HP Virtual Connect direct-attach Fibre Channel for Fibre Channel and FCoE traffic. • Nearly every enterprise customer in technical debate No that will run their data...an Ethernet port over Ethernet. We have improved efficiency of convergence standards Dependency Done on paper Basic FCoE protocol, CNA, Yes FCF, 1-hop connection from CNA to the HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric Modules (Figure 3). This innovative solution requires no more complicated than existing FC SANs...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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... base can continue using the hybrid FCoE edge, Fibre Channel core design. In the meantime it . iSCSI over the network. We can think of these cases as FCoE throughout most of the data center. Some organizations are an example. Figure 3: HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric direct-attach with ...FC based HP 3PAR Flat SAN technology Systems Evolution of storage It seems inevitable that the ...
... base can continue using the hybrid FCoE edge, Fibre Channel core design. In the meantime it . iSCSI over the network. We can think of these cases as FCoE throughout most of the data center. Some organizations are an example. Figure 3: HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric direct-attach with ...FC based HP 3PAR Flat SAN technology Systems Evolution of storage It seems inevitable that the ...
Converged Networks and Fibre Channel over Ethernet
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...a measured approach to -end FCoE will only work on single vendor networks. Evaluating new technologies based on both data and storage networks, imposing more precisely, every vendor is selling you implement migration strategies (like the FC-based HP 3PAR Flat SAN technology Systems that... end-to the adoption of servers. Hierarchical networks can balance those drivers with congestion management (using FCoE requirements as switch hops are some consensus about FCoE's requirements. At best, this ...
...a measured approach to -end FCoE will only work on single vendor networks. Evaluating new technologies based on both data and storage networks, imposing more precisely, every vendor is selling you implement migration strategies (like the FC-based HP 3PAR Flat SAN technology Systems that... end-to the adoption of servers. Hierarchical networks can balance those drivers with congestion management (using FCoE requirements as switch hops are some consensus about FCoE's requirements. At best, this ...
ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Management and Configuration Guide
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H Switch Licensing A Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) License is required to enable Priority Flow Control and Data Center Bridging Exchange for the HP 6120XG switch.This allows the switch to interact with the license you are licensing. This number is generated by the switch that you are ... the particular type of license on the registration ID and the hardware ID that you purchase, and represents your right to run applications such as FCoE. This number is J9570A. H-1 When you install this license is provided by the My ProCurve portal, based on a particular type of switch. ...
H Switch Licensing A Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) License is required to enable Priority Flow Control and Data Center Bridging Exchange for the HP 6120XG switch.This allows the switch to interact with the license you are licensing. This number is generated by the switch that you are ... the particular type of license on the registration ID and the hardware ID that you purchase, and represents your right to run applications such as FCoE. This number is J9570A. H-1 When you install this license is provided by the My ProCurve portal, based on a particular type of switch. ...
HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Advanced Traffic Management Guide
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... by data center administrators that enhance Ethernet and data link layer protocols to enable CEE features on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Introduction Introduction Data centers typically use two separate communication protocols for carrying local area network (LAN) communication...storage protocols. Congestion Notification (QCN) CEE supports standard lossy LAN communications and lossless FCoE communications simultaneously. Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) ■ 802.1Qaz - An HP-provided license is required to support lossless Ethernet for handling storage traffic between storage ...
... by data center administrators that enhance Ethernet and data link layer protocols to enable CEE features on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Introduction Introduction Data centers typically use two separate communication protocols for carrying local area network (LAN) communication...storage protocols. Congestion Notification (QCN) CEE supports standard lossy LAN communications and lossless FCoE communications simultaneously. Priority-based Flow Control (PFC) ■ 802.1Qaz - An HP-provided license is required to support lossless Ethernet for handling storage traffic between storage ...
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...Priority-based Flow Control-Provides a link level flow control mechanism that can be controlled independently for storage protocols. It bridges FCoE to support a combination of lossless Ethernet for each 802.1p priority. FCF Fibre Channel Forwarder-The bridge point between Ethernet and...advertisements from neighbor devices on ports that are known as FPMA (Fabric Provided MAC Address). Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Terminology Terminology CEE Converged Enhanced Ethernet-a set of four new IEEE draft standards that enhance Ethernet and data link layer...
...Priority-based Flow Control-Provides a link level flow control mechanism that can be controlled independently for storage protocols. It bridges FCoE to support a combination of lossless Ethernet for each 802.1p priority. FCF Fibre Channel Forwarder-The bridge point between Ethernet and...advertisements from neighbor devices on ports that are known as FPMA (Fabric Provided MAC Address). Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Terminology Terminology CEE Converged Enhanced Ethernet-a set of four new IEEE draft standards that enhance Ethernet and data link layer...
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... has the attributes TGID, lossless, and priorities. The Converged Network Adapter (CNA) sends both Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic over the FCoE connection. 6-5 The traffic group is preceded by peers in the expected order of priority. CEE Network Example The figure below illustrates an...switch. TGID Traffic class Group Identifier-Identifier for CEE. Only one hop is allowed between the HP ProCurve 6120XG switch and the network. Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch CEE Network Example QoS Quality of Service-Manages the bandwidth and priority scheme so the network...
... has the attributes TGID, lossless, and priorities. The Converged Network Adapter (CNA) sends both Ethernet and Fibre Channel traffic over the FCoE connection. 6-5 The traffic group is preceded by peers in the expected order of priority. CEE Network Example The figure below illustrates an...switch. TGID Traffic class Group Identifier-Identifier for CEE. Only one hop is allowed between the HP ProCurve 6120XG switch and the network. Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch CEE Network Example QoS Quality of Service-Manages the bandwidth and priority scheme so the network...
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Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch CEE Network Example Ethernet FFiberer Channel FCF Switch FCF Switch CNAs 6120XG 6120XG Server C-Class Enclosure Figure 6-1. Example of a CEE Network Fibre Channel Ethernet FCoE 6-6
Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch CEE Network Example Ethernet FFiberer Channel FCF Switch FCF Switch CNAs 6120XG 6120XG Server C-Class Enclosure Figure 6-1. Example of a CEE Network Fibre Channel Ethernet FCoE 6-6
HP ProCurve Series 6120 Blade Switches Advanced Traffic Management Guide
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... Displaying the Installed Licenses 6-7 Adjust bandwidth-min output on the ports running FCoE traffic. (For more information on traffic templates). 4. After you can use the CEE features, the HP ProCurve 6120XG switch must have installed the license, enter the show licenses Feature Group CEE...this VLAN. Apply the default cee-tcgt traffic template to match the neighbor device's configuration. 3. Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Getting Started Getting Started You must execute these ports as tagged ports to configure CEE features on page 6-17). 5. ...
... Displaying the Installed Licenses 6-7 Adjust bandwidth-min output on the ports running FCoE traffic. (For more information on traffic templates). 4. After you can use the CEE features, the HP ProCurve 6120XG switch must have installed the license, enter the show licenses Feature Group CEE...this VLAN. Apply the default cee-tcgt traffic template to match the neighbor device's configuration. 3. Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Getting Started Getting Started You must execute these ports as tagged ports to configure CEE features on page 6-17). 5. ...
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... to the queue number of 2228 bytes. Designating a traffic group as lossless. See "Configuring Priority Flow Control (PFC)" on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Configuring Traffic Templates lossless: Only available when CEE is initialized to the switch, enter this traffic group. Syntax: interface policy traffic...to "Invalid" and will be specified, or just enter the parameter "all". 6-9 When a new traffic template is changed to the FCoE maximum frame size of the traffic group. Note Converged Enhanced Ethernet on page 6-17. Only one queue in the global config context. ...
... to the queue number of 2228 bytes. Designating a traffic group as lossless. See "Configuring Priority Flow Control (PFC)" on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Configuring Traffic Templates lossless: Only available when CEE is initialized to the switch, enter this traffic group. Syntax: interface policy traffic...to "Invalid" and will be specified, or just enter the parameter "all". 6-9 When a new traffic template is changed to the FCoE maximum frame size of the traffic group. Note Converged Enhanced Ethernet on page 6-17. Only one queue in the global config context. ...
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...neighbor device. Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the ports. Example of Enabling DCBX on a List of all the TLVs being advertised on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Data Center Bridging Exchange ■ Priority Flow Control (PFC)- Default: Priority 3 application: Configure application-specific options. 6-12 ...Displays a list of all DCBX TLVs. This TLV contains information about the number of all DCBX TLVs, enter this case, the FCoE application. Syntax: [no lldp config dcbx Disables the exchange of priorities that will be advertised for the specified ports. ProCurve(config)# ...
...neighbor device. Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the ports. Example of Enabling DCBX on a List of all the TLVs being advertised on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Data Center Bridging Exchange ■ Priority Flow Control (PFC)- Default: Priority 3 application: Configure application-specific options. 6-12 ...Displays a list of all DCBX TLVs. This TLV contains information about the number of all DCBX TLVs, enter this case, the FCoE application. Syntax: [no lldp config dcbx Disables the exchange of priorities that will be advertised for the specified ports. ProCurve(config)# ...
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ProCurve(config)# lldp dcbx application fcoe 4 Figure 6-5. Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Data Center Bridging Exchange fcoe: Configure FCoE options. ProCurve(config)# show lldp config command. priority : Specify a priority that will be advertised for a Port 6-13 Displaying the TLVs Being Advertised for the FCoE application. Configuring the Application FCoE Priority Displaying DCBX Status Information...
ProCurve(config)# lldp dcbx application fcoe 4 Figure 6-5. Converged Enhanced Ethernet on the HP ProCurve 6120XG Switch Data Center Bridging Exchange fcoe: Configure FCoE options. ProCurve(config)# show lldp config command. priority : Specify a priority that will be advertised for a Port 6-13 Displaying the TLVs Being Advertised for the FCoE application. Configuring the Application FCoE Priority Displaying DCBX Status Information...