The document discusses the Emulex OneConnect Universal CNA and its relevance in addressing data center challenges such as reduced budgets, operational efficiency, and increasing network bandwidth demands. It highlights cost savings from convergence technology and improved scalability and performance for virtualization. The OneConnect solution offers unified management, broad storage interoperability, and a competitive advantage over other NICs by supporting multiple protocols and providing significant savings on power, cooling, and cabling.

1. Emulex OneConnect™
Universal CNA
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2. Data Center Customer Challenges
Reduced Budgets = Need for New Efficiency
Virtualization = I/O Aggregation Bottleneck
Operational Efficiency
Server Consolidation = Cable Congestion
(reducing CapEX and
OpEx)
Power & Cooling Costs = Green Demands
DC Space Limits = Convergence Consolidation
Demand for
higher network
bandwidth Network
Environmental Connectivity
Server Consolidation
Concerns (heat, Concerns
Blades, Virtualization
cooling, space, power)
Network Storage
Connectivity
Growth
Increasing Demand for
Computing Resources
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3. UCNAs – Drive Data Center Wide Convergence
Storage Area
Network HBA 1st Gen OneConnect
(SAN)‫‏‬ CNA Universal CNA
Database
Database Tier SQL Servers FC L2 NIC 10Gb NIC
Files Switches
(NAS)‫‏‬ FCoE FCoE
Application
Servers
Blades
Application Tier Switches
Files
(NAS)‫‏‬
2nd Level
Firewall
iSCSI
Web
Servers
RDMA
Web Tier Load Balancing
Switches
Authentication, DNS
Intrusion Detect, VPN 1st Level
Virtualization
Web Cache Firewall
Routing
Switches
Access Tier Edge Routers
Local Remote
Users Users Internet
OneCommand™ Framework
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4. OneConnect™ – The Universal CNA
Operational Efficiency
– One Card, Every Network (10Gbps NIC, iSCSI and FCoE )
– Simplifies I/O Choices & Optimizes Blade Servers Consolidation
– Investment Protection for existing FC, IP infrastructures
Convergenomics™ = Data Center Savings
– Up to 28% savings on switches, adapters &
rack space
– Up to 42% savings on power and cooling
– Up to 80% savings on cabling
Emulex VEngine™ – Scalability & Performance for Virtualization
– CPU off-load increases the number of VMs by up to 20%
Emulex OneCommand™ Unified Management
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5. Emulex OneConnect Universal CNA
Applications
Universal CNA Drives Value Across All Server Tiers!
UNIVERSAL
Database Tier FC HBA CNA CNA
Storage Area

Network
(SAN)‫‏‬
 
OneCommand Framework
Database
SQL Servers
BACKEND
Application Tier
Database
Servers

Files Switches 
 
(NAS)‫‏‬
Application
Servers
Switches MID-TIER 
Web Tier
Application
Servers 
Files
(NAS)‫‏‬
2nd Level
Firewall  
Web
Servers
FRONT END
Web 
Load Balancing
Switches
Servers
 
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6. Emulex UCNAs Scale Virtualization
Emulex Expands VM Scalability
Not Using
Emulex V-Engine
Application Performance and VMs per CPU
VM VM VM VM VM VM Emulex?
Off-Load technology
SR-IOV Other CNAs
VM VM VM VM VM VM
Technology With No TOE for NAS
PCI-Express
No ISCSI
Optimization VM VM VM VM VM VM Offload
(MSI-X)
More MB/S & IOPS NIC Driver Overhead
VM VM VM VM VM VM
Per Watt Steals CPU Cycle
NIC Error
10GbE Higher Handling
VM VM VM VM VM VM
Bandwidth
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7. OneConnect™ Advantages
Common Drivers for NIC,
iSCSI and FCoE products
CPU Offload for all Protocols (TOE,
FCoE, iSCSI, RDMA)
Proven FC Drivers & Broad
Storage Interoperability Support
Unified Management for HBA and
Universal CNA
Industry Leading Performance/Watt
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8. Competitive Comparison
Emulex
Tier 2 NIC
FEATURE Vendors
Common NIC drivers for NIC,
iSCSI and FCoE products  – – – –
Leverages Existing FC and
NIC Drivers  – – – –
Broad Storage Interoperability
Support   – – –
Unified Storage Management
  – – –
Software
Unified NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, FC
Management Software  – – – –
CPU Offload for all Protocols  – – – –
High Performance/Watt  – – – –
Support Model Integrated With
Storage and Server OEMs   – – –
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9. Competitive Comparison
Emulex
Tier 2 NIC
PROTOCOL OFFLOAD Vendors
SR-IOV
 –   
iWARP  – –  
iSCSI Offload  – –  
NFS, CIFS Offload  – –  
TCP/IP Offload
 – –  
NIC (stateless offload)
    
FCoE Offload  
– – – –
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