1. Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBA
Michael Wojnar
Product Line Marketing Manager
September 2008
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2. 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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3. 8Gb FC – Industry View
“8Gb Fibre Channel: Providing the need speed”
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4. Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBA
Strategic 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
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5. 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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6. Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBA
FC ASIC
3 LEDs / port
2 – SFP+ 8Gb FC
Transceivers
PCIe x8 Connector
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7. Sun StorageTek 8Gb FC HBA
Operating 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. 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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11. Sun StorageTek Dual 8Gb FC HBA
Availability
• 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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12. Sun Proprietary/Confidential: Internal Use Only
Sun HBA Resources
● http://www.sun.com/storagetek/networking.jsp
● http://www.emulex.com/sun/support/index.jsp
● http://support.qlogic.com/support/sun_page.asp
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13. THANK YOU
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