IBM System Networking Bringing speed and intelligence to the edge of the network IBM System Networking Marco Modonesi Sales Specialist Networking System X - STG m.modonesi@it.ibm.com
IBM/BNT Industry Leading Innovation Blade Innovation Network intelligent blades enable workload optimized systems Virtualization Innovation Provides Virtual Machine-aware networking Experienced Data Center Networking Team System Perspective Skills, Resources and Technology Proven and Sustainable Industry Leading Technologies RackSwitch Innovation Enables virtualization within the network at the rack level IBM BNT RackSwitch G - series Management Innovation Multi-vendor virtual machine network configuration 2
IBM market leader in Data Center Networking/ Premium Product IBM Acquisition of BLADE Network Technologies #1 embedded blade switch over past 7 years #3 overall for 10Gb fixed Ethernet ports 1 In 350 of the Fortune 500 Companies First to deliver CEE blade switch & 40Gb Switch Ability to meet existing and future requirement BLADE Network Technologies, An IBM Company, a leading network company with worldwide presence, is focused solely on the datacenter. BLADE offers customers the ability to meet existing and future network edge and unified fabric requirements. 1 Ethernet Switch Report, 1Q10, Dell Oro Group, May 2010 2 http://networkworld.com/news/2010/092710-ibm-acquires-blade-network-technologies.htm 3
BLADE #2 Data Center Fabric Vendor/ Ability to execute 10 millions ports in productions! Worldwide Data Center Switch Shipments Source: Competitve Landscape Data Center Ethernet Switches, Worldwide, Gartner july 2009 4
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise LAN IBM IBM re-entered the LAN switching Magic Quadrant with its purchase of BNT in late 2010. BNT was founded to provide switch technologies for the emerging blade server market. With growing success with partners such as IBM and HP, BNT broadened the portfolio to include ToR switching for a more complete server access portfolio. An increasing amount of BNT business was with IBM, so the acquisition made sense for both parties. Strengths IBM has a comprehensive line of blade server switches, as well as ToR switch options running at 1/10/40G. The offering provides strong capabilities to deal with virtual environments through BNT's VMready software, which allows visibility and control down to the individual virtual machine (VM) level. IBM has extensive experience designing and operating complex data center networks. Owning part of the technical solution will allow it to expand capabilities for server access. we are also seeing vendor specialization to provide differentiation in specific segments, including the emergence of data-center-focused vendors the most obvious and successful to date has been Blade Network Technologies (BNT; evaluated in this research after its acquisition by IBM), which has expanded its portfolio to include top-of-rack (ToR) switches. Cautions While the BNT solution is a strong one, it only represents part of a data center networking solution. IBM has been absent from the networking hardware market for more than a decade (it sold off its hardware business to Cisco in 1999), and therefore lacked networking expertise within the IBM hardware organization. It is not completely clear what IBM's complete networking strategy is at this stage, and sorting out various IBM-owned products, OEM products from the likes of Brocade and Juniper and long-standing integration partnerships with Cisco and others will not be easy for IBM or its channels until it provides a more complete strategic direction. Source: Gartner, August 2011 5
Where do we Fit? Financial & Insurance Sector: Proximity trading, HFT, Colo, Risk Analysis High-Performance Computing: University, research sector, Automobile Telco & Cloud Provider: IPTV, Streaming content, hosting services Server Virtualization projects: General IT, 20+ servers vnic: General IT, reducing cabling, 50+ servers STORAGE NETWORKING IP NAS: iscsi, NFS 1/10GE connections FCoE: Switching fabric convergence IP Backup solutions, 6
IT Concerns IBM System Networking - Bringing speed and intelligence to the edge of the network Today clients have separate networks for each type of Traffic Ethernet for the LAN Fiber Channel for the SAN Infiniband in some cases for the HPC These Networks are Extremely expensive Hardware costs Separate Server adapters Separate Fabric switches Separate Cabling Large power draw Complex to Manage LAN SAN HPC Servers Fabrics Targets 7
95% >25% IBM System Networking - Bringing speed and intelligence to the edge of the network Traffic pattern is the KEY Campus Data Center Typically about 95% of traffic from the PC s are directed outside the Campus Network. Only a small amount is going peer to peer. 5% In Data Centers there is a huge amount of transfers between servers because of multi tier architecture and VM Motion up to 75% 8
Five IT trends reshaping Data Center Networks GW North/ South East/ West #3 Distributed Apps -» low-latency switching IBM: Up to 11.5 times lower latency #2 VM mobility FC SAN -» flatter, VM-aware, networks IBM: VMready #4 Convergence -» lossless Ethernet IBM: All 10Gb switches support lossless Ethernet #5 Energy constraints -» Energy Efficiency ( Green ) IBM: Up to 71% less power consumption, and choice of air flow #1 Sys Virtualization -» network congestion IBM: 1, 10, and 40Gb switches *Up to 84% better Price/Performance 9
Ethernet Storage High level view Lossless Ethernet iscsi The Trend is Clearly Toward Converging Storage over Ethernet (by 2014 ~70% of all non-das Server FCoE Ports will be Ethernet). Source IDC Oct 2010 CIFS NAS NFS NAS Gateways Fibre Channel FC Arrays 10
IBM/BNT Virtual Fabric - supporting FCoE Servers are connected with a unique switching fabric: 10GE Storage traffic (Fiber Channel, iscsi, NFS, etc.) is carried over the lossless Ethernet capabilities of the G8124/G8264 Ethernet traffic is sent to the LAN, Fiber Channel storage traffic is send to the SAN SAN Fibre Channel Ethernet IBM BNT RackSwitch Fibre Channel Traffic LAN Ethernet A surprising number of enterprises today have Ethernet only data centers. iscsi storage is one of the fastest grow areas in the storage Market. FCoE will be the primary alternative to FC as a storage network fabric. Dell Oro - http://www.delloro.com/news/2009/san081709.htm 11
IBM/BNT Virtual Fabric - virtualizing NIC Traditional Networking Production Network DMZ VM Network Console Network Vmotion Network VFA Topology For 100 Servers 35% less CAPEX 4x less cables & space 6x better energy efficiency Divide a 10G adapter port into 2, 3 or 4 adjustable virtual pipes Reduce cost and complexity Flexibility to control Bandwidth Less switch ports, cable and overhead High availability Meet the need for more bandwidth and flexibility 12
Network Virtualization - VMready VM 1 VM 2 VM X Virtual Switch Virtual Switch Virtual port VLAN 100 ACL filters TX/RX limits VMready switch VMready switch VMready works with any server hypervisors. Automatically detect and move Network configuration when the Virtual Machine (VM) moves. VM can move across switches and datacenter, even through third party switches. VMready will comply to IEEE 802.1Qbg once ratified. 13 13
Network Virtualization - VMready benefits Enterprise Data Center Network Virtualization VM Detection: automatically discovers and identifies the Virtual Machines VM groups Grouping of similar Virtual Machines to simplify management tasks NMotion - Automatically track migrating VMs to maintain network configuration Vendor Neutral VMready works with all major virtualization offerings Integration with VMware vcenter Single pane of management for both VMready switches and ESX vswitches Rich display of VM info such as IP addresses, VM name and ESX server location Low cost Software license included with RackSwitch Software runs on switch, not the servers Accounting and Auditing VM Migration is detected by VMready and reported Traffic per VM can be audited IBM BNT License w/ Switch Open Runs on switch Simplify VM mgmt tasks Dell/HP nothing Cisco Nexus 1000v $695 per CPU VMware only Enterprise + Runs on server Limited 14
The OpenFlow Networking Revolution OpenFlow enables network logic to move into the application stack, decoupling network software from hardware Existing network OpenFlow based Network Autonomous and distribution control OSPF/ BGP Communication Path Control OpenFlow Controller Central control IT&NW integration Integration ソフトウェア Software Communication path controlling function 通 信 経 路 制 御 機 能 Hardware ハードウェア Packet transferring function パケット 転 送 機 能 Isolation Packet Forwarding OpenFlow ProgrammableFlow Switch Black box Network 15
Board Members Deutsche Telekom Facebook Google Microsoft Comcast Verizon Yahoo! Big Switch Networks* Broadcom Brocade* Ciena Cisco Citrix Comcast CompTIA Dell* Ericsson Extreme Networks* Force10 Networks Fujitsu HP* Huawei Technologies Members IBM* NTT Infoblox Plexxi Inc. Intel Pronto Systems IP Infusion Riverbed Technology Ixia Vello Systems Juniper Networks VMware Marvell Mellanox Technologies Metaswitch Networks Midokura NEC* Netgear* Netronome Nicira Networks Nokia Siemens Networks 16 * = Demonstrated at OpenFlow Lab
IBM s BNT Switches for IBM BladeCenter BNT L2/3 Copper Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module BNT L2/3 Fiber Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module BNT Layer 2-7 Ethernet Switch Module 32R1860 32R1861 32R1859 Cost sensitive customers More upstream bandwidth Better Load-sharing Choice of Copper or Fibre Advanced Layer 3 Support Support for larger networks Better Latency Better Security Better Traffic Control Want Load Balancing Apps needing Layer 4-7 Advance Security Denial Service SYN attacks Better scalability Servers and Apps Great for web servers, VOIP, firewall, VPN, Microsoft Terminal Server BNT 1/10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch 44W4404 Same benefits as L2/3 Investment Protection 1G today 10G tomorrow Great for Virtualization No IBM Cisco offering SmartConnect SW Stacking Simple GUI Grouping VMready Major Advantages BNT Virtual Fabric 10G Switch 46C7191 Choice 1G, 10G or mix CEE/FCoE Low Latency Max. bandwidth Virtual Fabric - vnic VMReady (Nmotion) Target Virtualization, HPC, Clusters, Financial Analytics, Medical imaging, Surveillance, rendering, telcom, iscsi, VOD, etc 17
IBM System Networking - Bringing speed and intelligence to the edge of the network IBM RackSwitch Portfolio 1Gb/10Gb 10Gb 10Gb/40Gb IBM BNT RackSwitch G8000 IBM BNT RackSwitch G8052 R, F & DC models R & F models 44 ports 1G, RJ-45 4 ports 1G, SFP 4 ports 10G, CX4 or SFP+ uplinks optional Redundant fans and power supplies 48 ports 1G, RJ-45 4 ports 10G, SFP+ uplinks standard Hot-swap redundant fans & power supplies IBM BNT RackSwitch G8124 R, F & DC models 24 ports 10G SFP+ Low Latency 680ns Redundant fans and power supplies IBM BNT RackSwitch G8264 R & F models 48 ports 10G SFP+ 4 ports 40G QSFP+ (option: 16x10Gb ports) Low Latency - 1.1us Hot-swap redundant fans & power supplies Lossless Ethernet (CEE/DCB) IBM Virtual Fabric VMready: The industry s 1 st automated Virtual Machine-aware networking Energy Efficient, Choice of Front-to-Rear or Rear-to-Front Airflow 18 18
Tolly s Report Key Findings Up to 11.5 times lower latency Up to 100 times more buffer capacity Up to 71% less power consumption Up to 84% better price performance 40 Gbps ports Lowest latency 19 View Full BENCHMARK report at: www.bladenetwork.net/tollyg8264 Best packet buffering no packet loss
Emerging Data Center Architecture - TRILL Spine Switches connect racks VS Top of Rack switches connect servers Distributed Switching compared to large core switch : Higher Bandwidth Lower latency Access to latest technology Lower cost Less rack space, power & cooling Key enabling technology: TRILL New IETF standard Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links G8264 perfect building block for Data Center networks 20
Emerging Data Center Architecture G8264 backbone G8264 aggregating 1GE switch with 10GE uplinks Full L2 & L3 capabilities Small foot-print, non-blocking performances & low latency Easily scalable to several thousands server ports G8264 G8052 10GE 1 GE 1 GE 1 GE 1 GE 21
Emerging Data Center Architecture buy as you grow Stack G8264 as you grow Network intelligence is at the rack level Control deployment costs Adjust over-subscription or not depending on the applications requirements Minimal & incremental footprint 10 GE 10 GE 10 GE 10 GE Rack #1 Rack # X Rack # X Rack # X 22
Roadmap RackSwitch G8316 the 40GB Spine Switch 16x QSFP+ ports 1U Ports 16 QSFP+ 40GbE ports Up to 64 10GbE ports via breakout cables Very similar to RackSwitch G8264 Same switch ASIC Same software Same power supplies Same Fans Faster MP than G8264 Quad Core for increased scalability Single ASIC design Predictable line rate performance Low power consumption BLADE OS 6.8 Full Layer 2/3 GA: Q1 2012 23
Roadmap Data Center 160GB backbone with G8316 4 RackSwitch G8316 spine switches 16 RackSwitch G8264 leaf switches Active/Active uplinks Traffic load balanced across all uplinks using proven Layer 3 ECMP No blocked links 768 10GbE Server ports 16 RackSwitch G8264 leaf switches 4 RackSwitch G8316 spine switches 48x SFP+ 10GbE server-facing ports each 4x 40GBASE-SR4 fiber or QSFP+ DAC Uplinks each 24
Roadmap RackSwitch G8264-T 4x QSFP+ ports 48x 10GBase-T ports 1U Ports 48 10GBase-T ports (All 10G / 1G) 4 QSFP+ ports (All 40G / 10G ) Very similar to RackSwitch G8316 Same switch ASIC Same MP & memory Same software Needed for 10GBASE-T New PHYs New power supplies New fans Stacking** (up to 8 switches) BLADE OS 6.8 at GA Full Layer 2/3 GA: Q2 2012 **Post GA 25
Roadmap RackSwitch G8264-FC 4x QSFP+ ports Ports 12 Dual Pers. Ports (1G/ 2G / 4G / 8G / 10G 36 SFP+ Ports (All 10G / 1G) 4 QSFP+ ports (All 40G / 10G ) Same switch ASIC as G8264-T Broadcom Trident+, no PHY Same processor as G8264-T Quad Core for scalability Same system memory as G8264 Stacking** (up to 8 switches) FCoE FF-BB-5 Compliant FCF Gateway Full Fabric Support NPIV Transparent gateway mode BLADE OS 6.8 at GA Full Layer 2/3 GA: Q2 2012 **Post GA 26
Breaking free of the Single Vendor Network Gartner Group Debunk the Myth of the single vendor network Introducing a 2 nd networking vendor will reduce TCO for most organization by at least 15-25% over 5 years Equipment cost premium that Cisco generally charges does not tend to off-set potential operating cost savings. Morgan Stanley: BNT s products to be the most effective for our purposes We have found IBM BNT s products to be the most effective for our purposes with a combination of performance and cost that are hard to match. For our company, this is the first use of a multi- vendor strategy, and we have been able to build out infrastructure in a more cost-efficient manner. Robert VanCaneghem Morgan Stanley Executive Director 27 Interoperability Tolly Group actually does Interoperability certifications Layer2/3 Support Cisco Proprietary protocols: Giga/Fast/EtherChannel, PVST+, MIST, PortFast, UplinkFast, TACACS+, etc. Easing the transition for administrators All IBM BNT products offer a Cisco-like Command Line Interface (CLI) Web GUI, BLADEOS CLI, BLADE Harmony Manager, IBM Director, etc.
IBM System Networking : Q&A Thank You! Marco Modonesi Networking Sales Specialist System X STG m.modonesi@it.ibm.com +39.342.6504116 28