NPAR Dell - QLogic October 2011

Dell and QLogic Drive Next-generation Blade Server I/O Virtualization with NPAR* *Based on QLogic VMflexTM Technology October, 2011

Agenda Why NPAR (NIC Partitioning)? Highlights Operations Configurations QME8242-k PowerEdge M-Series Blade Server PowerConnect M8424-k Converged Network Switch PowerEdge M1000e Modular Blade Enclosure October, 2011

Why NPAR? Lowers TCO Efficient I/O Utilization Simpler Deployment Consolidates cables, infrastructure, and I/O Saves server resources Reduces operational complexity Flexible SAN and LAN personality VM to VM NIC traffic without external switch Efficient I/O Utilization Allows dynamic bandwidth provisioning Minimizes bandwidth waste Scales I/O workloads and connections Scale-Out performance for virtualized servers Provides finer control for SLA / on demand services Simpler Deployment Solution not dependent on OS or switch Configuration at pre-boot or OS level Maximize Data Center Efficiency October, 2011

Key Attributes No OS or BIOS changes required NIC controls transmit flow rate User configurable Dynamic bandwidth allocation Storage and NIC personalities (function type) Full offload for iSCSI and FCoE with NPAR Concurrent FCoE, iSCSI and NIC support Minimum bandwidth allows fine grain QoS OS & Switch Agnostic Solution Delivers Highest Levels of Interoperability October, 2011

NPAR Theory of Operation Up to 4 Physical Functions on each physical port PF0 NIC* PF2 NIC PF4 iSCSI / NIC PF6 FCoE / NIC PF1 NIC* PF3 NIC PF5 iSCSI / NIC PF7 FCoE / NIC Physical Port 0 Physical Port 1 Default Function State NIC* Function Always Enabled PF4 & PF5 iSCSI PF2 & PF3 Disabled PF6 & PF7 FCoE PF0 & PF1 NIC* October, 2011

NPAR Theory of Operation * Functions 0 & 1 (Port 0 and Port 1) Always present Always NIC 2 & 3 - NIC or disabled 4 & 5 - iSCSI, NIC or disabled 6 & 7 - FCoE, NIC or disabled One iSCSI and/or FCoE per Physical Port NIC, iSCSI, & FCoE have fixed function numbers Functions 2 -7 can be independently disabled Function Number Type Physical Port NIC* 1 2 NIC 3 4 iSCSI/ NIC 5 6 FCoE/ NIC 7 October, 2011 QLogic Confidential

NPAR Configuration Options Enable / Disable NPAR Functions Change Function Type (Personality) Allocate Min and Max Bandwidth Configuration Utilities Pre Boot Utility Windows Property Sheet QCC GUI QCC CLI QLogic Fast!UTIL / Dell USC Linux - ESX vCenter Plugin ESXi October, 2011

NPAR Configuration QLogic Utility Invoke QLogic Fast!UTIL during POST Type <Ctrl>Q October, 2011

NPAR Configuration QLogic Utility Configuration Utility Change Function Type Allocate Min Bandwidth Save Changes and Reboot October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Dell USC UEFI  F10  USC  Advanced Configuration  Select Port for NPAR October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Dell USC October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Dell USC October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Windows Properties Page Configured for three NICs and FCoE NPAR Configured for three NICs and iSCSI October, 2011

NPAR Configuration QCC GUI Web based tool provides same interface for Windows and Linux October, 2011

NPAR Configuration QCC CLI CLI tool provides same interface for Windows and Linux October, 2011

NPAR Configuration ESX Server Hypervisor VM a-b VM c-d VM e-f VM g-h VM i-j VM l-m VM n-o VM p-q vNIC a-b vNIC c-d vNIC e-f vNIC g-h vNIC i-j vNIC l-m vDisk vDisk Independently configured for each port eSwitch used for VM to VM NIC communication vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch SCSI Layer PF 0 PF 2 PF 4 PF 6 PF 1 PF 3 PF 5 PF 7 Port 0 Port 1 iSCSI FCoE eSwitch eSwitch Uplink TX/RX TX/RX PHY PHY Switch Port Switch October, 2011

NPAR Configuration ESX Server VM1 VM2 VM VM VM VM VM VM vNIC vNIC vNIC vNIC vNIC vNIC vNIC vNIC Hypervisor vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch vSwitch PF 2 PF 4 PF 0 PF 6 NIC Port 0 eSwitch TX/RX PHY Switch NIC Port 1 October, 2011

NPAR Configuration – vCenter Plugin (1 of 2) Save NPAR configuration Reboot to initiate change Enable NIC Function Type for Function_2 using pull down menu October, 2011

NPAR Configuration - vCenter Plugin (2 of 2) Enabled with NIC Function_2 October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Bandwidth Allocation Minimum Bandwidth Minimum guaranteed bandwidth Specified as % of link speed Total of all partitions is up to Max bandwidth link May exceed specified Min value up to Max value If excess bandwidth available on the physical port Maximum Bandwidth Up to the Max allowed bandwidth Not allowed to exceed Max value Even if excess bandwidth available on physical port October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Bandwidth Allocation using Dell USC October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Bandwidth Allocation with Dell USC From Global Bandwidth Allocation Select the Partition Default Allocation Shown Set Relative Bandwidth Weighting Set Maximum Bandwidth October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Bandwidth Allocation with Dell USC Configure Minimum Bandwidth Configure Maximum Bandwidth October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Bandwidth Allocation RT Click Function 0, to Enable Bandwidth Configuration Window Configure Min and Max Value Dynamically October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Bandwidth Allocation with vCenter Plugin October, 2011

NPAR Configuration Oversubscription An NPAR enabled 10Gb port can be configured to allow each NIC partition to claim up to 100% of bandwidth that is going unused by the other NIC partitions on the same port Without Oversubscription Bandwidth Fixed Unused bandwidth is wasted With Oversubscription Bandwidth Unused bandwidth available Can be used automatically Partitions use it when needed October, 2011

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