1. Hosted by Emerging Standards Impact on Storage Networks John Webster Senior Analyst and Founder Data Mobility Group

2. Hosted by Emerging Standards Impact on Storage Networks Fabric wars - Cisco battles the established players. How do you win? CIM for storage - When will you see it? What will it do for you? Will you be better off choosing CIM-compliant storage? Single vendor support for multi-vendor, storage networks vs. vendor consortiums - Which is better? What is the SSF and can it help you? IP Storage - The hype says no interoperability issues here. Are there problems lurking in the underbrush?

3. Hosted by Why Multi-Fabric Interoperability? Disaster Recovery On-demand Resource Sharing Content Sharing Grid Computing

4. Hosted by The Road to Multi-vendor Fabric Extension FC-SW-2 Long road to adoption Backward compatibility requirements result in proprietary vs. open systems modes Fabric extension consequences Large layer 2 network More of the fabric exposed to error conditions FSPF-BB to the rescue? Proposed standard for creation of autonomous regions

5. Hosted by Bridging SAN Islands: FCIP vs. iFCP FCIP – Uses tunneling Fault isolation can be an issue iFCP – Uses “conversion” Achieves problem isolation but potentially exposes SAN to network administrators Nishan now seeing major spike in demand for iFCP

6. Hosted by Assessing the Impact of Cisco It’s a high stakes chess game The Winner could dominate more than storage networking Will VSANs rule?

7. Hosted by What is SMI-S? The Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) F.k.a. Bluefin, a.k.a CIM for storage Lives within the SNIA’s Storage Management Forum (SMF) SNIA working to become accredited ANSI Standards Developer

8. Hosted by What is SMI-S?

9. Hosted by What is SMI-S? Platform Independent Distributed Automated Discovery Security Features Locking Mechanisms Recognizes vendor- unique functions More robust than SNMP

10. Hosted by SMI-S Reference Model

11. Hosted by Vendors Currently Demonstrating SMI-S “Providers” Brocade Cisco EMC Hitachi Data Systems HP IBM INRANGE LSI Logic Storage Systems McDATA Network Appliance QLogic StorageTek Sun VERITAS

12. Hosted by SMI-S Deliverables V 1.0 Arrays and Virtualization Platforms Read device configuration (physical and logical) Monitor health (operational status) of systems and volumes Create and delete volumes Perform LUN Mapping and Masking Set-up and perform copy services  Snapshots  Synchronous and asynchronous mirrors Storage Media Libraries Gather information on major components Monitor heath Receive asynchronous events/alerts for problems and status changes

13. Hosted by SMI-S Deliverables V 1.0 Fabric Discovery and topology of the fabric and SAN devices Switch device configuration and control Switch performance statistics Zoning and configuration control HBA configuration and control HBA performance statistics Delivery: End of Q202 NAS included in V 1.1 (YE03)

14. Hosted by The CIM/WBEM End-Game

15. Hosted by Can SMI-S Succeed? No Vendors won’t cooperate Progress will be too slow Result will be of marginal value (i.e. its vendor hype) Yes Its in the commodity realm and commodities win Users will perceive value in a common management interface standard It makes life easier for vendors too Its up to you

16. Hosted by SNIA Supported Solutions Forum (SSF) Configuration and testing of multi-vendor “registered solutions” Presently 8 registered solution sets Multi-vendor Support Agreements Cooperative support for tested solutions Contact information and problem escalation procedures known to and endorsed by all members Support available 24x7, world wide.

17. Hosted by iSCSI – No Interop Issues Here ….Right? Recommendations: Stay tuned to the Microsoft channel for iSCSI “certification” if you plan heavy iSCSI deployment in MS application environments Monitor the progress of the iSCSI Management API (IMA) standard

18. Hosted by Can Interoperability and Security Co-exist? IEEE – Searching for a standard encryption method Proposed solutions now on the table One method: use open source-developed code with unique user-created keys to “unlock” the data

19. Hosted by Can Interoperability and Security Co-exist? Recommendations: Investigate potential conflicts with existing SAN security features (i.e. Zoning and Masking) Investigate impact on data life cycle management infrastructure and strategy (i.e. exposure to data loss long term) Investigate potential for vendor lock-ins Whatever you do, don’t lose the keys

20. Hosted by Interoperability and Standards Compliance Testing FCIA SANmark Qualified Program SNIA Interoperability Conformance Testing Program (ICTP) SMI-S V1.0 compliance testing IMA compliance testing More to come

21. Hosted by Reading the Fine Print Recommendation: Understand What These Terms Mean Compatibility Qualification Conformance Compliance Certification

22. Hosted by Ultimately, Its Up to You Making your voice heard The RFP process The SNIA’s Customer Executive and Customer Advisory Councils Local Storage Networking User Groups (SNUGs) Watch for StorageNetworking.org later this year