| Force10 Switch/Router Solutions for R&E |
| Debbie Montano | |
| dmontano@force10networks.com | |
| Jan 21, 2008 |
| Solutions for R&E |
| Topics | ||
| New Force10 LAN Switches | ||
| The Greening of the Data Center | ||
| Force10Õs Product Portfolio – End to End Reliable Networks |
| C-Series: Delivering Advantages from the Data Center to the LAN |
| Why Reliability Now? |
| C-Series Key Features |
| High performance GbE and 10 GbE | ||
| Best-in-class reliability | ||
| Proven FTOS Modular OS with resilient chassis design – | ||
| Online insertion removal (OIR) of all hardware components | ||
| Inline diagnostics, serviceability
and monitoring |
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| Familiar Cisco-styled CLI and full range of standard-based protocols | ||
| Room to grow with 1.536 Tbps switching capacity | ||
| C300 Hardware Overview |
| C150 Chassis Overview |
| Force10 C300 A Competitive Comparison |
| C-Series |
| Key Applications: | ||
| Low cost 100/1000 Mbps server aggregation for small- to medium-sized data centers (100s to 1,000s of servers) | ||
| Cost-effective LAN core switch for small- and medium-campuses (100s to 1,000s of PCs) | ||
| High density GbE aggregation for distribution into a multiple Gbps or 10 GbE backbone | ||
| Cost-effective PoE-enabled 10/100/1000Base-T wiring closet aggregation of VoIP phones, wireless access points, video cameras or other IEEE 802.3af-compliant devices | ||
| High availability architecture | ||
| 1+1 Route Processor Module (RPM) design | ||
| Continuous runtime data plane monitoring and advanced in-service CLI diagnostic functions | ||
| Power supply redundancy with load sharing power bus enabling uninterrupted VoIP calls during a power supply failure | ||
| FTOS and HA Check List What Is Common? |
| Benefits of a Force10 Network? |
| Force10 philosophy | ||
| Buy less | ||
| Build best-of-breed, open and converged networks | ||
| 2-Tier model – Core/Distribution & Access | ||
| Less switches ~ lower CapEx, OpEx & networking points of failure | ||
| Network design with standards-based protocols/features | ||
| Interoperability with other vendors | ||
| Customers to build multi-vendor best-of-breed networks | ||
| No need to worry about features being disabled/unsupported | ||
| Inter-dependency of features also based on standards | ||
| Can change features/products without worrying about changing the network design/architecture | ||
| Line Card Hardware Details |
| 96 Gbps fabric capacity per slot | ||
| C300: 8 line card slots | ||
| C150: 4 line card slots | ||
| Up to 384 line-rate GbE ports | ||
| 48-port line-rate 10/100/1000 card with 15.4W PoE per port | ||
| 48-port line-rate 10/100/1000 card | ||
| 48-port line-rate GbE card, SFP pluggable optics | ||
| Up to 64 line-rate 10 GbE ports | ||
| 8-port line-rate 10 GbE card, XFP pluggable optics | ||
| 4-port line-rate 10 GbE card, XFP pluggable optics | ||
| CPU | ||
| IBM 500 MHz PowerPC 440GX | ||
| Memory | ||
| 256 MB RAM, 256 KB NVRAM | ||
| C-Series RPM Details |
| CPU | |||
| IBM 640 MHz PowerPC 750FX | |||
| Memory | |||
| 1 GB RAM | |||
| 128 KB NVRAM | |||
| 512 MB internal CompactFlash (flash:) | |||
| External CompactFlash slot (slot0:) | |||
| Console | |||
| RJ45 RS232 port (DTE) | |||
| Same as the E-Series | |||
| Requires | |||
| DB9 to RJ45 adaptor (included) | |||
| Rollover RJ45 cable (not included) | |||
| Management Ethernet | |||
| 10/100/1000Base-T RJ45 | |||
| Auto-sensing, auto-MDIX | |||
| Product Capacity Summary
– Architecture |
| C-Series Intelligent Power System Design Summary |
| C-Series Intelligent Power System Design – Number of PoE Ports |
| C-Series Intelligent Power System Design – Prioritization |
| Load sharing resilient power bus design | ||
| Power manager continuously monitors system and PoE power | ||
| Extensive CLI for configuration and monitoring | ||
| Deterministic failure mode of PoE power in case the required number of PSMs are unavailable | ||
| Port prioritization so that critical ports maintain power during PSM failures | ||
| Customer Reference:
University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Top 40 public university in U.S., founded in 1794 | |
| 26,400 students, 8,300 faculty | |
| Co-manages w/ Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dept of Energy's largest science and energy lab | |
| Connected to GLORIAD (with Force10 E300) | |
| HPC cluster expansion to CERN | |
| L2 switching only | |
| Stability of switch was key (redundant power, RPMs, & stable OS) | |
| Predictable line-rate performance across cluster | |
| Familiar OS (E-Series deployed on GLORIAD) |
| Customer Reference: First Advantage True Data |
| Customer Reference: 3ality Digital |
| Produces highest quality 3D films | |
| Built worldÕs first all-digital online 3D post facility, used in U2 concerts and SuperBowl | |
| 1st data center in Burbank, expanding to 3 | |
| Line-rate GbE LAN to all servers & desktops | |
| 40 x uncompressed Ò2KÓ video streams = 128 Gbps | |
| Expansion ability to 10 GbE for NAS and high performance servers | |
| Price conscious no frills required or desired!!! |
| C-Series Product Matrix |
| The Greening of The Data Center |
| Until recently power efficiency in the Data Center has not been paramount in IT rollouts | ||
| This is now changing and is being driven by: | ||
| Rising power costs | ||
| Blackouts/Brownouts and capacity planning | ||
| Limits to grid/sub-station scaling (No more power available) | ||
| Politic pressures and ÒgreenÓ legislation to drive greater data center efficiencies | ||
| Data Center Crisis: Power/Cooling |
| Growing Power Density |
| Growing Power Density |
| Force10 Customers Data Center Power Considerations |
| Force10 Customers Data Center Power Considerations |
| The Big Picture –
The Watt Walkthrough |
| A Series of Conversion Efficiencies |
| Data Center Best Practices |
| Majority of efficiency improvement from rectifying inefficient cooling (60% of your wattage work set) | |
| Hot/Cold Row Cooling | |
| Minimize leakage/blocking/bypasses |
| IT Comprehensive Approach |
| Minimize power consumption and maximize power efficiency at every level within the infrastructure |
| Switch/Routers |
| Little difference in Gbps/watt for fixed configuration and stackable switches |
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| Considerable differences for modular
switch/routers due to backplane technology and box-level densities |
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| Heavy copper traces reduce backplane resistance and wasted power consumption |
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| Force10 E-Series uses patented 4 layer, 4 ounce copper backplane that has power efficiency of 4.5 Gbps/watt (= backplane capacity/ power consumption) |
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| 10-20x less resistance | ||
| Unified Data Center Fabric |
| Ethernet can provide LAN connectivity, storage networking, and cluster interconnect across the data center | ||
| With a unified fabric, power is conserved | ||
| No additional sets of switches for specialized fabrics | ||
| Higher utilization on existing switches | ||
| Only one network adapter per server | ||
| Efficient cable management | ||
| Virtualization-Ready Networking |
| Applications draw on a shared pool of resources | |
| No resources dedicated to a single application – higher utilization |
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| Workloads of various applications peak at different times in the business cycle | |
| Shared resource model: Do the same job with far fewer resources |
| E1200 System Power Efficiency |
| Maximizing Network Power Efficiency |
| In the Core and Data Center |
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| E-Series resilient, scalable, high density switches | ||
| collapsed Distribution/ Access Tier--2-Tier switching | ||
| elimination of numerous low density switches | ||
| Maximizing Network Power Efficiency |
| In the Wiring Closet | ||
| C-Series resilient, scalable, high density wiring closet switches | ||
| Collapsed Distribution/ Access Tier--2-Tier switching | ||
| Eliminate numerous low density switches | ||
| Slide 39 |