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Extending SANs over IP Networks

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Agenda

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Nishan, The Company Evolution of Storage Area Network Nishan Vision Why deploy IP Storage and Why go with Nishan?

SAN over IP applications Customer Profiles Nishan Products Comparison between Nishan and Cisco Products IP SAN reference material Questions and Answers Nishan Systems Confidential

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Nishan, The Company Founded October 1998 Headquarters 3850 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134 (408) 519-3700 Staff 90+ Employees Company Privately Held Investors LightSpeed, ComVentures, Dell, Quantum, Siemens, Sun, others…

Top 10 Private Storage Networking Companies 50 Companies Most Likely to Change the World

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The Value and Evolution of SAN

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Value of Storage Area Networking

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Storage Consolidation

– Reduce administrative overhead – Maximize storage utilization

High Availability

– Server clusters accessing shared storage – Mirroring terabytes of data/common accessibility

Disaster Recovery / Metro and Campus

– Remote mirroring within the SAN – Tape backup / restore

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Evolution of Storage Area Networking IP SANs

● Based on mainstream TCP/IP networks ● Enables SAN over WAN ● More robust features; scalability ● Standards-based (IETF, IEEE, ANSI)

Fibre Channel Switched Fabrics

● Data Center / Departmental SANs; many devices ● Dedicated Bandwidth per port vs. shared bandwidth

Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop

● Small departmental SANs; small number of devices ● Shared bandwidth

VAX Clusters / IBM ESCON / SSA

● Proprietary shared storage solutions ● Superceded by Open Systems FC

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Nishan Vision

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Nishan Vision of SAN Evolution Main Data Center Departmental Servers iSCSI NICs

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Departmental servers beyond FC reach Promotes storage consolidation of servers FC-to-IP IP Campus/Metro Network FC Servers

FC SAN IP SAN

FC-to-IP FC-to-IP IP WAN Disaster Recovery IP-to-FC

FC SAN

IP-to-FC Remote Data Center

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Data Center Boundary Expands via iSCSI

A dispersed SAN would be key for business continuance planning and backup, both of which gained importance after 9/11

- Mark Taylor, Wells Fargo

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Services Required

Unified Management of mixed device types and mixed fabrics

Zoning

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Authentication Security QoS Bandwidth Management Storage Resource Management Nishan Systems Confidential

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Regional Office iSCSI NICs Retail and Banking Applications Primary application is remote backup Cost Effective

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Converged HBA Leverage existing low-speed links

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Nishan Vision of SAN Evolution Main Data Center Departmental Servers iSCSI NICs

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Departmental servers beyond FC reach Promotes storage consolidation of servers FC-to-IP IP Campus/Metro Network FC Servers

IP SAN

FC-to-IP FC-to-IP IP WAN Disaster Recovery FC-to-IP

FC SAN

FC-to-IP Remote Data Center Data Center Boundary Expands via iSCSI iSNS Multiprotocol Intelligent Fabric SANvergence Manager

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Services Required

Unified Management of mixed device types and mixed fabrics

Zoning

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Authentication Security QoS Bandwidth Management Storage Resource Management

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Regional Office iSCSI NICs Retail and Banking Applications Primary application is remote backup Cost Effective

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Converged HBA Leverage existing low-speed links Nishan Systems Confidential

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Why IP and Nishan?

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Distance Independence

– Allows TRUE Disaster Recovery – Distributed storage

Scalability

– Globally distributed Enterprise SANs – Large Data Center SANs

Interoperability Performance

– Distance-independent wire-speed IP Storage solutions – Nishan enhancement – Fast Write, Compression, and Jumbo Frames

Lower Total Cost of Ownership

– Leverage existing infrastructure – Investment protection by gradual migration to iSCSI and newer technologies

Enhanced Functionality

– Security: IPSec encryption and authentication – Quality of service (QoS) – Advanced SAN management tools

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Why IP and Nishan Distance Independence

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Infrastructure Alternatives for SAN Extension FC SAN Main Data Center ?

FC SAN

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Fiber-Channel Extension

– SONET/SDH, Dark Fiber, DWDM

Tunneling (FC Encapsulation)

– FC-IP

Native IP

– iFCP, iSCSI

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Fibre Channel SAN Issues - Extensibility

Native FC can not be transported over most service providers infrastructure.

Wide area networks are based on IP or Ethernet and not FC, therefore, costly point-to-point Dark Fiber or DWDM is required to connect FC SAN .

FC SAN FC FC FC FC FC SAN Fibre Channel SAN island

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Fibre Channel Networks are designed for “intra data center” environments

– Not architected with distance or latency in mind – Enforce strict reliability and performance requirements – Homogeneous FC-2 Transport

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FC-Extension over Dark Fiber or DWDM

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100% % Link Utilization 80% 60% Buffer Credits of Single Port Buffer Credits of Four Ports Primary Data Center 40% 20% Remote Data Center Metro WAN 0% 0

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Fibre Length (Km)

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Limited credits of FC switches causes a dramatic decrease in utilization > 30km Can increase distance by robbing FC credits from other ports Disadvantages:

– Lost switch port density – Doesn’t fix link-utilization problem (just delays it) – Still have FC scalability limits if connecting FC-switches (few as 8 switches in fabric) – Service not available in all regions

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IP Storage Extends Beyond Fibre Channel’s Reach

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Throughput, in Megabytes per Second

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Fibre Channel Switches can be Used in Low Latency Environments, such as Corporate Data Centers

60 40 20 0 Long Distance IP Storage Performance Results Nishan Systems Lab Testing with Delay Simulation Equipment: 3 NT Servers with FC HBAs, 24 Disk Drives     IP Storage Read and Write Operations Fibre Channel Switches (64 Credits)* Fibre Channel Switches (16 Credits)* 

IP Storage Switches Extend Fibre Channel’s Reach to Greater Distances and Latencies

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Round Trip Latency, in Milliseconds

50 * Fibre Channel performance based on theoretical best case, using fully loaded 2112 byte frames

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Promontory Project: Coast-to-Coast IP Storage 10Gbps IP Storage Traffic iSCSI and FC 80 ms round-trip latency

FC FC iSCSI FC FC iSCSI IP SAN IP SAN FC FC iSCSI FC FC iSCSI 16 • Provides a High-Performance, Distance-Insensitive architecture (SAN/MAN/WAN) – Enables high-speed, cost-effective backup operations, using standard high-speed data networks – Geographically distant replication sites – TRUE disaster recovery – Distributed Storage

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Promontory Topology and Performance

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Why IP and Nishan – Scalability

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Gluing” Together Multi-vendor FC Fabrics

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FCIP: Each storage fabric limited to a few switches FC McData FC FC FC Brocade FC McData FC FC Brocade FC FC FC

• FC switch interoperability issues may limit connectivity • No Point-to-Multipoint connectivity

iFCP: No limit to the size and scale of the storage network FC FC FC FC McData FC Brocade

3Com

FC FC FC FC FC FC FC

Extreme Nortel Cisco Avici

Nishan

Foundry Juniper Netgear

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Riverstone

FC FC McData Brocade FC FC FC FC FC FC FC

• Multi-vendor interoperability • Any-to-Any connectivity • Lower price per port

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Why IP and Nishan – Interoperability

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Multi-vendor Interoperability

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Interoperability is a pre-requisite in the IP World Nishan is a prominent participant in several Interoperability forums

– UNH iSCSI Consortium & Plugfests – SNW Interoperability Showcases – N+I IP Storage InteropNet – Vendor-to-vendor testing efforts

Partner Certifications

– Hitachi Data Systems – Xiotech

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Imation Labs Interoperability Verification Servers Sun E450 HP N-Class IBM RS/6000 H70 Compaq 6400 Operating Systems Solaris HP-UX IBM RS/6000 AIX Windows NT4 Windows 2000 NetWare 5.1

Red Hat Linux Host Bus Adapters JNI QLogic Emulex Agilent Disk Arrays CLARiiON 4500 HP xp512 HDS 7700e Freedom IBM ESS “Shark” EMC Symmetrix StorageTek 9176 Compaq StorageWorks RA8000 XIOtech Magnitude LSI 4400 Tape Libraries StorageTek L180 ADIC Scalar 1000 StorageTek 9710

Nishan partners also have done extensive interoperability testing on these and other products

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Why IP and Nishan – Performance

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Wire-speed iSCSI Performance Server With High-Perf. iSCSI HBA 219+ MBps port throughput iSCSI / Gigabit Ethernet IPS3300 Fibre Channel Storage Subsystem FC RAID

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SCSI Write Transaction

Delay 4 x RTT Initiator Near-End Nishan FC 1G FCP_CMD_WRT_16MB DS3 45 Mbps FCP_CMD_WRT_16MB Far-End Nishan FC 1G Target FCP_CMD_WRT_16MB FCP_XFR_RDY-1K FCP_XFR_RDY-1K FCP_ DATA_OUT-1K FCP_DATA_OUT-1K FCP_XFR_RDY-512K FCP_ XFR_RDY-512K FCP_ DATA_OUT-512K FCP_DATA_OUT-512K FCP_XFR_RDY-512K FCP_XFR_RDY-512K FCP_DATA_OUT-512K FCP_DATA_OUT-512K FCP_RSP FCP_RSP

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SCSI Write Transaction with Fast Write

Delay 2 x RTT

96 MB of buffer space per Port Initiator Near-End Nishan

FC 1G FCP_CMD_WRT_ 16MB FCP_XFR_RDY-16MB DS3 45Mbps FCP_DATA_OUT-16MB

Far-End Nishan

FC 1G

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FCP_CMD_WRT_16MB FCP_XFR_RDY-1KB FCP_DATA_OUT-1K FCP_XFR_RDY-512KB FCP_DATA_OUT-512K FCP_XFR_RDY-512KB FCP_DATA_OUT-512K FCP_RSP Minimal local delay FCP_RSP

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Compression & Jumbo Frames

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Compression

– Up to 11:1 Compression Ratios – Standard Compression algorithms with extensions – “Smart” Compression - compresses just enough to match egress data rate to port speed – Both ends of a connection NEED NOT turn on compression to realize gains

Jumbo Frames

– Support for maximum size FC frames - payloads up to 2048 bytes – Jumbo frame support should be end-to-end in the network – The IPS switches can handle incoming jumbo frames even if the support is not turned on.

– Better overall throughput • Reduced header overhead • Higher traffic rates = higher gains • Compression works better due to bigger sized payload

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Why IP and Nishan – Lower Total Cost of Ownership

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Nishan can Leverage existing Fibre Channel devices FC Hosts

Leverage existing investment in Fibre Channel storage devices Build on well-understood IP networking technology with existing staff and support Leverage IP’s QoS and security features

IP Network Nishan Systems Confidential FC Targets

FC SAN Extension with IP Storage Switches (E-Port)

Existing Fibre Channel Extends Easily to IP

Use standard E_Port connections on FC switches

Servers Servers E_Port OSPF E_Port Fibre Channel Switch

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Multiprotocol IP Storage Switch

IP Network

Fibre Channel Gigabit Ethernet Multiprotocol IP Storage Switch

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Fibre Channel Switch FC RAID 30 FC RAID Fibre Channel E_Port Compatibility

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Nishan can Transition from Fibre Channel to iSCSI

FC Server FC Server iSCSI Server FC Server Built-in iSCSI support Nishan IP Storage Switch IP/GE

IP Network

IP/GE FC FC Fibre Channel IP / Gigabit Ethernet and iSCSI FC RAID FC RAID

Heterogeneous iSCSI and Fibre Channel Access

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Why IP and Nishan – Enhanced Functionality

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Security of Storage Data Authentication and Data Encryption for Storage Design Features

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Standard IPSec encryption Highly secure 3DES encryption Off-the-shelf equipment MAN or WAN application Unlimited distance

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Benefits Protects against traffic intrusion / snooping on critical applications (financial, government, etc.) Additional service-revenues based on secure transport (SSP)

Secured Data Transport

IPSec / Firewall IP Network

Cisco CheckPoint CipherOptics SonicWall NetScreen RapidStream

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Enterprise SAN Deployments with QoS

UNIX or NT Servers Tape Library FC Servers FC Servers FC Director

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FC RAID

mission-critical data over other data flows

Management Scheme – Scenario 1 FC Vendor Mgmt App FC Vendor Mgmt App ZoneA WWN-1 Alias A ConfigA ZoneB WWN-2 Domain 07, Port 5 SoIP_Zone1 WWN-A WWN-B SoIP_Zone2 WWN-C ConfigB ZoneC WWN-2

Alias A = WWN3

ConfigA ZoneA WWN-4 WWN-5 SoIP_Zone1 WWN-A WWN-B SoIP_Zone2 WWN-C Read-only SoIP Zones

FC Switch FC Switch

FC Island 1 Active ZoneSet = ConfigA ConfigB ZoneC WWN-6 Read-only SoIP Zones

FC Switch FC Switch

FC Island 2 Active ZoneSet = ConfigA IPS Fabric Active ZoneSet = Includes all Zones SANvergence Zone1 WWN-A WWN-B Zone2 WWN-C Manager

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Management Scheme – Scenario 2 ZoneA WWN-1 Alias A ConfigA ZoneB WWN-2 Domain 07, Port 5 ConfigB ZoneC WWN-2 SoIP_Zone1 WWN-A WWN-B SoIP_ZoneSet SoIP_Zone2 SoIP_FCSWpwwn02_ZoneA WWN-C WWN-4 WWN-5 SoIP_FCSWpwwn01_ZoneA WWN-1 WWN-3 SoIP_FCSWpwwn01_ZoneB WWN-2

Alias A = WWN3

FC Switch FC Switch

FC Island 1 Active ZoneSet = ConfigA ConfigA ZoneA WWN-4 WWN-5 ConfigB ZoneC WWN-6

FC Switch FC Switch

FC Island 2 SoIP_Zone1 WWN-A WWN-B SoIP_ZoneSet SoIP_Zone2 SoIP_FCSWpwwn02_ZoneA WWN-C WWN-4 WWN-5 SoIP_FCSWpwwn01_ZoneA WWN-1 WWN-3 SoIP_FCSWpwwn01_ZoneB WWN-2 Active ZoneSet = ConfigA

•pwwn01 is the lower 3 bytes of the Principal E_Port’s WWN for SAN Island 1 • pwwn02 is the lower 3 bytes of the Principal E_Port’s WWN for SAN Island 2

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Storage over IP Applications

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Storage Over IP Applications

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Disaster Recovery/Remote Disk Replication

– EMC, HDS, Xiotech, Compaq

Data Centers

– Converged – Distributed

IP SAN Extension

– Joining SAN islands

Service Provider Solution

– Managed Storage Hosting Services

iSCSI integration

– Storage Consolidation of “Diskless” Server – Remote Mirroring with iSCSI – Remote Backup with iSCSI

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Disaster Recovery/Remote Disk Replication FC Servers Nishan switches attached directly to storage devices

FC Switch FC Switch

FC Servers

FC Switch FC Switch

IP Network HDS/EMC HDS/EMC

Main Data Center Remote Data Center Disk-to-Disk Replication over distance

– EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facilities (SRDF) - Symmetrix – HDS TrueCopy and TrueCopy 390 - Lighting 9900V Series – XIOtech REDI SAN Links - Magnitude – Compaq Data Replication Manager

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Converged Data Center Main Data Center FC Servers Remote Data Center

SAN and WAN in a Box”

FC / iSCSI Servers

Brocade Brocade

IP Network Disk Disk

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SAN and WAN in a Box”

– Combines Fabric Switching and SAN Extension platform into a single platform for Remote Data Centers – Very cost effective: No need to two sets of platforms

Leverages Customer IP expertise Nishan Systems Confidential

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Main Data Center FC Servers

Brocade Brocade

Disk Disk Data Center Boundary Expands via iSCSI iFCP/iSCSI Attached Departmental Servers Local IP, Campus iFCP/iSCSI Attached Regional Office IP MAN/WAN

• • • Connect Departmental or Regional Servers Beyond FC Reach over IP Network Cost Effective Backup, Storage Consolidation –

No need for any tunnel-termination at both ends; Converged LAN/iSCSI HBAs

IBM Certification –

iSCSI connectivity to Shark, FAStT; Includes VERITAS, Tivoli, Legato Nishan Systems Confidential

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SAN Extension via E_Port Main Data Center

FC Servers

Nishan switches attach directly to Storage

Brocade Brocade

Remote Data Center

FC Servers Brocade Brocade FC Disk FC Servers

IP Network

Brocade Brocade FC Disk

Nishan switches attach to FC Switches via E_Port

Storage Consolidation (converged zoning)

FC Disk / Tape FC Servers Brocade Brocade FC Disk

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Multi-Point SAN Extension FC Server FC Server Data Center SAN FC Nishan IP Storage Switch IP/GigE Fibre Channel IP / Gigabit Ethernet IP Network IP IP Data Center SAN Nishan Systems Confidential

Service Provider - Managed Storage Hosting Services

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3000 SP-Managed Backup Storage Services Revenue Plus Transport Revenue IPSec or IP Firewall 3000 3000 Subscriber VLANs Service Provider NOC Service Provider POP Metro Ring Service Provider POP IPSec or IP Firewall 3000 Switches can be COE or CPE Fibre Channel SAN Subscriber “A” CPE Fibre Channel or iSCSI Servers, Storage, Switches To Other Subscribers Subscriber “B” CPE Fibre Channel Servers and Storage Gigabit Ethernet / iFCP / iSCSI Fibre Channel Nishan Systems Confidential

Storage Consolidation of “Diskless” Servers

Solution: For cost-sensitive customers who have not yet storage-networked their diskless servers, implement an IP Storage Network with Nishan IP Storage switches for direct access to centralized data storage Central Data Center

iSCSI Hosts iSCSI Hosts Remote Site - 1000 miles iSCSI Hosts

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Campus Site High Availability IP Storage Fabric MAN Site Fibre Channel Storage

Benefits: • Familiar IP and Ethernet management tools for IP network and IP Storage switches • Lower TCO on hardware components for end users , esp Fibre Channel HBAs • Migration path to new IP Storage deployments • Robust IP security and encryption tools protect mission critical data

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IP Storage Remote Mirroring Configuration with iSCSI

Solution: For customers that can’t implement TrueCopy, implement an IP Storage Network with Nishan IP Storage switches for direct access to remote disk devices Remote Data Center

IP or FC Hosts

Central Data Center

Volume Manager/ Replicator High Availability IP Storage Fabric

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Fibre Channel Storage Fibre Channel Storage

Benefits: • Zero investment in FC fabrics • Native IP extension for Volume Management across any IP network • Familiar IP and Ethernet management tools for IP network and IP Storage switches • Lower TCO on hardware components for end users • Robust IP security and encryption tools protect mission critical data

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IP Storage Remote Backup Configuration with iSCSI

Solution: For green-field deployments, implement an IP Storage Network with Nishan IP Storage switches for direct access to remote tape devices Remote Data Center

iSCSI Hosts

Central Data Center

NetBackup High Availability IP Storage Fabric

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FC Tape Fibre Channel Storage

Benefits: • Native IP extension for NetBackup across any IP network • Familiar IP and Ethernet management tools for IP network and IP Storage switches • Lower TCO on hardware components for end users • Migration path to new IP Storage deployments • Robust IP security and encryption tools protect mission critical data

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Nishan Customer Profiles

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Carlson Companies www.carlson.com

World’s Largest IP SAN

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Carlson Companies implemented a distributed IP SAN in order to:

– Storage network 10 TB of disk for a data warehouse – Support multi-customer storage service level agreements via flexible bandwidth management – Efficiently access remote site for disaster recovery – Implement centralized backup to the central data center – Integrate new native IP devices like iSCSI HBAs “ By moving storage data to our IP network, we can meet both our data center and wide-area storage requirements and seamlessly integrate new storage technologies such as iSCSI.” Steve Brown, Carlson CIO / Sr. VP

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Carlson Companies

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Wells Fargo – ICS Customer

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Des Moines Data Centers Project involved

– Data migration from an EMC Symmetrix to a Lightning 9960 via VERITAS software locally – Then Hitachi TrueCopy via a Nishan switch to a remote Lightning 9960 – During test, link was broken and re-established – pairs re-synched

Results

– Exchange server data was migrated – Server was relocated to target location – Data was verified and server activated

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Another Financial Institution

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Un-announced reference site

– 6TB in NYC, 5TB in Delaware, T3 link – DR initiative – Bi-directional replication with Hitachi TrueCopy – Solaris & Windows NT servers, Exchange, Sybase, NFS – Brocade SilkWorm 2800 fabric switch and Nishan IPS 3300 border switch

Performance

– 60ms of latency on Nishan IPS 3300 @ 10Mb – 80% of link used, 800Kb/sec – Moving to GigE, 8.5GB/min – 33 min to copy 280GB

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Nishan Products

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IP Storage Switch Design Criteria

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Wire-speed Performance

– Full gigabit bandwidth – Sustained bandwidth utilization over enormous distances – Wire-speed protocol conversion FC / iFCP / iSCSI – Flow Control

Performance equal to or better than FC

Multiprotocol Support

– Compatibility with existing FC devices and switches – FC, iSCSI, iFCP, iSNS, OSPF, STP… – Provide smooth transition path to IP SAN •

Advanced Management

– Embedded SNS server for FC – Zoning utility for device assignment

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Nishan Multiprotocol Storage Product Family IPS 4000 Series

16 Configurable MultiService Interfaces™

FC FC IPS IPS 3000 Series

8 Configurable MultiService Interfaces™

FC FC IPS SANvergence Management Software

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Switch Functionality End Systems (Storage and Servers) Fibre Channel Fibre Channel iSCSI iSCSI InfiniBand

Configuration, Management

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– Device Management – Zoning

Gigabit Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet Backbone (IP Storage Network) FC IPS IPS FC IPS IPS

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IPS 4000 Series IPS 4000 Series Switch

• FC switch, fully interoperable (i.e. no change to existing FC infrastructure) • Connects FC devices (RAID, JBOD, Tape) to IP networks at Gbps wire-speed • Connects FC devices to iSCSI devices • IP switching and routing (QoS, OSPF, etc)

FC FC IPS FC IPS IPS Features

• IP Storage protocols • 16 ports, 1 RU • IPS4300 has 4 ports with wire speed TCP for iSCSI and iFCP • Small Form Pluggable interfaces • E_Port and auto-sensing F/FL/N ports • FastWrite & Compression on TCP Ports

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IPS 3000 Series

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FC FC IPS FC IPS IPS IPS 3000 Series Switch

• FC switch, fully interoperable (i.e. no change to existing FC infrastructure) • Connects FC devices (RAID, JBOD, Tape) to IP networks at Gbps wire-speed • Connects FC devices to iSCSI devices • IP switching and routing (QoS, OSPF, etc)

Features

• IP Storage protocols • 8 ports, 2 RU • IPS3300 has 2 Ports with wire speed TCP termination for iSCSI and iFCP • SC connectors (SX, LX, ZX GBIC) • E_Port and auto-sensing F/FL/N ports • FastWrite & Compression on TCP Ports

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Element Manager

Management GUI viewed via a browser

All ports are Dual-Personality FC or GE iSCSI and/or iFCP (SAN Interconnect Ports)

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Data Center GE ISL Ports FC End Device Port Nishan Systems Confidential FC ISL Ports

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SANvergence Manager SANvergence Manager

• Manage mixed environments of Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet (iSCSI) and SCSI storage • Standards based - SNMP compliant • Multi-platform support • Enterprise system management integration: CA Unicenter TNG, HP OpenView, Tivoli NetView

Features

• Web based management • Device and network-wide scope • Auto-discovery of IP Storage switches and gateways • Secure in-band and out-of-band management

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Comparison between Nishan and Cisco Products

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Basic Product Comparison GigE Int.

Cisco 5420 1 Cisco 5428 2 FC Int.

FC Switch connectivity 1 Yes (single) FC Port Type N_Port Power Supply Support iFCP Single NO 8 No F_Port Single NO Nishan Systems Confidential Nishan 4300 4 to 16 Up to 12 Yes (multiple) F/FL/E/Auto Redundant YES

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IP SAN Reference Material

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IP Storage Reference sites

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IEFT IP Storage Group

– http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ips-charter.html

Julian Stratan’s IPS Archive

– http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/satran/ips/

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Book on IP SANs

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Partnering for Enterprise-class Storage Solutions Committed to Open Systems / Customer Choice First transcontinental IP SAN First wire-speed iSCSI demonstration SAN extension for disaster recovery, remote vaulting/mirroring Proven interoperability Migration path for heterogeneous FC and IP SAN Best of breed high availability storage and IP storage networking ISBN 0-201-75277-8

Designing Storage area Networks

A practical Reference for Implementing Fibre Channel SANs by: TOM CLARK Nishan Systems Confidential

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Questions and Answers

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Thank you

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