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Academy 2008
Virtual Connect
Chris Scarvell
Andy Len
Stu Bernstein

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Agenda

Virtual Connect overview (10 minutes)

Virtual Connect new features with 1.3x
firmware
Lab Multi Enclosure Support (20 minutes)
Lab Mapped and Tunnelled VLANs (15 minutes)
Lab Private Networks (15 minutes)

Virtual Connect Myths and Objections (1

hour)
BL495c G5 and Virtual Connect
FLEX10 (1 hour incl DEMO)

Introducing the
HP ProLiant BL495c
virtualization blade

Introducing the
HP ProLiant BL495c virtualization blade
more memory than
2x

Dell M605 or IBM LS21

16 slots, 128 Gb memory

2 solid state drives

1st for an HP server blade

One Watt of power; Ultra fast

2 AMD Quad-Core

Dual Dynamic Power Management

Enhanced AMD-V acceleration
for virtual environments

8 network connections

Built-in LOM and 2 expansion slots;

2 more Ethernet NICs than Dell and IBM

Built from the ground up

to eliminate bottlenecks to virtual server

blades
Versatile, concentrated compute
power

Model

BL460c

BL465c

BL480c

BL495c G5

Processors

Dual- or Quad-Core
Intel Xeon 5000

Dual- or Quad-Core
AMD Opteron 2000

Dual- or Quad-Core
Intel Xeon 5000

Quad-Core AMD
Opteron 2000

Memory

32GB / 8 DIMMs
FB DDR2 667MHz

64GB / 8 DIMMs
Reg DDR2 667MHz

48GB / 12 DIMMs
FB DDR2
667MHz

64GB / 16 DIMMs
Reg DDR2 667MHz

Management

iLO 2 Standard
Blade Edition

iLO 2 Standard
Blade Edition

iLO 2 Standard
Blade Edition

iLO 2 Standard
Blade Edition

Internal HP
Storage

(2) SFF SAS/SATA

bays

(2) SFF SAS/SATA

bays

(4) SFF SAS/SATA

bays

(2) SSD bays

RAID

RAID 0/1 controller

w/ BBWC option

RAID 0/1 controller

w/ BBWC option

RAID 0/1/5 controller

w/ BBWC option

Software RAID

Network
Adapters

(2) MFN 1GbE

(2) MFN 1GbE

Mezzanine
slots

(2) MFN 1GbE

(2) Standard 1GbE
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(2) MFN 10GbE

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BL495c G5
Processor

Up to two Quad-Core AMD Opteron

2300 Series processors

Memory

PC2-5300 Registered DDR2 (667

MHz)
16 DIMM Sockets
128GB max (with 8GB DIMMs)

Internal
Storage

2 NHP SATA SSD

No spinning media

Networking

2 integrated Multifunction 10Gb NICs

Additional NICs via mezzanine card

Mezzanine
Slots

2 PCIe mezzanine expansion slots

Management

Integrated Lights Out 2

Standard Blade Edition

Density

16 server blades in 10U enclosure

8 server blades in 6U enclosure

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Internal View
16 DIMM Slots
DDR2 667MHz

Optional SATA SSDs

Two Mezzanine Slots

One x4
One x8

2 CPUs

Embedded 10Gb Ethernet

DDR2 667MHz

Multi-Function Dual Port

NICs

In November, BL495c
leaps forward with
HP Virtual Connect
Flex-10 technology
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10Gb
Ethernet
should
be more
than a
single
fat pipe.
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How many NICs

would you like on
How many NICs would you like on your
yourWould
Server
server today? What speed?
you like
iSCSI with that?
today?

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and at what
speed would you
How many NICs would you like on your
like them
toyou
run?
server today? What speed?
Would
like
iSCSI with that?

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What is announcing
HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb
Ethernet Module for c-Class
BladeSystem
Single-wide 10Gb Ethernet module
enabling the use of up to four FlexNICs
per 10Gb server connection and control
of bandwidth by setting NIC speeds
from 100Mb to 10Gb

Key new features or capabilities

Single-wide blade 10:10Gb Ethernet
module
Supports Flex-10 enabled 10Gb NICs
Enables division of single network port
into four connections with full hardware
performance
Allows fine tuning of connection
bandwidth

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1. Module locator UUID

2. Module status indicator
3. 10Gb X4 backlit port
number and status
indicator
4. 10Gb CX4 link indicator
5. Link indicator
6. Link indicator
7. Active multiplexed port
indicator
8. Backlit port number and
status indicator LED
9. Backlit port number and
status indicator LED
10.Active multiplexed port
indicator

Reduces Mezz & Modules needed by

HP VC Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet Module on HP.com:
75%
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Midplane: 16x 10GBASE-KR Ethernet - connects to one (1Gb or 10Gb) NIC in each half-height blade ba
2x 10Gb Ethernet - Crosslink between adjacent Virtual Connect Ethernet modules
Management interfaces to Onboard Administrator

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m

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Description

1x 10GBASE CX4 Ethernet or 1x SFP+ module (X1)

Part number and status indicators

5x SFP+ modules (X2-6) (1GbE or 10 GbE)

2x crosslinks (midplane) or 2X SFP+ module (X7-8)

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Introducing the next Virtual Connect

breakthrough
Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology

4X more I/O connections per server

Dual-channel 10Gb Flex-10 NIC onboard
delivers 8 FlexNICs on the motherboard
24 FlexNIC connections per server via expansion slots
100% hardware-level performance
User-adjustable bandwidth from 100Mb to 10Gb
for each FlexNIC

Virtual Connect Flex-10 technology

Delivered in the Virtual Connect Flex-10 module
VC Flex-10 reduces cables and simplifies NIC creation,
allocation and management

Save money at every turn

Lowest cost solution for 4 or more NICs
Lowest power consumption for 6 or more NIC

270w savings per enclosure

up to
HP Virtual Connect Flex-10
Ethernet module

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Traditional blade servers

need too many modules & mezz
cards!

Dual
LOM

Dual
NIC

NICs require

Quad
NIC

Mezz cards

Interconnect Modules

Net 1

Net 2

Net 3

Redundant networks

Net 4

VC Flex-10
drops Mezz & Modules by 75%!

NICs require

2 0

Mezz cards

Dual Flex-10
Controller

8 2

Interconnect Modules

Net 1

Net 2

Net 3

Redundant networks

Net 4

Expandable to 4x more NIC

connections than any other server
blade
Virtual
Connect
Flex-10
Built-in LOM

Virtual
Connect
Flex-10
Optional Mezz Card

Virtual
Connect
Flex-10
Optional Mezz Card

(
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Up to

NIC
connections

Easy and cost effective to add more

NICs to support more virtual servers
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First ever to provide precise control

over bandwidth per NIC connection
Virtual
Virtual
Connect
Connect
Flex-10
Flex-10

Fine-tune the speed of

each network connection

In 100Mb increments

100Mb to
So you can10Gb
set and prioritize
from

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performance for each VM channel

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Flex-10 delivers the most flexibility

to configure VM channel
performance
Production
NIC #1

Vmotion
NIC #2

Console
NIC #3

Backup
NIC #4

Traditional
1Gb
technology

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

1Gb

Virtual
Connect
Flex-10

2Gb

2.9Gb

100Mb

5Gb

Optimize & prioritize performance

per channel based on
your business priorities
NDA

One network configuration consolidates your

network regardless of the number NICs/server

2 NICs

Simplify

4 NICs
6 NICs
8 NICs
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the number of
network configurations
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Flex-10 for Virtual Connect

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Each Flex-10 LOM has two 10Gb physical

ports
FlexNIC

FlexNIC

Server
Blade

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

Port 2
Flex-10 LOM or Mezz Card

10Gb VC-Enet
Module (Odd)
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FlexNIC

Port 1

Single lane of
10Gb/s Ethernet
for each Port

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FlexNIC

Goes to
separate
interconnect
bays
(Odd, Even)

10Gb VC-Enet
Module (Even)

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10Gb-XAUI versus 10Gb-KR

Number of lanes enables first 10Gb single-wide
interconnect
Double-wide Interconnect

2 TX pairs, 2 RX pairs

2 TX pairs, 2 RX pairs

1 TX pair, 1 RX pair

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Single-wide Interconnect

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Flex-10 for Virtual Connect

Each Flex-10 port has 4 PCI functions
PF 1

PF 2

Server
Blade

PF 3

PF 4

PF 1

PF 2

Port 1

PF 3
Port 2

Flex-10 LOM or Mezz Card

OS discovers 4 PCI
functions per Flex10 physical port

10Gb VC-Enet
Module (Odd)
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PF 4

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Flex-10 in ESX 3.5 U3

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Flex-10 for Virtual Connect

Virtual Connect configures Flex-10 prior to boot
PF 1

PF 2

Server
Blade

PF 3

PF 4

PF 1

PF 2

Port 1

PF 3
Port 2

Flex-10 LOM or Mezz Card

VC configures 4
FlexNICs per port

For each NIC (FlexNIC), VC

sets:
-- bandwidth (0.1 to
10Gb/s)
-- link state
-- MAC address

10Gb VC-Enet
Module (Odd)
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PF 4

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Flex-10 for Virtual Connect

Configure network connectivity anytime
FlexNIC

FlexNIC

Server
Blade

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FlexNIC

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

Port 1

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

Port 2
Flex-10 LOM or Mezz Card

10Gb VC-Enet
Module (Odd)
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FlexNIC

For each NIC (FlexNIC), VC

sets:
-- bandwidth (0.1 to
10Gb/s)
-- link state
-- MAC address
-- vNet connection

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Flex-10 for Virtual Connect

Map Flex-10 NICs to any vNet
FlexNIC

Server
Blade

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

Port 1

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

Port 2
Flex-10 LOM or Mezz Card

For each NIC (PF), VC sets:

-- bandwidth (0.1 to 10
Gb/s)
-- MAC address
-- vNet connection

vNet 1

vNet 2

vNet 3

vNet 4

10Gb VC-Enet Module

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Flex-10 for Virtual Connect

Flex-10 and 10Gb VC-Enet keep traffic separated
FlexNIC

Server
Blade

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

FlexNIC

Port 1

Flex-10 limits traffic per

flexNIC (physical
function)

Flex-10 LOM or Mezz Card

Flex-10 and VC-Enet module keep

the traffic separated and on the
correct network.

vNet 1

vNet 2

vNet 3

vNet 4

10Gb VC-Enet Module

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Why buy Flex-10?

Lets look at a real world example

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Why do customers want Flex-10?

Anatomy of a typical hypervisor host
Hypervisor Host

Team
Team

CONSOLE

MOTION

Team
Team

MEZ2

PROD-B

Team
Team

MEZ1

PROD-A

Team
Team

LOM

Blade Interconnects

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c7000 Half-height servers to interconnect bays

c-Class Server Blades
Blade
1

NIC1

NIC2

1/2

5/6

1
2
3
4

7/8

Blade
NIC1

1/2

NIC2
Mezz
1

Mezz
2
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Mezz
2

3/4

Mezz
1

c-Class Interconnect Bays

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3/4

1
2
3
4

5/6
7/8

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Why do customers want Flex-10?

Anatomy of a typical hypervisor host

Team
Team

MEZ2

Team
Team

MEZ1

Team
Team

LOM

Team
Team

Hypervisor Host

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Blade Interconnects

1
3
5
7

2
4
6
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PROD-A

PROD-B

CONSOLE

MOTION

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Why do customers want Flex-10?

Flex-10 saves you money!

Team
Team

Hypervisor Host

Blade Interconnects

C
NI
x
Fle

C
NI
x
Fle

4Gb

C
NI
x
Fle

C
NI
x
Fle

4Gb

C
NI
x
Fle

C
NI
x
Fle

100Mb

C
NI
x
Fle

C
NI
x
Fle

1.8Gb

PROD-A

Team
Team

Team
Team

Team
Team

LOM

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1
5
7

4
2
6
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PROD-B

CONSOLE

MOTION

HP VC Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet module

innovations
First extension of the awardwinning HP Virtual Connect
architecture
First to divide a single NIC port into
four separate FlexNIC connections
at full hardware performance
First to tune each FlexNIC
connection bandwidth to the
needs of virtual server workloads
from 100Mb to 10Gb
First to provide 8 FlexNIC
connections standard on a blade
server without needing two more
NIC mezz cards and 6 more switch
modules
First to support up to 24 network
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Removes I/O
bottlenecks to host
more VMs per blade at
lower cost while
consolidating the
network

Why Virtual Connect is vital to you!

Virtual Connect is foundational
Foundation

for:
HPs (and your) future data center transformation
business and HP virtualization strategy no VC
means no AI
Insight Dynamics VSE, managing physical and
logical servers (no VC and ID doesnt work and you
dont sell it)
HP BTO software
Stopping Cisco from taking your sales and margin
Losing the Virtual Connect business puts all the above at
risk
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Virtual Connect
Flex-10

Virtual Connect
1/10Gb-F

Best for Virtual Servers and

network consolidation

Mainstream high
performance
BladeSystem
interconnect

Virtual Connect
1/10Gb
Lowest cost, entry level
Virtual Connect module

Network
Connectio
ns

16 x 10Gb downlinks
midplane
2 x 10Gb cross connect
1 x 10Gb copper uplinks
CX-4
8 x 10Gb SR, LR, or LRM
fiber uplinks SFP+
1 management USB port
1 internal interface to cClass Onboard
Administrator Module

16 x 1Gb downlinks
midplane
1 x 10Gb cross connect
1 x 10Gb copper uplinks
CX-4
2 x 10Gb SR or LR fiber
uplinks XFP
2 x 1Gb SX or RJ-45 fiber
uplinks SFP
4 x 1Gb 1000/100/10Gb
copper uplinks RJ-45
1 management USB port
1 internal interface to cClass Onboard
Administrator Module

16 x 1Gb downlinks
midplane
1 x 10Gb cross connect
2 x 10Gb copper uplinks
CX-4
8 x 1Gb 1000/100/10Gb
copper uplinks RJ-45
1 management USB port
1 internal interface to cClass Onboard
Administrator Module

Performan
ce

Line rate, full-duplex

240Gbps bridging fabric
Less than 1s latency

Line rate, full-duplex 62

Gbp/s bridging fabric
Less than 4s latency

Line rate, full-duplex 54

Gbp/s bridging fabric
Less than 4s latency

802.1AB, 802.1D, 802.1Q, IEEE 802.2, 802.3ad

Protocols
Managem
ent

Security
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LDAP,HPSSL,
Role-based
management
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Intuitive graphical user interface and setup wizards

Embedded SNMP v1, v2
Command Line Interface
Any uplink port can be used as a dedicated mirrored port from the server port(s)

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Virtual Connect capability matrix

Supported modules

Flex-10 capability

VC 1.xx

VC 2.xx

1/10Gb VC-Enet (1Gb down)

1/10Gb-F VC-Enet (1Gb down)

1/10Gb VC-Enet (1Gb down)

1/10Gb-F VC-Enet (1Gb down)
Flex-10 10Gb VC-Enet

FlexNICs enumerated
when connected to VCEnet with 1Gb down

FlexNICs enumerated
when connected to VCEnet with 10Gb down

Not Supported

Linked
at 1Gb

Some PFs might

not be linked

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DEMO

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Thanks

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