DATA SHEET EMC OCe14000-E 10GbE Converged Network Adapters OneConnect OCe14000-E Family High Performance Virtualization Networking and Enterprise Hardened Storage Interoperability Overview Key Benefits As the fourth generation of the EMC Qualiefi d Emulex OneConnect product line, n Maximizes server hardware ROI with high virtual the OCe14000-E family of Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) provides high machine density performance 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) connectivity delivering a wide array of EMC solutions for networking, storage, big data, hybrid cloud and data backup and n Simpliefi s deployment of secure, scalable recovery. multi-tenant cloud infrastructures n Increasing data center IT agility and scalability through deployment of a secure n Accelerates applications and storage performance scale-out cloud n Reduces adapter and cable costsone adapter for n Driving scalability and flexibility in converged infrastructures simultaneous storage and data traffic on a common 10GbE fabric n Optimizing server hardware utilization by scaling high density virtualization n Eliminates wasted idle bandwidth by optimizing The OCe14000-E family of 10GbE CNAs is designed for the high bandwidth and bandwidth allocation for applications, management scalability demands of tier 1 enterprise applications with storage protocol (FCoE and and virtualization services with Universal Multi iSCSI) ooffl ads, more scalable virtualization with support for enhanced Single-Root Channel (UMC) port partitioning I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) and NIC port partitioning, and cloud optimization using overlay networking technology. n Reduces management and infrastructure costs Perfect Partnership Key Features Emulex is the leading supplier of adapters for EMC customers. This adapter has been tested, qualiefi d and approved for sales and support with leading EMC solutions n Superior network convergencestorage and such as the EMC VNX family and VMAX storage arrays. This EMC Qualiefi d adapter network traffic over a common 10GbE Ethernet ensures interoperability with applications such as VMware, EMC Control Center and infrastructure EMC PowerPath. This adapter is listed on EMC Support Matrix (ESM) and is part of the n SR-IOV EMC Technology Connect - Select portfolio of complementary third-party products. The Emulex partnership enables EMC to provide customers with complete, end-to- n Powerful hardware ooffl ads for: end storage solutions. - Overlay networks (NVGRE & VXLAN) Emulex Virtual Network Exceleration (VNeX) Overlay Network Ooffl ads for Virtualized Scale-Out Cloud - Storage protocols: iSCSI and FCoE Scaling existing technologies for private or public cloud infrastructures requires - Stateless TCP networking solutions that can enable VM-to-VM communication and virtual workload migration across Layer 2 and Layer 3 boundaries without impacting n Greater bandwidth with PCIe 3.0 connectivity or performance. n VMware vSphere NetQueue support At the same time, these solutions need to ensure isolation and security for n Microsoft Windows Server VMQ & Dynamic thousands or millions of tenant networks. However, with existing technology, the VMQ support available 4094 VLAN IDs are insucffi ient to isolate/secure each tenant in a data center (private cloud) or public/hybrid cloud environment.EMC OCe14000-E 10GbE Converged Network Adapters Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) used by VMware, and The key benetfi s of deploying Emulex UMC technology include: Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE) Lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) used by Microsoft, are next generation overlay networking solutions n that address these requirements. Consolidates multiple 1GbE adapters, associated cables and switch ports Emulex VNeX ooffl ad technology powered by a multi-core adapter n Higher VM workload bandwidth allocation to drive higher VM ASIC engine accelerates the performance of network virtualization by density on host servers ooffl ading the header encapsulation process, while simultaneously preserving legacy stateless TCP ooffl ads, providing full native network n Lower per-Gb bandwidth cost compared to deploying multiple performance in a virtual network environment. 1GbE adapters Optimized I/O Utilization Flexible Workload Storage Connectivity with FCoE and iSCSI Ooffl ads The OCe14000-E adapters support FCoE ooffl ad using the same n Granular bandwidth provisioning minimizes wasted idle enterprise-class Emulex drivers that work with Emulex LightPulse bandwidth and waste of dedicated 1GbE adapters Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs).The OCe14000-E adapters n Enables Service Level Agreement (SLA) based provisioning and also support iSCSI ooffl ad, providing performance that is superior to deployment iSCSI solutions based on software initiators and standard NICs. Finally theOCe14000-E adapters also have the ability to support NIC and Simpliefi d Deployment iSCSI or FCoE ooffl ads on the same port. n UMC is not dependent on specialized OS support Optimized Host Virtualization Density with SR-IOV Support n Works with any 10GbE switch SR-IOV optimizes I/O for VMs, enabling higher host server UMC is ideal for virtualized server environments because bandwidth virtualization ratios to deliver maximum server ROI. SR-IOV provides allocation can be optimized to support I/O intensive applications, a more cost-eeff ctive solution than multiple, physical adapter ports. virtual machine migration, and management functions. SR-IOV enables multiple VMs to directly access the OCe14000-Es I/O Simpliefi d Management OneCommand Manager Application resources, thus allowing VM networking I/O to bypass the host and The OneCommand Manager application provides centralized take a path directly between the VM and the adapter, eliminating management of Emulex OneConnect CNAs and LightPulse HBAs redundant I/O processing in the hypervisor. This, in turn, allows throughout the data center from a single management console. higher I/O performance and lower CPU utilization as compared to the The OneCommand Manager application provides a graphical user alternative of software-emulated NIC devices that are implemented interface (GUI) and a scriptable command line user interface (CLI). in the hypervisor. OneCommand Manager for VMware is fully integrated with VMware Optimized Bandwidth Allocation with vCenter to simplify management for virtual server deployments. Universal Multi-Channel Port Partitioning Fourth Generation Platform Delivers Emulex Universal Multi-Channel (UMC) allows multiple PCI functions Enterprise-Class Reliability and Performance to be created on each adapter port. As a CNA, each port can be Leveraging generations of advanced, field-proven controller congfi ured with up to three NIC functions and one storage function and adapter technology, OCe14000-E CNAs meet the robust for a total of two storage and six NIC functions on a two-port adapter. interoperability and reliability requirements of enterprise and scale- out data centers.