Native Infini Band Storage Deployment Customer Experiences Dave

Native Infini. Band Storage Deployment & Customer Experiences Dave Ellis Director, HPC Architecture LSI Logic IBTA & OFA Dev. Con San Francisco September 25, 2006

Disclaimers l The material contains LSI Logic, Engenio Storage Group technology overview information l Referenced features, functionality and capabilities may not all be supported by all LSI ESG Partners Dates contained here do not reflect product testing/qualification conducted by LSI ESG Partners Dates and features are subject to change The opinions of the speaker do not reflect the opinions or policies of LSI Logic l l l 2 Copyright © 2006 Infini. Band ® Trade Association. Other names and brands are properties of their respective owners.

25 Years of Storage Innovation 1981 ü ü Co-wrote SCSI industry specifications Developed first SCSI protocol chip 1982 First SCSI macro cell First RISC-based SCSI chip 1984 RAID Storage System 1989 Industry’s first multi-mode RAID (0, 1, 3, 5) controller and system Industry’s first RAID-assist chip set 1990 Industry’s first wide SCSI interface 1991 First fully functional PCI-Fast SCSI chip Dual active RAID controller First intelligent transportable battery backup module First fully functional PCI-Ultra SCSI chip Caching RAID controller Industry’s first Fibre channel RAID system First Multi-function dual channel PCI-Ultra SCSI chip First PCI-Ultra 2 SCSI chip First dual channel PCI-Ultra 2 SCSI chip Debuted Hotscale™ technology First single chip RAID controller Native Infini. Band demonstration Industry’s first complete line of enterprise-class First to validate Ultra 320 interoperability SANmark 2003 certification Industry’s first serial ATA enterprise storage First SPC-1 results Achieved SNIA certification for SMI-S provider Shipped first production SAS silicon to leading OEMs Industry’s first 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel storage system Shipped first SAS solution to the channel Achieved industry’s first SAS Windows qualification Sampled industry’s first PCI Express SAS controller More than 180 Storage related patents issued another 160 pending Shipped over 300, 000 storage systems 1994 1996 1999 2001 2003 2005 3 Same technology, same partners, different names… Copyright © 2006 Infini. Band ® Trade Association. Other names and brands are properties of their respective owners.

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The Storage Landscape Server Blade HBA SCSI FC SAS Server Disk Drive PCI RAID SCSI SAS PCI RAID on Motherboard Storage System JBOD Storage System External Storage Server Disk Drive HBA FC Switch Server NAS Disk Drive Bridge Server Tape Bridge HBA FC Switch 5 Copyright © 2006 Infini. Band ® Trade Association. Other names and brands are properties of their respective owners. Storage System

Technology Roadmap – Industry View 2006 2 Gb FC 2008 4 Gb FC 10 Gb IB Host Interface 2007 8 Gb FC 20 Gb DDR IB 10 Gb i. SCSI 1 Gb i. SCSI 6 Gb SAS 3 Gb SAS 2 Gb FC 4 Gb FC Expansion Interface 2 Gb FC Disk Drive Interface SCSI 1. 5 Gb SATA External Drive Form Factor 6 2009 8 Gb FC 3 Gb SAS 6 Gb SAS 3 Gb SATA 6 Gb SATA 4 Gb FC 3. 5” Low Profile (7. 2 K – 15 K RPM) 2. 5” High RPM Copyright © 2006 Infini. Band ® Trade Association. Other names and brands are properties of their respective owners.

LSI 6498 Overview l l l 6 th generation Redundant XBB architecture with Native Infini. Band Host Four 10 Gb/s Infini. Band host-side interfaces Eight 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel drive-side interfaces l Support for up to 224 FC and/or SATA disk drives – Over 100 TB Capacity Switched drive modules reduce latency and improve RAS LSI storage systems technologies are available through OEMs l Standard Management Interface l l 7 Copyright © 2006 Infini. Band ® Trade Association. Other names and brands are properties of their respective owners.

Infini. Band – Customer Experiences l Early Adopters – Strong opinions about direction – Insisted on co-development or alpha-level testing – Put resulting product into production and have not upgraded l Government Agencies and/or Labs – Co-development with very large test beds – Continue to push the technology to the limits – Have vision beyond capabilities of current generation of products 8 Copyright © 2006 Infini. Band ® Trade Association. Other names and brands are properties of their respective owners.

Infini. Band – Customer Experiences l Commercial Customers – Looking for less expensive alternatives – Looking for performance enhancements beyond existing alternatives – Grid systems becoming more viable as applications are developed l Grass-roots Efforts – Many OEM Partners are just now deciding it is a viable solution – Some Partners’ internal labs have been testing for months – Generating demand from within 9 Copyright © 2006 Infini. Band ® Trade Association. Other names and brands are properties of their respective owners.

Infini. Band – Development Experiences l IBTA Plugfest – Spring 2006 – University of New Hampshire – Storage array was connected, configured, and simply worked! – Commercial customers attended to observer the technology exchange – Valuable relationships formed l 10 SC 05 – Nov 2005, Seattle, WA – Stor. Cloud – Interoperability pushed to the limits – Booth activity with many of our Partners – Lots of Customer interest – Post-SC 05 Customer engagements ongoing Copyright © 2006 Infini. Band ® Trade Association. Other names and brands are properties of their respective owners.

Infini. Band – Development Continues l Driver Development – Lots of ongoing activity with the IB component vendors to ensure interoperability – Lots of ongoing activity with our Partners to develop host-side device drivers – Introducing “Enterprise Ready” Storage concepts to component suppliers who have not worked in this area before l Multi-path I/O Drivers l Failover Drivers – Providing years of FC Enterprise Experience to the IB community to ensure that IB Storage is a viable unified wire option – Moving to OFED 1. 1 SRP driver 11 Copyright © 2006 Infini. Band ® Trade Association. Other names and brands are properties of their respective owners.

Infini. Band – Upcoming Committments l IBTA Plugfest – Fall 2006 – University of New Hampshire – We will attend and continue to support the IB community l SC 06 – Nov 2006, Tampa, FL – We will attend and continue to support our Partners and the IB community 12 Copyright © 2006 Infini. Band ® Trade Association. Other names and brands are properties of their respective owners.

Questions? Contact Info: Dave Ellis Director, HPC Architecture LSI Logic, Engenio Storage Group 770 -330 -9486 (Cell) 256 -895 -0517 (Office)