OCM14102-UX-OCP Datasheet, PDF (2/4 Pages) List of Unclassifed Manufacturers – Accelerates applications and storage performance

SPECIFICATIONS
OCm14000-OCP 10GbE
Converged Network Adapter
CONNECT - DATA SHEET
Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN), supported by
VMware and Linux, and Network Virtualization using Generic
Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE), supported by Microsoft, are two
next-generation overlay networking solutions that address these
requirements. These solutions are a frame-in-frame data packet
encapsulation scheme enabling the creation of virtualized Layer 2
subnets that can span physical Layer 3 IP networks. Traffic from each
VM is mapped to a specific virtual network; the packets are then
routed transparently over the existing physical infrastructure.
Emulex VNeX offload technology, powered by a multi-core adapter
ASIC engine, accelerates the performance of network virtualization
by offloading the header encapsulation process, while simultaneously
preserving legacy stateless TCP offloads, providing full native network
performance in a virtual network environment.
Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) support
The OCm14000-OCP adapter leverages RDMA over Converged
Ethernet (ROCE), enabling server-to-server data movement directly
between application memory, without any CPU involvement; thus
providing high throughput and data acceleration on a standard
Ethernet fabric, without the need for any specialized infrastructure or
management.
Flexible workload storage connectivity with FCoE and iSCSI offloads
The OCm14000-OCP adapter supports FCoE offload, using the same
enterprise-class Emulex drivers that work with Emulex LightPulse®
Fibre Channel FC Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). The OCm14000-OCP
adapter also supports iSCSI offload, providing performance that is
superior to iSCSI solutions, based on software initiators and standard
NICs. Finally, the OCm14000-OCP adapter also has the ability to
support NIC and iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) offloads
on the same port.
Optimized host virtualization density with SR-IOV support
SR-IOV optimizes I/O for VMs, enabling higher host server
virtualization ratios to deliver maximum server ROI. SR-IOV provides
a more cost-effective solution than multiple, physical adapter ports.
SR-IOV enables multiple VMs to directly access the OCm14000–OCP
adapter’s I/O resources, thus allowing VM networking I/O to bypass
the host and take a path directly between the VM and the adapter,
eliminating redundant I/O processing in the hypervisor. This, in
turn, allows higher I/O performance and lower CPU utilization, as
compared to the alternative of software-emulated NIC devices that
are implemented in the hypervisor.
Optimized bandwidth allocation with Emulex Universal Multi-
Channel™ port partitioning (also known as NIC partitioning or NPAR)
Emulex Universal Multi-Channel (UMC) is ideal for virtualized server
environments because bandwidth allocation can be optimized to
support VM migration, management, and I/O-intensive applications.
UMC allows multiple Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)
physical functions (PFs) to be created on each adapter port. As a CNA,
each adapter can be configured with up to 16 functions.
The key benefits of deploying Emulex UMC technology include:
n Lower TCO
n Consolidates multiple 1GbE adapters, associated cables, and switch
ports
n Higher VM workload bandwidth allocation to drive higher VM
density on host servers
n Lower per-Gb bandwidth cost compared to deploying multiple
1GbE adapters
Optimized I/O utilization
n Granular bandwidth provisioning minimizes wasted idle
bandwidth and waste of dedicated 1GbE adapters
n Enables Service Level Agreement (SLA)-based provisioning and
deployment
Simplified deployment
n UMC is not dependent on specialized OS support
n Works with any 10GbE switch
UMC is ideal for virtualized server environments because bandwidth
allocation can be optimized to support I/O-intensive applications, VM
migration, and management functions.
Simplified management: OneCommand® Manager application
The OneCommand Manager application provides centralized
management of Emulex OneConnect CNAs and LightPulse HBAs
throughout the data center from a single management console.
The OneCommand Manager application provides a graphical user
interface (GUI) and a scriptable command line user interface (CLI).
OneCommand Manager for VMware is fully integrated with VMware
vCenter to simplify management for virtual server deployments.
Fourth-generation platform delivers enterprise-class reliability and
performance
Leveraging generations of advanced, field-proven controller and
adapter technology, the OCm14000-OCP CNA meets the robust
interoperability and reliability requirements of enterprise and
scale-out data centers.