1. FCIA/T11 Year End Update Rupin Mohan Director, R&D HPE

2. Macro Viewpoint

3. Top storage priorities
451 Research, Aug 16

4. Use of dedicated storage network
451 Research, Aug 16

5. Storage network preferences
451 Research, Aug 16

6. 6 PILLARS of GEN6 FEC (Forward Error Correction) FC-SP2 Enhancements
Guarantees higher and more deterministic performance, 100M distance
FC-SP2 Enhancements
Additional security protocols, referred to as Fibre Channel Security Protocol (i.e., FC-SP2) enhancements
Energy Efficient (EE) Fibre Channel
Lower power consumption. More energy efficient Watts/Gb then 16Gb FC.
Virtualization (NPIV) enhancements
Improve performance of Fibre Channel-connected Virtual machines, referred to as GEN6 NPIV
Data Rates of 32 and 128 gigabits per second
32GFC and 128GFC (32 X 4) for performance
Complete backward compatibility
Investment protection, 2 generations

7. FIBRE CHANNEL ROADMAP

8. Fibre channel speeds V21 FC Product Naming Throughput (Mbytes/s)
Line Rate (Gbaud)
T11 Specification Technically Complete (Year)*
Market Availability (Year)*
1GFC
200
1.0625
1996
1997
2GFC
400
2.125
2000
2001
4GFC
800
4.25
2003
2005
8GFC
1,600
8.5
2006
2008
16GFC
3,200
14.025
2009
2011
32GFC
6,400
28.05
2013
2016
128GFC
25,600
4X28.05
2014
64GFC
12,800
28.9 PAM-4
(57.8Gb/s)
2017
2019
256GFC
51,200
4X28.9 PAM-4
(4X57.8Gb/s)
TBD
2020
Market Demand
2023
512GFC
102,400
2026
1TFC
204,800
2029 FC
*Fibre Channel standard specifies 4 striped FC lanes of serial 32GFC for 128GFCp
“FC” used throughout all applications for Fibre Channel infrastructure and devices, including edge and ISL interconnects. Each speed maintains backward compatibility at least two previous generations (I.e., 8GFC backward compatible to 4GFC and 2GFC)
*Dates: Future dates estimated

9. ISL Speeds V21 ISL (Inter-Switch Link) Product Naming
Throughput (MBytes/s)
Line Rate (Gbaud)**
Standard Technically Complete (Year)*
Market Availability (Year)*
10GFC
2,400
10.52
2003
2009
20GFC
4,800
21.04
N/A
2008
40GFCoE
9,600
41.25
2010
2013
100GFCoE
24,000
10X
Market Demand 4X
2015
128GFC
25,600
4X28.05
2014
2016
200GFCoE
48,000
4X PAM-4
(4X Gb/s)
2018
256GFC
51,200
4X28.9 PAM-4
(4X57.8 Gb/s)
2017
2019
400GFCoE
96,000
8X53.125
1TFCoE
240,000
TBD
ISL
(Inter-Switch Link)
*Fibre Channel standard specifies 4 striped FC lanes of serial 32GFC for 128GFCp
ISLs are usually multi-lane interconnects used for non-edge, core connections, and other high speed applications demanding maximum bandwidth.
ISL’s utilize high bit-rates to accommodate the funneling of edge connections. Some ISL solutions are vendor-proprietary.
*Dates: Future dates estimated
**Equivalent Line Rate: Rates listed are equivalent data rates for serial stream methodologies.

10. FCoE Speeds V21 FCoE Product Naming Throughput (MBytes/s)
Line Rate (Gbaud)**
IEEE Standard Complete (Year)*
Market Availability (Year)*
10GFCoE
2,400
10.52
2002
2008
25GFCoE
6,000
2016
Market Demand
40GFCoE
9,600
41.25
2010
2013
50GFCoE
12,000
PAM-4 ( Gb/s)
2018
100GFCoE
24,000
10X 4X
2015
200GFCoE
48,000
4X PAM-4
(4X Gb/s)
400GFCoE
96,000
8X53.125
2017
FCoE
Fibre Channel over Ethernet tunnels FC through Ethernet. 10GFCoE was not available until after FC-BB-5, the FCoE protocol standard, was completed in   For compatibility, all 10GFCoE FCFs and CNAs are expected to use SFP+ devices, allowing the use of all standard and non-standard optical technologies and additionally allowing the use of direct connect cables using the SFP+ electrical interface.  FCoE ports otherwise follow Ethernet standards and compatibility guidelines.
*Dates: Future dates estimated

11. Relevant INCITS T11 Fibre Channel Standards
Recently Published
FC-LS-2 Link Service
FC-FS-4 Approval stage, Framing and Signaling Protocol
FC-PI-5 32GFC, Approval stage
FC-MSQS 16GFC Testing and Performance
FC-IFR Inter-Fabric Routing
FC-SCM Simplified Configuration
FC-MI-3, Interoperability Profile
FC-DA-2, Interoperability Profile
FC-SW-6, Approval stage
FC-GS-7 Approval stage
Work In Progress
FC-NVMe NVMe over FC
FC-BB-6 FCoE Enhancements
FC-PI-7 / 64GFC
FC-SW-7 Fabric Enhancements (Includes FCoE)
FC-GS-8 Management Enhancements (Includes FCoE)
FC-EE Energy Efficiency
FC-LS-3,4 Link Service
FC-FS-5 Framing and Signaling Protocol

12. Intelligent FABRIC Example 1 – VM ID
- Enables admins to monitor I/O traffic, performance statistics from VM to LUN’s on FC SAN
- Enable pre-defined policies, rules and actions on a per VM basis based on I/O profiles
- Correlate VM with physical layer
- Multi hypervisor support
Example 2 – RDP, TDZ Enhancements – SMART SAN
- Automated Zoning
- Self Healing Diagnostics

13. NVMe over a SAN Two new fabric transport projects for NVMe
NVMe over Fabrics (NVM-oF) – Being defined in a subgroup of the NVM Express group – NVMe over RDMA
NVMe over FC (FC-NVMe) – New T11 project to define an NVMe over Fibre Channel Protocol

14. T11 PROJECT NVMe over a FC Network FC-NVMe
FC-NVMe defines a mapping protocol for applying the NVM Express interface to Fibre Channel. This standard defines how Fibre Channel services and specified Information Units (IUs) are used to perform the services defined by the NVM Express interface specification
New initiative, started a year ago
NVMe over fabrics significantly reduces e2e latency

15. HIGH LEVEL COMPARISON NVM-oF – NVMe over Fabrics
FC-NVMe -- NVMe over FC
Completely new fabric protocol being developed and standardized
Note: Server side, we have NVMe over PCIe
Standards group dealing with same type of challenges, shipping I/O commands/status, data over distance that FC already solved
Note: Command set is same
RDMA is available as per protocol
Transport options are iWARP, RoCE v2, lot of FUD
Different switching options for both transport options, with iWARP --- no change to your Ethernet switching infrastructure
New I/O protocol, new transport
Lower latency with RDMA
Lower cost, well maybe
Uses Fibre Channel, existing fabric protocol, shipping, standardized by T11
Server side, is the same, NVMe over PCIe.
FC solved these problems when FCP protocol was developed to ship SCSI commands/status over distance over a FC network
Command set is same
RDMA is not available.
Transport is FC
No change to switching infrastructure
New I/O protocol, existing reliable transport
Latency improvements with hardware assists on Adapters
Higher cost, well maybe

16. 36th FCIA FC Plugfest June 20-24 2016
Barry Maskas – Technical Lead
Greg McSorely – FCIA Mgmt
Linda Capcara - PR
Gen6
Physical Conformance
Interoperability / Backward compatibility
Multi-Vendor NPV, NPIV interoperability
Large Multi-Vendor HA/redundant fabric conformance
AOC, DAC testing
FC-NVMe
Proof of Concept test tract
End to end NVMe over Direct Connect / Switched Fabrics
Concurrent NVMe and SCSI traffic
Operated along side Gen6 advanced test tracts
Packet inspection – Analyzers with NVMe decodes
Amphenol Corporation
Broadcom Limited
Brocade
Data Center Systems (DCS)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd
Molex Inc.
QLogic Corporation
SANBlaze Technology, Inc.
Teledyne LeCroy, Inc.
Viavi Solutions Inc.

17. NVMe over Fabrics / FC Development
Participating in T11.3 FC-NVMe standards development
Gen 6 PlugFest POC - FC direct connect and fabric demonstrations
FC to NVMe Storage Target
FC to NVMe
Storage Target
FC to NVMe
Storage Target
Direct connect and fabric test variations with inline analyzer.
Gen6 FC switch
Gen6 FC switch
Gen6 FC switch
Gen 6 FC HBA and
NVMe to FC HBA
Gen 6 FC HBA and
NVMe to FC HBA
Gen 6 FC HBA and
NVMe to FC HBA
Server/FC HBA
Server/FC HBA
Server/FC HBA
Native Gen 6 FC

18. Flash Memory Summit FCIA booth 828 – Aug 8-11
PR Announcing FCIA activities
10x10 booth in expo hall
Live FC-NVMe Demo
FCIA Session: Your Data Center: Who, What, Where, When, and Why?” Moderated by J Michel Metz
FCIA 2016 Solution Guide
Fibre Channel’s Growth Trend – Mark Jones – Broadcom Limited
Fibre Channel Roadmap – Scott Kipp - Brocade
Shared Storage with NVMe – Rupin Mohan – HPE
Application Performance with Gen6 FC – Mark Jones – Broadcom Limited
The Most Trusted Fabric Delivers NVMe – Nishant Lodha – Qlogic
Storage Forces – J Metz – Cisco

19. Flash Memory Summit Demo
First FCIA demonstration promoting NVMe over Fibre Channel
Open participation call to all FCIA members and supporters

20. Press and analyst activity
Consolidation In The Fibre Channel Industry
Forbes, by Tom Coughlin
According to documents on the Fibre Channel Industry Association (FCIA) web site, since 2001 more than Million Fibre Channel ports have shipped to storage customers and it is estimated that 46 million ports are in current operation in datacenters today.
Broadcom bids billions for Brocade in order to break it up
PCWorld, by Peter Sayer, Paris Bureau Chief
But Broadcom's director of tech marketing, Mark Jones, still sees a bright future for Fibre Channel, he said last month. In a blog post for the Fibre Channel Industry Association, of which he is president, he pointed to flash storage in data centers as a future growth market for the technology, as work on a specification for Non- Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) over Fibre Channel is almost complete.

21. BrIGHT TALK WEBCASTS Date Topic Presenters January 17, 9am PST March
FC over NVMe; Next step: J to write abstract; begin promoting in December
J Metz, Craig Carlson, Rupin Mohan (Moderator)
March
FC: Back to Basics; What is FC? Why is it important? How does it work?
OR Fibre Channel’s Growth Trend
May
Improving High Throughput Applications Performance with Gen6 FC
July
FC – The Most Trusted Fabric Delivers NVMe (in advance of FMS)
September
Joint Webcast with SNIA on Security
November
Cabling
Greg McSorley, J Neer
Target audience: Directors of IT, Analysts, Engineers, “decision makers”

22. Thank You for all the Hard Work
Best Wishes for 2017 to everyone !

23. Fibre channel speedMAP
V20
Product Naming
Throughput (Mbytes/s)
Line Rate (Gbaud)
T11 Specification Technically Complete (Year)*
Market Availability (Year)*
1GFC
200
1.0625
1996
1997
2GFC
400
2.125
2000
2001
4GFC
800
4.25
2003
2005
8GFC
1,600
8.5
2006
2008
16GFC
3,200
14.025
2009
2011
32GFC
6,400
28.05
2013
2016
128GFC
25,600
4X28.05
2014
64GFC
12,800
56.1
2017
2019
256GFC
51,200
4X56.1
TBD
2020
Market Demand
2023
512GFC
102,400
2026
1TFC
204,800
2029 FC
*Fibre Channel standard specifies 4 striped FC lanes of serial 32GFC for 128GFCp
“FC” used throughout all applications for Fibre Channel infrastructure and devices, including edge and ISL interconnects. Each speed maintains backward compatibility at least two previous generations (I.e., 8GFC backward compatible to 4GFC and 2GFC)
*Dates: Future dates estimated

24. Fibre channel speedMAP
V20
Product Naming
Throughput (MBytes/s)
Line Rate (Gbaud)**
Standard Technically Complete (Year)*
Market Availability (Year)*
10GFC
2,400
10.52
2003
2009
20GFC
4,800
21.04
N/A
2008
40GFCoE
9,600
41.25
2010
2013
100GFCoE
24,000
10X
Market Demand 4X
2015
128GFC
25,600
4X28.05
2014
2016
256GFC
51,200
4X56.1
2017
2019
400GFCoE
96,000 8X
1TFCoE
240,000
TBD
ISL
(Inter-Switch Link)
*Fibre Channel standard specifies 4 striped FC lanes of serial 32GFC for 128GFCp
ISLs are multi-lane interconnects used for non-edge, core connections, and other high speed applications demanding maximum bandwidth.
ISL’s utilize high bit-rates to accommodate the funneling of edge connections. Some ISL solutions are vendor-proprietary.
*Dates: Future dates estimated
**Equivalent Line Rate: Rates listed are equivalent data rates for serial stream methodologies.

25. Fibre channel speedmap
V20
Product Naming
Throughput (MBytes/s)
Line Rate (Gbaud)**
T11 Specification Technically Complete (Year)*
Market Availability (Year)*
10GFCoE
2,400
10.52
2002
2007
40GFCoE
9,600
41.25
2010
2013
100GFCoE
24,000
10X
Market Demand 4X
2015
400GFCoE
96,000 8X
2017
FCoE
Fibre Channel over Ethernet tunnels FC through Ethernet.  For compatibility all 10GFCoE FCFs and CNAs are expected to use SFP+ devices, allowing the use of all standard and non standard optical technologies and additionally allowing the use of direct connect cables using the SFP+ electrical interface.  FCoE ports otherwise follow Ethernet standards and compatibility guidelines.