Oracle Storage Networking
Powered by QLogic
Optimized for the Oracle Solaris Platform
Why QLogic
Oracle provides a complete family of FC HBA and FCoE CNAs that
are fully supported in Oracle Solaris
17 + years of time-tested Oracle Solaris solutions
Pioneered Oracle Solaris FC I/O technology ensures solutions deliver
a stable, reliable and highly available solution
Foundational to the Oracle Stack
Hardware
Oracle Stack
Software
8Gb FC
HBA
10 GbE
FCoE CAN
PCIe
Std & EM
PCIe
Std & EM
Oracle
Linux
Driver
Oracle
Solaris
Driver
FC & NIC
FC & NIC
T10-PI
SANSurfer
Software
Apps
Software
Middleware
Foundational support
Foundational support
Database
Operating
Systems
Solaris
X
X
Oracle Linux
X
X
Virtual
Machines
Solaris Containers
X
X
Oracle VM
X
X
X
x86 Rack
X
X
X
SPARC Rack
X
X
x86 Blade
X
X
SPARC Blade
X
X
Disk
X
X
Tape
X
X
Servers
Storage
X
X
X
X(‘12)
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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X
Full Testing and Integration with SPARC Enterprise, Blade,
and x86 Servers
M5000
M9000
SPARC T4
Series
M3000
SPARC T3 Series
M4000
T5440
T5240
T5120
Rack-Mount Servers and
Open Storage
M8000
Blade Clusters
(x86/SPARC)
The Ultimate in Performance
The networking leader in real-world performance
Oracle OLTP
Virtualization
Oracle OLTP Transactional Performance (IOPs)
Virtualization Performance Micro-Benchmark (IOPs)
140000
185000
120000
180000
100000
175000
Oracle
60000
Adapter Vendor A
40000
170000
IOPs
IOPs
80000
Oracle
165000
Adapter Vendor A
160000
155000
20000
150000
145000
0
1
2
3
4
8
12
16
20
24
28
32
Outstanding I/Os (Increasing Workload)
Sequential Read
Sequential Write
Sequential
Read/Write
Selected HBA for Optimized Database Configurations
For Oracle Optimized Database tested solutions, the Oracle 8Gb FC
adapter powered by QLogic was selected.
Optimized Solutions
for Database BOM
Servers
Processors
Storage
Warranty
The Ultimate in Low Power Consumption
QLogic’s power management technologies
StarPower™ consumes only the power necessary to run at full speed
Cool HBA™ technology: HBAs can operate without airflow
Power Consumption- 8 Gb Dual Port HBAs
Watts
•
•
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
QLogic 8Gb FC HBAs consume
up to 30% less power
for greener IT!
Oracle
Adapter Vendor
A
The Ultimate in Business Resiliency
QLogic’s Overlapping Protection Domains (OPDs)
Provides overlapping parity and cyclic redundancy checking and generation
Data moving from Host Bus to FC
Fibre Channel
FC CRC
OPD Byte Parity OPD
PCI Parity / ECC
FC INTERFACE
MODULE
FRAME
BUFFER
HOST BUS
INTERFACE MODULE
FC CRC
OPD Byte Parity OPD
PCI Parity / ECC
CRC = Cyclic Redundancy Check
ECC = Error Correction Code
Data moving from FC to Host Bus
PCI Bus
Industry Standard Benchmark with SuperCluster
Included in TPC-C Benchmark Price/Performance for Oracle SuperCluster
Tested benchmark items included
SPARC SuperCluster T3 -4 servers
SPARC T3 1.65 GHz processors
Oracle Database 11g Release 2
Oracle Solaris 10
Once again, Oracle Networking powered by QLogic is selected for optimizing
tested Oracle database configurations.
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Optimized for Oracle VM 3.0
High
Performance
Market-leading performance to meet the demands of all
virtualized applications
Flexible and
Adaptable
VMflex supports multiple virtual connections sharing the same
physical port
Assured
Integration
Fully supported and tested with Oracle VM 3.0 for ease of
installation and turn-key deployment
Lower TCO,
IT Footprint
Improve consolidation and efficiency to reduce cost and
overall IT resources
Recap: Engineered to Win Together
•Oracle HW, SW, and networking powered by QLogic provide a
seamless high performance solution to your customers.
 Best-in-class: QLogic has the largest Storage Networking I/O install
base = reliability and turn-key deployment
 Integral to the Oracle Stack: HBA technology embedded in Oracle
storage hardware and fully tested across Oracle servers and apps
 Pioneered Oracle Solaris FC I/O technology: Ensures solutions
deliver a stable, reliable and highly available solution
• We are here to help!
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