Download or read book IBM BladeCenter Virtual Fabric Solutions written by David Watts and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deployment of server virtualization technologies in data centers requires significant efforts in providing sufficient network I/O bandwidth to satisfy the demand of virtualized applications and services. For example, every virtualized system can host several dozen network applications and services, and each of these services requires certain bandwidth (or speed) to function properly. Furthermore, because of different network traffic patterns relevant to different service types, these traffic flows may interfere with each other, leading to serious network problems including the inability of the service to perform its functions. The IBM℗ʼ Virtual Fabric solution for IBM BladeCenter addresses these issues. The solution is based on the IBM BladeCenter H chassis with a 10-Gb Converged Enhanced Ethernet infrastructure built on 10-Gb Ethernet switch modules in the chassis and the Emulex or Broadcom Virtual Fabric Adapters in each blade server.

Download or read book IBM Data Center Networking Planning for Virtualization and Cloud Computing written by Michele Girola and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The enterprise data center has evolved dramatically in recent years. It has moved from a model that placed multiple data centers closer to users to a more centralized dynamic model. The factors influencing this evolution are varied but can mostly be attributed to regulatory, service level improvement, cost savings, and manageability. Multiple legal issues regarding the security of data housed in the data center have placed security requirements at the forefront of data center architecture. As the cost to operate data centers has increased, architectures have moved towards consolidation of servers and applications in order to better utilize assets and reduce "server sprawl." The more diverse and distributed the data center environment becomes, the more manageability becomes an issue. These factors have led to a trend of data center consolidation and resources on demand using technologies such as virtualization, higher WAN bandwidth technologies, and newer management technologies. The intended audience of this book is network architects and network administrators. In this IBM® Redbooks® publication we discuss the following topics: The current state of the data center network The business drivers making the case for change The unique capabilities and network requirements of system platforms The impact of server and storage consolidation on the data center network The functional overview of the main data center network virtualization and consolidation technologies The new data center network design landscape

Download or read book Green Data Center Monthly Newsletter November 2009 written by and published by Information Gatekeepers Inc. This book was released on with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Storage and Network Convergence Using FCoE and iSCSI written by Sangam Racherla and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2014-07-18 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with servers and networking infrastructure, networked storage is one of the fundamental components of a modern data center. Because storage networking has evolved over the past two decades, the industry has settled on the basic storage networking technologies. These technologies are Fibre Channel (FC) storage area networks (SANs), Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)-based Ethernet attachment, and Ethernet-based network-attached storage (NAS). Today, lossless, low-latency, high-speed FC SANs are viewed as the high-performance option for networked storage. iSCSI and NAS are viewed as lower cost, lower performance technologies. The advent of the 100 Gbps Ethernet and Data Center Bridging (DCB) standards for lossless Ethernet give Ethernet technology many of the desirable characteristics that make FC the preferred storage networking technology. These characteristics include comparable speed, low latency, and lossless behavior. Coupled with an ongoing industry drive toward better asset utilization and lower total cost of ownership, these advances open the door for organizations to consider consolidating and converging their networked storage infrastructures with their Ethernet data networks. Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is one approach to this convergence, but 10-Gbps-enabled iSCSI also offers compelling options for many organizations with the hope that their performance can now rival that of FC. This IBM® Redbooks® publication is written for experienced systems, storage, and network administrators who want to integrate the IBM System Networking and Storage technology successfully into new and existing networks. This book provides an overview of today's options for storage networking convergence. It reviews the technology background for each of these options and then examines detailed scenarios for them by using IBM and IBM Business Partner convergence products.

Download or read book Gigabit ATM Monthly Newsletter November 2009 written by and published by Information Gatekeepers Inc. This book was released on with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book IBM BladeCenter PS703 and PS704 Technical Overview and Introduction written by David Watts and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2013-01-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IBM® BladeCenter® PS703 and PS704 are premier blades for 64-bit applications. They are designed to minimize complexity, improve efficiency, automate processes, reduce energy consumption, and scale easily. These blade servers are based on the IBM POWER7TM processor and support AIX®, IBM i, and Linux® operating systems. Their ability to coexist in the same chassis with other IBM BladeCenter blade servers enhances the ability to deliver the rapid return on investment demanded by clients and businesses. This IBM RedpaperTM doocument is a comprehensive guide covering the IBM BladeCenter PS703 and PS704 servers. The goal of this paper is to introduce the offerings and their prominent features and functions. January 2013 update: 16 GB DIMMs supported

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Download or read book IBM and Cisco Together for a World Class Data Center written by Jon Tate and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2013-07-31 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This IBM® Redbooks® publication is an IBM and Cisco collaboration that articulates how IBM and Cisco can bring the benefits of their respective companies to the modern data center. It documents the architectures, solutions, and benefits that can be achieved by implementing a data center based on IBM server, storage, and integrated systems, with the broader Cisco network. We describe how to design a state-of-the art data center and networking infrastructure combining Cisco and IBM solutions. The objective is to provide a reference guide for customers looking to build an infrastructure that is optimized for virtualization, is highly available, is interoperable, and is efficient in terms of power and space consumption. It will explain the technologies used to build the infrastructure, provide use cases, and give guidance on deployments.

Download or read book Green Data Centers Monthly Newsletter March 2010 written by and published by Information Gatekeepers Inc. This book was released on with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book IBM iFlow Director Technical Introduction written by Sangam Racherla and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IBM® iFlow Director is a high performance, low-latency 10 Gb Ethernet switch integrated flow balancer with policy-based traffic steering capability. It delivers high-availability, scalability, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for appliance vendors that offer IBM BladeCenter® based solutions for applications, such as Security Gateways, Wireless Gateways, Lawful Interception & Network Surveillance, Traffic Management & Service Differentiation, and so on. The system throughput can be scaled by adding more blade servers and up to four switches that run iFlow Director. iFlow Director is designed with a number of advanced features to deliver high availability in mission-critical environments. The solution is built around industry-leading hardware to help eliminate any single point of failure. iFlow Director uses BladeCenter innovations such as internal monitoring, redundant mid-plane, redundant network connections per blade, redundant power supplies and fans, and switching features, such as uplink failure detection and controlled failover with network interface card (NIC) teaming, to deliver high availability. iFlow Director provides up to 480 Gbps of nonblocking, wire-speed bidirectional throughput to BladeCenter to meet your network traffic load distribution needs. With ten 10 Gbps uplink ports and 14 nonblocking 10 Gbps internal ports, iFlow Director offers unmatched performance, with latency as low as 1.60 microseconds. The iFlow Director solution provides significant savings compared to a solution that consists of multiple stand-alone appliances, Layer 2 switches and load balancers. With 480 Gbps of raw throughput, the iFlow Director solution provides a price/performance advantage. This IBM RedpaperTM publication is intended for network professionals who want to reduce the complexity associated with appliance sprawl by using a integrated solution that includes a high performance 10 Gb Ethernet embedded switch for BladeCenter, and a stack of software that allows the control of the flow of traffic inside the chassis.

Download or read book xREF System x Reference written by David Watts and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lenovo System x® and BladeCenter® servers and Lenovo Flex SystemTM compute nodes help to deliver a dynamic infrastructure that provides leadership quality and service that you can trust. This document (simply known as xREF) is a quick reference guide to the specifications of the currently available models of each System x and BladeCenter server. Each page can be used in a stand-alone format and provides a dense and comprehensive summary of the features of that particular server model. Links to the related Product Guide are also provided for more information. An easy-to-remember link you can use to share this guide: http://lenovopress.com/xref Also available is xREF for Products Withdrawn Prior to 2012, a document that contains xREF sheets of System x, BladeCenter, and xSeries servers, and IntelliStation workstations that were withdrawn from marketing prior to 2012. Changes in the May 18 update: Added the Flex System Carrier-Grade Chassis See the Summary of changes in the document for a complete change history.

Download or read book IPv6 Introduction and Configuration written by Sangam Racherla and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2012-05-21 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who is involved with information technology knows that the Internet is running out of IP addresses. The last block of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses was allocated in 2011. Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the replacement for IPv4, and it is designed to address the depletion of IP addresses and change the way traffic is managed. This IBM® RedpaperTM publication describes the concepts and architecture of IPv6 with a focus on: An overview of IPv6 features An examination of the IPv6 packet format An explanation of additional IPv6 functions A review of IPv6 mobility applications This paper provides an introduction to Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and describes the functions of ICMP in an IPv6 network. This paper also provides IPv6 configuration steps for the following clients: Microsoft Windows Red Hat Enterprise Linux IBM AIX® VMware vSphere ESXi 5.0 After understanding the basics of IPv6 concepts and architecture, IT network professionals will be able to use the procedures outlined in this paper to configure various host operating systems to suit their network infrastructure.

Download or read book IP Multicast Protocol Configuration written by Sangam Racherla and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most common transmission scheme used in networks today is unicast, which represents "one-to-one" transmission with one sender and one receiver. Sometimes there is a need for one host to send packets that are received by multiple hosts. The problem with implementing this kind of transmission using unicast is that the stream of packets must be replicated as many times as there are receivers. IP Multicast addresses the problem by intelligently sending only one stream of packets and then replicating the stream when it reaches the target domain that includes multiple receivers or reaches a necessary bifurcation point leading to different receiver domains. In this IBM® RedpapersTM publication, we introduce principles of IP Multicast and describe the IPv4 addressing used for multicast. We discuss the protocols that are used to implement multicast in an IP network and then provide the general IP Multicast configuration procedures and then presents IP Multicast configuration in a sample network using IBM System Networking Ethernet Switches. We conclude this paper with command references that include all commands and their parameters for configuration of multicast protocols and features. After understanding the basics of how to configure IP Multicast for the networking scenario described in this paper, IT network professionals will be able replicate a similar design and configuration to suit their network infrastructure.

Download or read book Energy Aware Systems and Networking for Sustainable Initiatives written by Kaabouch, Naima and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-06-30 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book covers a great variety of topics such as materials, environment, electronics, and computing, offering a vital source of information detailing the latest architectures, frameworks, methodologies, and research on energy-aware systems and networking for sustainable initiatives"--

Download or read book IBM b type Data Center Networking Design and Best Practices Introduction written by Jon Tate and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As organizations drive to transform and virtualize their IT infrastructures to reduce costs, and manage risk, networking is pivotal to success. Optimizing network performance, availability, adaptability, security, and cost is essential to achieving the maximum benefit from your infrastructure. In this IBM® Redbooks® publication, we address these requirements: Expertise to plan and design networks with holistic consideration of servers, storage, application performance, and manageability Networking solutions that enable investment protection with performance and cost options that match your environment Technology and expertise to design and implement and manage network security and resiliency Robust network management software for integrated, simplified management that lowers operating costs of complex networks IBM and Brocade have entered into an agreement to provide expanded network technology choices with the new IBM b-type Ethernet Switches and Routers, to provide an integrated end-to-end resiliency and security framework. Combined with the IBM vast data center design experience and the Brocade networking expertise, this portfolio represents the ideal convergence of strength and intelligence. For organizations striving to transform and virtualize their IT infrastructure, such a combination can help you reduce costs, manage risks, and prepare for the future. This book is meant to be used along with "IBM b-type Data Center Networking: Product Introduction and Initial Setup," SG24-7785.

Download or read book Green and Sustainable Computing Part I written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-11-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its first volume in 1960, Advances in Computers has presented detailed coverage of innovations in computer hardware, software, theory, design, and applications. It has also provided contributors with a medium in which they can explore their subjects in greater depth and breadth than journal articles usually allow. As a result, many articles have become standard references that continue to be of sugnificant, lasting value in this rapidly expanding field. In-depth surveys and tutorials on new computer technology Well-known authors and researchers in the field Extensive bibliographies with most chapters Many of the volumes are devoted to single themes or subfields of computer science

Download or read book Smarter Data Centers Achieving Greater Efficiency written by Mike Ebbers and published by IBM Redbooks. This book was released on 2011-10-21 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As we move towards becoming a smarter planet and the world becomes more instrumented, interconnected, and intelligent, the demands for data center resources are increasing rapidly. Smaller and more densely packed servers providing greater amounts of computing power can substantially increase power and cooling needs, while growing data volumes necessitate larger storage and network bandwidth capacities. Environmental and regulatory requirements can introduce additional limits on carbon emissions and water consumption. To satisfy these demands while keeping costs in check, our data centers need to be smarter as well. Comprehensive views of data center inventories, operational and environmental conditions, and consumption across multiple capacity types that span both facilities and IT are required. You can achieve greater efficiency using hardware, software, services, and design both in facilities and IT, but you need a comprehensive data center strategy to tie them together and thus obtain a complete picture of your data center environments. This IBM® RedpaperTM publication discusses important considerations when creating and implementing your smarter data center strategy. Notable techniques, best practices, and technological advances that can become critical components of success are included, along with methods for bringing them together to gain in-depth knowledge of data center operations. With such insight comes increased resiliency, rapid responsiveness, profitable access to detailed analytics, and reliable planning for the future. Although not all-inclusive, this document provides a guide to getting started, points you to additional sources of information, and suggests ways IBM can partner with you in your pursuit of a smarter data center.