10000 Series
QLogic FabricCache Adapter
Data Sheet
•Simplied caching implementation uses a single driver model in the
OS software stack.
•Caching ofoad to adapter hardware accelerates performance without
consuming additional server memory or CPU cycles, while minimizing
the quantity of I/Os processed in the server.
•Hot data located close to the application increases workload
performance and throughput, while improving storage performance
and utilization.
OVERVIEW
The QLogic® FabricCache™ 10000 Series Adapter is an industry-rst,
integrated hardware solution that combines best-in-class Fibre Channel
SAN connectivity, backed by enterprise-class PCIe
application performance and decrease latency through I/O data caching.
The QLogic FabricCache Adapter is a PCIe-based adapter that caches
SAN data on a PCIe Flash card to accelerate server I/O access. The 10000
Series Adapter ofoads caching to adapter hardware, which accelerates
I/O and provides shared caching for clustered, virtualized, and distributed
workloads across the data center. The 10000 Series Adapter also enables
simple deployment by means of a single driver and management model
that reduces software stack complexity.
INDUSTRY FIRST
The 10000 Series FabricCache Adapter is an industry-rst, patent-pending,
SAN connectivity product that accelerates data throughput to dramatically
improve application performance by using industry-standard PCIe Flash as
its data cache.
Built on Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter, caching, and I/O management
technology that has been hardened and proven in the enterprise, QLogic
has created an adapter that transparently caches SAN data to QLE10000
Flash. The caching accelerates server I/O access and uniquely allows
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Flash to increase
•Provisioning cache data pools across multiple servers allows clustered
applications to seamlessly share the cache.
•Seamlessly integrates cache data in the server with the SAN.
•Uses QLogic’s proven Fibre Channel 8Gbps-to-PCI Express®
technology.
servers to pool and share access to the cache. Today’s enterprise
applications demand faster I/O access because they are clustered and
virtualized, and have distributed workloads across the data center. The
QLogic FabricCache Adapter uniquely addresses these needs by providing
shared, cached data and adapter clustering, which in turn maintains cache
coherence, high availability, and optimal allocation of cache resources.
CACHING OFFLOAD TO ADAPTER HARDWARE
The 10000 Series Adapter controls all caching and Flash cache
management in the adapter hardware, with zero changes as a standard
Fibre Channel adapter in the server. This control results in a solution
that is application-transparent, as well as infrastructure and storage
subsystemagnostic. The 10000 Series Adapter caching ofoad enables
faster application response time, provides lower latencies for data access,
and results in increased productivity.
By providing full hardware ofoad, QLogic adapters deliver signicant
performance benets and remove the protocol processing overhead from
the CPU. Ofoading conserves precious CPU cycles for applications and
services, and it maximizes server virtualization ratios and saves RAM.
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SINGLE SERVER TRANSPARENT CACHING
Because the 10000 Series Adapter contains Fibre Channel adapter
functionality, it is fully aware of the read/write I/O trafc on the Fibre
Channel link in a single server. This awareness enables the adapter to
make transparent data caching decisions based on throughput trafc
patterns, thereby optimizing data access for all applications running on the
server.
CLUSTERED SERVER TRANSPARENT CACHING
The 10000 Series Adapter delivers the ability to cluster adapters and share
cache between servers. Clustering creates a logical group of adapters that
provides a single point-of-management, which cooperates to maintain
cache coherence and high availability, and while optimally allocating cache
resources.
Unlike standard Fibre Channel adapters, the QLogic FabricCache Adapters
communicate with one another using the Fibre Channel infrastructure.
This communication provides cluster and cache management across
multiple server nodes. After dening caches for LUNs on the SAN, each
adapter identies the owner of the LUN cache. Because all FabricCache
Adapters recognize the cache owner for a specic LUN, I/Os are redirected
to the cache owner. This distributed cache model enables a single copy of
cached data, maximizing the use of the cache and making a very scalable
infrastructure.
Data Sheet
COMPREHENSIVE OS SUPPORT
Built on QLogic core Host Bus Adapter and storage routing technology,
the 10000 Series Adapter uses the QLogic Fibre Channel driver and
management stack enhanced for I/O caching. This model greatly
simplies deployment of the 10000 Series Adapter because the hardware
provides all of the Flash and cache management, and each OS requires
only a standard Fibre Channel driver. The driver uses the QLogic
QConvergeConsole
creation and management, as well as standard Fibre Channel device
management.
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GUI and the Host CLI as management tools for cache
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QLogic FabricCache Adapter
Data Sheet
Host Bus Interface Specications
Bus Interfaces (Two PCIe Slots Required)
- Storage adapter: PCIe Gen2 x4 (x8 physical
connector)
- PCIe Flash daughter card: PCIe x8 power only
Host Interrupts
- INTx and MSI
Compliance
- PCI Express Base Specication, rev. 2.0; PCI
Express Card Electromechanical Specication,
rev. 2.0; PCI Bus Power Management Interface
Specication, rev. 1.2
Fibre Channel Specications
Throughput
- 8Gbps full-duplex line rate per port (maximum)
IOPS
- 310,000 initiator IOPS per adapter
Logins per Port
- 2,048 concurrent logins and 2,048 active exchanges
Negotiation
- 8, 4, and 2Gbps autonegotiation
Class of Service
- 2 and 3
Topology
- Switched fabric
Protocols
- FCP-3-SCSI
- FC-Tape (FCP-2)
Flash SSD Specications
Tools and Utilities
QLogic Management Tools
- QConvergeConsole, a unied GUI tool for adapter and
cache conguration and management
- Host CLI, a command line interface for adapter and
cache conguration and management
- CIM provider and vSphere™ plug-in for VMware
Operating Systems
- For the latest applicable operating system
information, see http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com
Physical Specications
Adapter Ports
- Dual 8Gbps Fibre Channel
Form Factor
- Storage adapter: low prole PCIe card
(6.6 inches × 2.54 inches)
- 200GB Flash daughter card: low prole PCIe card
(6.6 inches × 2.54 inches)
- 400GB Flash daughter card: low prole PCIe card
(6.6 inches × 2.54 inches)
- Interconnect cables: 2.20 inches × 0.83 inches and
3.05 inches × 0.83 inches
Environment and Equipment Specications
Temperature
- Operating: 0°C (32°F) to 55°C (131°F)
- Storage: –20°C (–4°F) to 70°C (158°F)
Humidity
- Relative (non-condensing) 10% to 90%
- Storage 5% to 95%
Required Airow
- 200 linear feet per minute (LFM)
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Agency Approvals
Safety
- US, Canada, and Europe
EMI and EMC (Class A)
- US, Canada, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan,
and Korea
RoHS Compliance
- RoHS 6
Ordering Information
- Ships in individually packed boxes with standard size
brackets and spare low-prole brackets
- Ships with SR optical SFP transceivers installed
QLE10522 (200GB)
- Storage adapter with two 8Gbps SFPs
- 200GB SLC PCIe daughter card
- Interconnect cables
QLE10542 (400GB)
- Storage adapter with two 8Gbps SFPs
- 400GB SLC PCIe daughter card
- Interconnect cables
Service SKUs Required with FabricCache
Adapter Purchase
PRF1-105xxC
- One year preferred, 24×7 remote technical support.
- Next business day advanced hardware replacement
PRF3-105
xxC
- Three years preferred, 24×7 remote technical
support.
- Next business day advanced hardware replacement
Bus Interface
- PCI Express power only (x8 physical connector)
Memory Type
- Single-level cell (SLC) NAND Flash
Capacity
- 200GB or 400GB
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Power Consumption
- Storage adapter 18.5 watts (typical)
- PCIe Flash daughter card 21.5 watts (typical)
Multimode Optic Cable Distance (meters)
Rate OM1 OM2 OM3
2Gbps 150 300 500
4Gbps 70 150 380
8Gbps 21 50 150
10000 Series
QLogic FabricCache Adapter
Data Sheet
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