QLogic BR-1860 User Manual

QLogic BR-1860

Fabric Adapter

Data Sheet

• Provides a class of adapters that meets all Fibre Channel and
Ethernet connectivity needs in cloud-enabled data centers

• Supports Gen 5 Fibre Channel and 10GbE DCB connectivity for
TCP/IP, iSCSI, and FCoE with QLogic AnyIO® technology

• Consolidates I/O devices and optimizes QoS with QLogic vFLink
technology

OVERVIEW

To keep pace with dynamic and growing business demands, many
organizations are transitioning their data centers to private cloud
architectures to leverage the many benets of virtualization. This
approach enables them to consolidate, scale, simplify, and automate
their IT resources to increase business agility while reducing capital and
operational expenditures. The QLogic BR-1860, designed for today’s data
centers, simplies the journey to the private cloud.

Server virtualization continues to be a key technology for enabling private
cloud architectures. Organizations worldwide are taking virtualization to
the next level, increasing virtual machine (VM) densities and virtualizing
mission-critical workloads. This trend is increasing demand for shared
storage and atter, more scalable networks—as well as higher bandwidth
and I/O capacity for client/server and storage networks.

• Enhanced virtualization support, including Windows Server®
2012 Virtual Fibre Channel and network QoS (bandwidth
management) functionality

• Centralized management through single pane-of-glass by
integration with Brocade® Network Advisor

A SINGLE ADAPTER FOR ALL CONNECTIVITY NEEDS

Available in single-port and dual-port models, the BR-1860 features
QLogic AnyIO technology, making it the industry’s rst multiprotocol
server connectivity product designed for highly virtualized, cloud-enabled
data centers. The BR-1860 is a new class of adapters that combines a
Gen 5 Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter with a 10-gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
Converged Network Adapter and a NIC to support native Fibre Channel,
TCP/IP, data center bridging (DCB) Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE), and iSCSI running simultaneously in a single product.

To help address that demand, the BR-1860 Fabric Adapter meets all
the connectivity needs of cloud-enabled data centers while providing
unmatched performance, application-aware services, unied
management, and reduced cost and complexity. It is the simplest, most
exible, and most powerful server connectivity adapter designed to extend
fabric services to VMs and applications in highly demanding virtualized
environments (Figure 1).

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Gen 5 Fibre Channel is the purpose-built, data center-proven network
infrastructure for storage, delivering unmatched reliability, simplicity,
and 16Gbps performance. The BR-1860 Fabric Adapter with Gen5
Fibre Channel unleashes the full potential of high-density server
virtualization, cloud architectures, and next-generation storage.

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QLogic BR-1860 Fabric Adapters

Ethernet Fibre Channel

Data Sheet

I/O Virtualization (IOV) and Virtual Switching

The BR-1860 supports QLogic virtual Fabric Link (vFLink) technology,
which partitions a single adapter into as many as eight virtual adapters
called vNICs. This is done in hardware by using multiple physical functions
(PFs) at the PCIe® bus level, appearing as separate physical devices at the
OS level. These virtual links can be assigned minimum and/or maximum
bandwidth levels allocated in 100Mbps increments, with a maximum of
10Gbps for Ethernet. This helps organizations overcome the proliferation of
adapters in virtual environments while maintaining management isolation
and quality of service (QoS) for different types of networks, including
production, backup, management, or live migration (Figure 2).

Brocade Network Advisor

Orchestration

Figure 1. BR-1860 Fabric Adapter technology extends Fibre Channel and Ethernet fabric

services to the VMs and applications

Organizations have the exibility to choose, on a port-by-port basis, the
adapter type and connectivity protocol that are most appropriate for their
applications and their business requirements. This unmatched exibility
allows organizations to standardize on a single adapter for all of their
connectivity needs. IT departments can realize capital and operational
savings by consolidating multiple lower-speed Fibre Channel Host Bus
Adapters and 1GbE NICs into a single adapter, acquiring space-efcient
1U rack-mount servers, connecting to existing Fibre Channel and Ethernet
networks without requiring additional switch ports, and future-proong
their data centers for a seamless transition to multiprotocol networks.

Delivering full-duplex, line-rate 16Gbps Fibre Channel and 10GbE speeds,
and over one million IOPS per dual-port adapter for storage applications—
including Fibre Channel, FCoE, and iSCSI—the QLogic BR-1860 is the ideal
platform to support the most demanding mission-critical workloads in the
largest data centers. The BR-1860 supports full FCoE protocol ofoad as
well as stateless networking ofoads for 10GbE, including TCP checksum
and segmentation ofoads for improved performance and more efcient
CPU utilization.

DESIGNED FOR THE PRIVATE CLOUD

Virtualization is transforming the data center, essentially moving the
access layer of the network into the server. In addition to virtualizing I/O
devices to allow them to be shared by the VMs, hypervisors have become,
by necessity, software-based Ethernet switches that provide networking
services for VMs—using CPU cycles and hindering virtualization scalability
and performance. Even with the most powerful processors, at 16Gbps
Fibre Channel and 10GbE speeds, hypervisors simply cannot keep up with
I/O, and line-rate performance becomes impossible to achieve.

Figure 2. QLogic vFLink I/O virtualization technology enables I/O consolidation

To further improve performance in virtual environments, VMs can bypass
the hypervisor and access I/O devices directly, leveraging server chipset
technologies such as Intel® virtualization technology for directed I/O (VT-d)
or AMD® I/O virtualization (AMD-Vi).

The BR-1860 will help organizations overcome this limitation through
its ability to support the PCI-SIG® single root input/output virtualization
(SR-IOV) specication1, which extends QLogic vFLink technology to support
up to 255 virtual fabric links. SR-IOV utilizes PCIe virtual functions (VFs),
which are lightweight PCI functions that are assigned to the VMs while
the hypervisor retains control of the underlying PF. SR-IOV enables an
efcient sharing of I/O devices for VMs as well as direct I/O for increased
performance (Figure 3).

By implementing virtual machine optimized ports (VMOPs), the BR-1860
leverages hypervisor multiqueue technologies such as VMware® NetQueue
and Microsoft® VMQ to ofoad the incoming network packet classication
and sorting tasks from the hypervisor onto the adapter, freeing the CPU
and enabling line-rate performance.

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Data Sheet

• Integration into Brocade's Brocade Network Advisor (BNA):

Provides customizable health and performance dashboard views to
pinpoint problems faster, simplify SAN conguration and management,
and reduce operational costs.

• Critical diagnostic and monitoring capabilities: Helps ensure early

problem detection and recovery.

• Forward error correction (FEC): Enables recovery from bit errors in

ISLs, enhancing transmission reliability and performance.

• Credit loss recovery: Helps overcome performance degradation and

congestion due to buffer credit loss.

Diagnostic ports (D_Ports) are a port type that enables administrators to
quickly identify and isolate optics and cable problems, reducing fabric
deployment and diagnostic times. Organizations can also use Brocade's
ClearLink diagnostics to run a variety of tests through QLogic Host
Connectivity Manager (HCM), QLogic BCU CLI, or Brocade's BNA to test
ports, SFPs, and cables for faults, latency, and distance.

The BR-1860 also incorporates a built-in virtual Layer 2 Ethernet switch, or
virtual Ethernet bridge (VEB), to ofoad the hypervisor from all of the inter­VM trafc switching tasks, delivering better network performance for VMs
while freeing the CPU for additional application processing.

Extend Fabric Services to the Server and Applications

The BR-1860 supports Brocade's Server Application Optimization (SAO)
technology to extend the intelligence and fabric services of industry­leading Brocade Fibre Channel fabrics into servers. N_Port trunking
extends the ISL trunking capability from the Brocade switches into the
server, combining two 16Gbps links in a dual-port adapter into a single
logical 32Gbps connection with frame-level load balancing for unmatched
levels of performance and fault tolerance.

Brocade SAO also extends QoS from the fabric to the VM and application
level, enabling organizations to virtualize mission-critical applications
and scale virtualization environments with condence. Leveraging virtual
channel technology in the Brocade switch and QLogic adapter ASICs,
QoS ensures that mission-critical workloads will not be impacted by
congestion or misbehaving devices, helping organizations more efciently
meet application service level agreements (SLAs).

Unprecedented Visibility and Insight Across the Storage Network with
Advanced Monitoring and Diagnostics

Offering innovative diagnostic, monitoring, and management capabilities,
the BR-1860 helps administrators avoid problems, maximize application
performance, and reduce operational costs with the following technologies:

• Diagnostic port (D_Port) support: Ensures optical and signal integrity

for Gen 5 Fibre Channel optics and cables, simplifying deployment
and support of high-performance fabrics. It leverages the ClearLink
diagnostic port (D_Port) capabilities of Brocade's Gen 5 Fibre Channel
switch platforms.

D_Port enabled diagnostic ports can be congured either explicitly by
the user in static mode or forced by the switch port in dynamic mode.
Dynamic mode automatically congures D_Ports on the adapter from
the switch, streamlining deployment and reducing operational overhead.
To take advantage of Brocade's ClearLink diagnostics functionality, the
BR-1860 needs to be in Host Bus Adapter mode and requires 16Gbps
optics.

In addition, the BR-1860 extends credit recovery and FEC from the SAN
fabric to the server level. Extending these fabric services to the server
improves link resiliency and enhances overall application performance and
availability.

The BR-1860 is hardware-capable to support the upcoming virtual
Ethernet port aggregator (VEPA) standard as dened by the IEEE

Edge Virtual Bridging (EVB)

switched by the access layer switch in the network. Combined with QLogic
vFLink technology, VEPA logically extends the physical Ethernet switch all
the way to the VMs. This allows networking policies to be dened with VM
granularity and enables the delivery of VM-aware services and VM-level
trafc monitoring.

Optimal Support for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2

By supporting Windows Server® 2012, the BR-1860 enhances its ability
to support Windows-based virtual workloads and provides network
administrators with policy-based tools to manage trafc on the virtual
and physical networks. Furthermore, its support of the Hyper-V® virtual
Fibre Channel feature enables direct connectivity to Fibre Channel SANs
from within a Hyper-V VM, allowing Fibre Channel SANs to seamlessly
support Windows-based virtualized workloads. Support for Fibre Channel
in Hyper-V guests also includes support for many high-availability features,
such as virtual SANs, clustered VMs, live migration, and multipath I/O
(MPIO).

specication. VEPA allows inter-VM trafc to be

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Through its support of Windows Server 2012 policy-based QoS, the
BR-1860 enables administrators to specify network bandwidth controls
based on application type, users, and servers for the physical network.
In addition, support of Hyper-V QoS enables cloud hosting providers and
enterprises to deliver predictable network performance for multiple types
of trafc for VMs using BR-1860 adapters running in DCB mode.

SIMPLIFYING SERVER DEPLOYMENT WITH DYNAMIC FABRIC
PROVISIONING

Dynamic fabric provisioning (DFP) allows organizations to eliminate fabric
reconguration when adding or replacing servers through the virtualization
of host world wide names (WWNs). It combines Brocade switch and QLogic
adapter technology to reduce or eliminate the need to modify zoning or
LUN masking. In addition, DFP enables pre-provisioning of virtual WWNs,
helping organizations eliminate time-consuming steps when deploying
new equipment or moving devices within a switch.

CENTRALIZED ADAPTER MANAGEMENT

QLogic’s Host Connectivity Manager (HCM) is an easy-to-use adapter
management tool for conguring, monitoring, and troubleshooting the
QLogic BR-series adapters. HCM enables server administers to quickly
congure BR-series adapters locally or remotely.

Data Sheet

HCM scans the SAN environment to discover visible storage resources
and display target LUNs. A simple to use graphical tree view provides fast
access to the managed Host Bus Adapters, Converged Network Adapters,
ports, and target storage resources. HCM also provides notications of
various conditions and problems through a user-dened event lter.

In addition to providing a graphical interface, QLogic also provides
a powerful command line interface, BCU CLI, for scripting and task
automation.

For holistic data center-wide management, QLogic HCM is tightly
integrated with Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) to provide end-to­end conguration and management of the entire SAN infrastructure.
Administrators can launch QLogic HCM from within BNA to provide single­pane-of-glass management of QLogic BR-series adapters and Brocade
switches.

QLogic also provides open APIs and standards-based interfaces for
integration with popular third-party applications.

MAXIMIZING INVESTMENTS

To help optimize technology investments, QLogic and its partners offer
complete solutions that include professional services, technical support,
and education. For more information, contact a QLogic sales partner or
visit www.qlogic.com.

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Data Sheet

Fibre Channel Specications

Data Rate

• 14.025Gbps (1600MBps); 8.5Gbps

(800MBps); 4.25Gbps (400MBps); 2.125Gbps
(200MBps) auto-sensing (perport); full duplex

Performance

• Over 500,000 IOPS per port

(1,000,000 IOPS per dual-port adapter)

Topology

• Point-to-point (N_Port), switched fabric (N_Port),

FC-AL, FC-AL2

Key Features

• Dynamic fabric provisioning (DFP). Fibre Channel

fabric assigned worldwide name (FA-PWWN)

• D_Port. Port type enabling rapid isolation of optics or

cable problems

• Credit recovery. Buffer credit loss detection and

automatic recovery at 16GFC

• Forward error correction (FEC): error recovery

mechanism when operating at 16Gbps link speed

• N_Port trunking. Aggregation of 2×16Gbps links

into a single logical 32Gbps link

Distance Support

• 15m at 16Gbps on 62.5/125μm (OM1) multimode

ber (MMF)

• 35m at 16Gbps on 50/125μm OM2 MMF

• 100m at 16Gbps on 50/125μm OM3 MMF

• 125m at 16Gbps on 50/125μm OM4 MMF

• 10km at 16Gbps on 9/125μm single-mode ber

(SMF)

Ethernet Specications

Data Rate

• 10.3125Gbps

Boot Options

• Pre-boot execution environment (PXE and gPXE),
BIOS, UEFI

FCoE Specications

Performance

• Over 500,000 IOPS per port
(1,000,000 IOPS per dual-port adapter)

Host Specications

Server Platform

• Intel (IA32, IEM64T), AMD (x86, 64), and
Sun® (x86, SPARC®)

Bus Interface

• PCI Express Gen 2.0 compatible (x8), with MSI-X and
INTx

Software

Management

• QLogic Host Connectivity Manager (HCM)

• QLogic BCU CLI

Operating Systems

• For the latest applicable operating system information,
see http://driverdownloads.qlogic.com.

Physical Specications

Form Factor

• PCI Express low-prole form factor;

16.77cm×6.89cm (6.60in.×2.71in.)

Operating Humidity

• 5% to 93% (relative, non-condensing)

Non-Operating Humidity

• 5% to 95% (relative, non-condensing)

Operating Voltage

• 12V

Agency Approvals

United States

• Bi-Nat UL/CSA 60950-1 2nd Ed; ANSI C63.4;
cCSAus; FCC Class B

Canada

• Bi-Nat UL/CSA 60950-1 2nd Ed; ICES-003 ClassB;
cCSAus

Japan

• CISPR22 Class B and JEIDA (Harmonics); VCCI-B

European Union

• EN60950-1; EN55022 Class B and EN55024;
TÜV Bauart, CE Mark

Australia, New Zealand

• EN55022 and CISPR22 Class B or AS/NZS CISPR22;
C-Tick

Russia

• IEC60950-1; 51318.22-99 and .24-99; GOST Mark

Korea

• KN22 and KN24; KC Mark Class B

Taiwan

• CNS 13438(95) Class A; BSMI Mark

Ordering Information

Distance Support

• 33m at 10Gbps on 62.5/125μm OM1 MMF

• 82m at 10Gbps on 50/125μm OM2 MMF

• 300m at 10Gbps on 50/125μm OM3 MMF

• 10km at 10Gbps on 9/125μm SMF

Frame Sizes

• All standard Ethernet frame sizes supported,
including 9,600 byte jumbo frames and mini-jumbo
frames

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Environmental and Power Requirements

Airow

• 45 linear feet per minute (LFM)

Operating Temperature

• 0ºC to 55ºC /32ºF to 131ºF (dry bulb)

Non-Operating Temperature

• −43ºC to 73ºC/−40ºF to 163ºF (dry bulb)

BR-1860-1

• Ships in a single pack with low-prole and standard

BR-1860-2

• Ships in a single pack with low-prole and standard

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NOTICES

Brocade Network Advisor (BNA) is a management solution from Brocade that enables unied management across SAN and IP networks. Brocade Server
Application Optimization (SAO) is an optional feature available on Brocade switches. SAO works with QLogic BR series adapters to enhance application
performance and VM scalability. Licenses for Brocade's BNA and SAO products can be purchased separately through Brocade Corporation.

DISCLAIMER

Reasonable efforts have been made to ensure the validity and accuracy of these performance tests. QLogic Corporation is not liable for any error in this
published white paper or the results thereof. Variation in results may be a result of change in conguration or in the environment. QLogic specically
disclaims any warranty, expressed or implied, relating to the test results and their accuracy, analysis, completeness or quality.

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