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IBM WSC Storage Accelerate

Brocade Gen7 and FICON Virtual Fabrics

Howard L. Johnson, Technology Architect (FICON)

Tim Jeka, SAN Specialist September 29, 2020

Washington Systems Center - Storage

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Agenda

• Brocade Gen7 Announcement

• FOS 9.0 / SANnav 2.1 FICON Features

• Migrating to Gen7

• FICON Features and Trends

• Questions and Answers

Brocade Gen7 and FICON Virtual Fabrics

Z15

ZNext6


Brocade Gen7 Announcement



Brocade Gen7

• Industry’s first 64Bb/s Fibre Channel Switching Platforms Enabling an Autonomous SAN

• See our announcements• Press Release

• Gen7 Directors product page

• Gen7 Switches product page

• Check out the updated technical guides

• Brocade SAN Design and Best Practices Guide

• Brocade SAN Fabric Resiliency and Administration Best Practices User Guide

• Scale-out Architecture with Brocade UltraScale Inter-Chassis Links Design Guide

• Brocade SAN Scalability Guidelines for Fabric OS 9.x (New)

• Goto our FICON page

• https://www.broadcom.com/info/brocade/ficon-resources

Announced September 1, 2020

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https://www.broadcom.com/company/news/product-releases/53756

https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/directors/x7-directors

https://www.broadcom.com/products/fibre-channel-networking/switches/g720-switch

https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/53-1004781

https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/53-1004609

https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/Scale-Out-ICLs-DG

https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/SAN-Scalability-FOS9x-UG

https://www.broadcom.com/info/brocade/ficon-resources



The Industry’s Most Advanced Switching ASIC

• 50% lower latency for NVMe workloads (460ns latency)

• Ability to learn, measure and monitor fabric wide latency of

flows

• 50% more buffers per ASIC to support distance, burst

workloads and congestion management

• 4, 8, 10, 16, 32, 64Gb/s Fibre Channel

• Double encryption and compression capacity

Fibre Channel platforms built on Condor 5 ASIC

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Build a Foundation for the Autonomous SAN with the Brocade X7 Director

Modular design provides scale on-demand

Brocade X7-8 Director for Large Enterprise

• 14U, eight vertical blade slots

• Scale up to 384 x 64Gb/s ports or 512 x 32Gb/s ports

• 32 additional Gen 7 UltraScale ICL ports

• Up to 31Tb/s of aggregate chassis bandwidth

Brocade X7-4 Director for Midsize Enterprise

• 9U with exhaust shelf, four horizontal blade slots

• Scale up to 192 x 64Gb/s ports or 256 x 32Gb/s ports

• 16 additional Gen 7 UltraScale ICL ports

• Up to 15.5Tb/s aggregate chassis bandwidth

Two Director Models

Purpose-built to power

large-scale storage

environments

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Valu

e

Performance and Functionality

2x performance and scale

50% lower latency

Traffic Optimizer

Congestion management

Mix and match Gen 6 and Gen 7 blades

Most suitable for:

• Mid-to-large size enterprise

• Modern datacenters with performance sensitive

workloads

• Heavily virtualized, all-flash, NVMe deployments

• Scale performance beyond Gen 6

Most suitable for:

• Mid-to-large size enterprise

• Technology adopters looking to modernize

• Virtualized deployments

• Flash-enhanced storage users

Brocade X6

Brocade X7

Integrated analytics and advanced automation

Gen 6 vs Gen 7 Directors

• Faster, more intelligent, more resilient foundation for the on-demand data center

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Investment Protection: X6 Director Simple Upgrade to Gen 7

• Leverage existing chassis and components

• Requires a software upgrade to FOS v9.0 or

later, including an FPGA firmware upgrade on

the core processor blade

• Replace both core routing blades with new Gen

7 core routing blades

• Simply add Gen 7 port blades within the chassis

or continue to use existing Gen 6 blades

• Step-by-step document is available on the

Brocade Customer Support Portal (CSP)

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Brocade X7 Provides Flexibility

• 48-port Gen 7 Brocade FC64-48 port blade with 64Gb/s line

rate performance

• Support for 8, 10, 16, 32, 64Gb/s Fibre Channel

• 48-port Gen 6 Brocade FC32-X7-48 port blade with 32Gb/s

line rate performance

• Support for 4, 8, 10, 16, 32Gb/s Fibre Channel

• Added value over FC32-48 (reduced latency, congestion avoidance and

Traffic Optimizer)

• Non-upgradeable to 64Gb/s speeds

• Existing Gen 6 blades

• Brocade FC32-64 high-density port blade (increase scalability and

maximize space utilization)

• Brocade SX6 Extension blade (support disaster recovery solutions over

long distances)

Mix and match Gen 6 and Gen 7 blades in a single chassis

FC32-X7-48 port blade

FC64-48 port blade

FC32-64 port blade SX6 Extension blade

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Brocade G720 Switch

• Efficient 1U switch that delivers high port density and space utilization

• Scales from 24 to 56 x 64Gb/s ports

• 8 port increments on demand

• All optional software licenses included

• Fabric Vision, ISL Trunking, Integrated Routing, FICON CUP, Extended Fabrics

• Simplifies deployment, configuration and management of SAN resources

with a collection of easy-to-use tools

• Reduces the number of steps to deploy and configure a switch with

EZSwitchSetup

• Easier to manage with Brocade Web Tools simplified user interface

Unmatched 64Gb/s performance and industry-leading port density

Brocade G720 Switch

Fixed-port building block,

designed to scale-out

storage environments

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FOS 9.0 Autonomous SAN Features

• Fabric Notifications

• Objective

• Increase fabric resiliency and mitigate congestion

• Address deficiencies in multi-path IO solutions (i.e. path selection)

• Innovation

• Hardware detection and notification of congestion behavior

• Software identification of fabric detected events

• Traffic Optimizer

• Basic Traffic Optimizer

• Automatic optimal network resource based on Performance Group

• Destination port speed, SDDQ and QoS Zone, etc

• Enabled with Gen7 / Gen 6 compatibility mode

• Advanced Traffic Optimizer

• Available to a pure Gen 7 fabric with an advanced policy

• FOS 9.1 Performance Groups

• High priority protocols (i.e. NVMe)

• Dynamic workload profile (e.g. I/O size, latency, etc)

• Topology based policies

Congestion/Outage Free SAN

Storage

StorageServer

Server

MPIO

Over-subscribed or Credit Stalled

X

Link Integrity Issue

Notification to MPIO

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FOS 9.0/SANnav 2.1

FICON Features



Brocade Storage Networking Product Portfolio

Brocade X7 Directors Brocade FC64–48, FC32-X7-48 Port Blades and SX6 Extension Blade

Brocade X6 Directors

Brocade G630 Enterprise Switch

Brocade G610 Entry Switch

Brocade FC32-48, -64 Port Blades and SX6 Extension Blade

Brocade 7810 Extension Switch

Brocade G620 Midrange Switch

Brocade Gen 6Blade Server Switches

Brocade G720 Midrange Switch

Brocade SANnavManagement Portal

Brocade Fabric Vision

Rest API

Brocade SANnav Global View



FICON Logical Switch

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• Allowable actions

• Create and delete FICON logical switch

• Modify an existing logical switch to become a FICON logical switch

• Automated operations

• Enable HIF (IDID, SCC)

• Sets routing policy DBR

• Enables 256-Area limit

• Defines SCC security policy for current logical switch

• Enforces address binding

New Logic Switch Type



Brocade SANnav Management Portal and Global View

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SANnav Global View

Quickly visualize the health, performance, and inventory of all the fabrics across all SANnav Management Portals using a simple, intelligent dashboard

SANnav Management Portal

Next-generation SAN management

application, architected from the ground

up with a focus on streamlining

common workflows, such as

configuration, zoning, deployment, and

troubleshooting.

https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/SANnav-PB

https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/SANnav-PB



SANnav 2.1 FICON Operations

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• Navigation

• Login

• SANnav

• SAN Configuration

• Logical Fabric Management

• FICON Fabrics

• Display Configuration

• User icon (top right – note arrow ☺

• User Preferences

• Edit (next to Tables)

• Check FICON Display check box

• Select Yes from the Persist Last Column Selection

• Save

• Note: Requires FICON Management privileges

Getting to FICON Fabrics1

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SANnav 2.1 FICON Operations

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• Navigation

• SANnav

• SAN Configuration

• Logical Fabric Management

• FICON Fabrics

• Add a new Fabric

• Select Chassis

• Configure Domain IDs

• Add Ports

• Configure Link Addresses

• Save and Activate

Create New Fabric (FICON)



Event Management

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• MAPS Violations

• Investigate port telemetry data

• View Switch Details

• View Fabric Details

• Investigate View

• Takes user to source port

• Violation

• Time scope is preselected

• + or – 30-minutes

View Product, Fabric, Investigate



Investigation View

• Violations and Telemetry data

• Port Properties

• Related Ports

• Investigate any Port

• Use Zoom and Fetch

• 2-second data over last 2-hours

Mode

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Migration Planning



Support

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Important Dates

Product End of Support Comments

Z15 on Gen5 31 Oct 2021 Although support for these hardware platforms continues through

30 April 2025, for z15 connections the last day of support is 31

Oct 2021. The replacement for the 6510s the G620. The

replacement for the 8510-8 and 8510-4 are the X6-8 and X6-4.

Gen5 30 April 2025 For FICON, these are the 8510-4, 8510-8, and 6510 products.

Network Advisor 8 Feb 2022 SANnav is the replacement product. Most customers plan the

management system upgrade to coincide a few months prior to

the end of their Network Advisor support contract. Since there is a

free 90 day trial license for SANnav, this gives customers a no

cost transition period.



Migration Planning

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• Channel paths are independent

• Mix of Gen5 & Gen6/Gen7 works

• No change in Work Load Manager behavior

• Cascaded fabrics can be mixed

• Must have same routing method

• Must have same addressing method

Benefits of distributed path groups

zSystems

CEC

Gen6

DASD

Gen6

Gen6

Gen5



Logical FICON Switch

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• Supported FOS Versions

• Optional in FOS 8.1.0c

• Required in FOS 9.0.0b

• Advantages

• Improves security

• Ensures properly configured FICON SAN fabrics

• Simplifies configuration

• Considerations

• No need to change installed systems, unless;

• Need a feature only available in FOS 9.x

• Need to change routing method in cascaded fabric

Analogous to an LPAR

Future proof your FICON SAN!

Configure all new installations with a FICON logical switch



Physical Card Layout

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Same Size – Different Card Slot Numbering

14UCP blades: ½ height, both in slot 1

Port cards: slots 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12Port cards: slots 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12

CP blades: slots 6 & 7

2 CR blades: slots 5 & 8

2 CR blades: slots 7 & 8

8510-8 X6-8



Port Card Layout

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FC32-48

• 48-Ports per blade

• 32GFC per port

• Port and ASIC Assignment

• ASIC 0

• Ports 0 – 7

• Ports 24 – 39

• ASIC 1

• Ports 8 – 23

• Ports 40 – 47



Gen6 to Gen7 Upgrade

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• X6 and X7 chassis shells are essentially the same

• Gen 6 vs Gen 7 Director functionality is differentiated by the Core Routing (CR) blades

• X6 chassis HW can be upgraded (disruptively) to a Gen 7 chassis with FOS / FPGA upgrades and

CR exchange

CR Blades and CP FPGA upgrade differentiate Gen 6

and Gen 7 chassis

X6 Chassis X6+ Gen 7

Chassis

X7 Chassis

FOS Requirement 8.x/ 9.x 9.x 9.x

WWN Card X6 X6 X7

Condor 5-based Port Blades D C C

Condor 4 / 4+ based Port Blades C C C

SX6 Extension Blade C C C

CR32 Gen 6 Blade C D D

CR64 Gen 7 Blade D C C

CPX6 C D D

CPX6+ (Field upgraded FPGA) D C D

CPX7 D D C



X6 vs. Upgrade X6 vs. Gen 7 Director

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Supports Gen 6 and Gen 7 FC

Functionality

Supports Gen 6 and Gen 7 FC

Functionality

X6 Director

(Currently Shipping Product)

X6+ Director

(X6 upgraded to Gen 7)

Gen 7 Director

(Shipped from Factory)

FC32-48 FC32-64 SX6

Gen 6 CP Blades

(2xCPX6)

Gen 6 CR Blades

(2xCR32)

FC32-48 FC32-64 SX6

Gen 6 CP Blades

(2xCPX6+)

Gen 7 CR Blades

(2xCR64)

New Gen6 48p Blade

FC32-64 SX6

Gen 7 CP Blades

(2xCPX7)

Gen 7 CR Blades

(2xCR64)

Gen7 48p Blade

Blade options that can be inserted

New Gen6 48p Blade

Gen7 48p Blade Blade options that can be inserted

FC32-48

Supports Gen 6 FC

Functionality

X6 WWN Cards X6 WWN Cards X7 WWN Cards


FICON Features and Trends



An Internet Minute

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• Consumers spend $1,000,000 online

• Zoom hosts 208,333 participants in meetings

• LinkedIn users apply for 69,444 jobs

• Amazon ships 6,650 packages

• Doordash diners order 555 meals

• Spotify adds 28 tracks to its music library

• Instagram business profile ads see 138,889 clicks

• Venmo users send $239,196 worth of payments

The view from 2020

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/every-minute-internet-2020/

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/every-minute-internet-2020/



Millennials

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• Oh $#!&, where do I sign?

• Ride-sharing to bar hopping

• What’s my balance?

• The MyExperience App

Let me tell you about mine



IBM Z Integration

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• Port Decommission/Recommision

• Disengage/engage active ports

• Host allowed to quiesce paths

• Non-disruptive to active paths

• Cooperates with IBM Z

• Operational control with applications

• Interface to zOS

• Integrated for Automation

• Available to automation for threshold actions

• Selectable action

• Decommission instead of blocking

Operational integration with zOS

https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/53-1005401-01




Port Decommission

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• Document

• Quick Start Guide• https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/53-1005401-01

• Topics• Overview

• Configuration and Requirements• Setting up CIMOM servers

• F_Port/E_Port Decommissioning Instructions

• z/OS Requirements

• z/OS version 2, release 1

• z/OS version 1, release 13• OA38145: z/OS CIM APAR in support of port decommissioning

• OA38303 and HA42524: IOS port decommissioning APARs• IBM APAR OA38303 requires OA40538 and OA40037

• OA40538: Switch CUP diagnostics APAR

• OA40037: ESCON director code in support of switch CUP diagnostics APAR

• OA40876: IOS switch SPOF enhancements APAR

• CIMOM server on each logical partition (LPAR)• Running as a started task (CFZCIM)

• Common Event Adapter (CEA) running in full function mode

References

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/HW29A/b-type.doc/networkadvisor-1442-port-commissioning.pdf?view=kc


https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/HW29A/b-type.doc/networkadvisor-1442-port-commissioning.pdf?view=kc



IBM Z Communication

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• See single Points of Failure

• Analyze connections and paths

• Identify common components

• Analyze flow characteristics

• Identify fabric routes

• Examine utilization statistics

• Assess performance and errors

• Host access to diagnostics

• z/OS Display Matrix command

• MAPS event triggers

Diagnostic integration with Health Checker for z/OS

https://www-01.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/svc00100.nsf/pages/zOSV2R3SC236843/$file/e0zl100_v2r3.pdf




Health Checker for z/OS

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• Basic Steps

• Setup

• Allocate the HZSPDATA data set

• Save check data between restarts

• Create security definitions

• Obtain checks for IBM Health Checker for z/OS

• View and work with check output

• Use the HZSPRINT utility, SDSF, or operator commands

• Software requirements

• IBM Health Checker for z/OS is shipped as part of z/OS

• Runs on a parallel sysplex, monoplex, or XCF local mode

environment running z/OS V1R4 or later

• Note that different checks have different system level requirements

References





IBM Z Evaluation

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• Read Diagnostic Parameters (RDP)

• Enhances path evaluation

• Provides optical health data

• Compliments component view

• Differentiate between errors caused by dirty links

and errors caused by failing optical components

• Saves time and effort when locating and fixing

problems

Report optical health of the ecosystem



Read Diagnostic Parameters

• FOS CLI

• sfpShow

• sfpShow –link –force

• z/OS Display Matrix

• D M=Dev (x, y), LINKINFO=FIRST

• D M=Dev (x, y), LINKINFO=LAST

• D M=Dev (x, y), LINKINFO=COMPARE

Switch and z/OS commands

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.ieag100/d3m.htm

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https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSLTBW_2.4.0/com.ibm.zos.v2r4.ieag100/d3m.htm



IBM Z Optimization

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• FICON Dynamic Routing

• Exchange Based Routing (EBR)

• Most effective distribution of flows over the

available ISLs

• FICON Channel

• Exploits EBR efficiencies

• Enables consolidation of system resources

• Supplements existing policies

• Device Based Routing (DBR)

• Port Based Routing (PBR)

Balanced use of fabric resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H70pZvR6EQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H70pZvR6EQo



FICON Dynamic Routing

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• Announced with z/13

• New FICON routing technique for FICON interswitch links (ISLs)

• Enables ISL routes to be dynamically changed based on the Fibre Channel exchange ID

• ISL is assigned at I/O request time

• Advantages

• Support sharing of ISLs between FICON and FCP (Metro Mirror/PPRC or distributed)

• I/O traffic is better balanced between all available ISLs

• Improve utilization of FICON directors and ISLs

• Easier to manage with a predictable and repeatable I/O performance

• Enabled by definition of dynamic routing capable switches and control units in HCD

• zHealth Check function for FICON dynamic routing

References

https://www-03.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP102651




IBM Z Integrity

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• 16GFC Forward Error Correction

• Guarantees higher and more deterministic

performance

• Provides robust data security at the extremely

high data rates

• Maintains high data reliability and security

• Fibre Channel Gen5 to Gen6

• Foundation for Gen6 infrastructures

• Higher speeds are FEC enabled

Optimized signal conditioning to reduce errors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOPdJ9ewjRg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOPdJ9ewjRg



Forward Error Correction

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• FICON Express 16s

• Description

• “FEC improves the bit error rate to the same amount as though the signal were 2.5 dB stronger, relative to the fixed amount of receiver noise.”

• Advantages

• Controls errors in data transmission over unreliable or noisy communication links

• Typically corrects errors without retransmission

• Receiver corrects errors without needing to request retransmission of data

• T11 Standard FC-PI-5

References

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp5134.pdf




IBM Z Flexibility

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• Historical challenges

• Fabric resiliency under failure

• “Unsupported” routes must be avoided

• Meets support restrictions

• FICON fabrics are viewed as less reliable than

FCP fabrics

• IBM Z Solution

• Remove restrictions

• Hop counts from channel to control unit

• Verify FICON fabric architectures

• Broader scope of configurations

• Establish best practice guidelines

Improved SAN design with expanded topology support





FICON Multi-hop Technologies

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• Support for cascaded FICON configurations over interswitch

links (ISLs) called FICON Multihop

• Description

• Allows support for cascading up to four switches

• Three hops (previously restricted to two cascaded switches aka

one hop)

• Advantages

• Support multiple configurations for easy deployment of

GDPS

• Improve utilization of FICON directors and switches

• Simpler and easier to manage configurations for SAN

availability

References





IBM Z Futures

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SAN Qualification Notice

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• Availability

• Release: July 27, 2020

• New Hardware Support

• 32Gbps 25KM Extended Long Wavelength (ELWL)

optic

• New Feature Support

• IBM Fiber Channel Endpoint Security

• Qualified for All IBM Z

• FCP and FICON

FOS 8.2.2c / BNA 14.4.5

https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/

https://www.broadcom.com/info/brocade/ficon-resourcesNow available on www.Broadcom.com

https://www.ibm.com/servers/resourcelink/




IO Ops/ESCON Manager EOS

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• SOD Announcement:

• System Automation for z/OS (SAFOS) V3.5• Last release to support the I/O operations

• Newer SAFOS releases do not support I/O Ops

• http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS214-284/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en

• EOS Announcement:

• SAz/OS I/O Operations (I/O Ops)• EOS with V3.5 September 2019

• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/sazos-io-operations-io-ops-going-out-service-v35-september-2019

• Blog:

• Fibre Channel SAN Management for z/OS, IBM Z and DS8000• Reiterates the statement of direction

• Lists alternatives

• https://developer.ibm.com/storage/2018/11/28/fibre-channel-san-management-for-z-os-ibm-z-and-ds8000/

zOS Statement of Direction (IO Ops)

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS214-284/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en

http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/4/897/ENUS214-284/index.html&lang=en&request_locale=en

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/sazos-io-operations-io-ops-going-out-service-v35-september-2019

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/sazos-io-operations-io-ops-going-out-service-v35-september-2019

https://developer.ibm.com/storage/2018/11/28/fibre-channel-san-management-for-z-os-ibm-z-and-ds8000/

https://developer.ibm.com/storage/2018/11/28/fibre-channel-san-management-for-z-os-ibm-z-and-ds8000/



Summary

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Brocade Gen7/Gen6 – FICON, The next generation

FOS and SANnav – Making life FICON easier

Migrating to Gen7 – The 5-P’s: Prior planning prevents poor performance

Features and Trends – Millennials, Autonomous SAN, and “Autonomic”

Fibre Channel and Mainframe – Made for each other

Brocade and IBM – Partners and vision


Questions and Answers



Brocade Mainframe Assets

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2 E-BOOKS

2 END USERS

WEBINARS

IN-DEPTH TRAINING

PLUS MORE

NEW

FICON 101

FICON EDU WEBPAGE

https://www.broadcom.com/info/brocade/ficon-resourcesNEW

QUAL LETTER




Brocade Gen 7 Classes

• Introduction to Brocade

Gen 7 Director

Hardware (HWG7D-

120)

• Introduction to Brocade

Gen 7 Switch Hardware

(HWG7S-120)

• Gen 7 Switch and

Director Product Update

Training (PUT-234)

Hardware and software courses available

• SANnav v2.1.0 Management Portal Inventory (MPIV-220)

• SANnav v2.1.0 Management Portal Event Management (MPEV-220)

• SANnav v2.1.0 Management Portal User Accounts (MPUA-220)

• SANnav v2.1.0 Global View Overview (GVOV-220)

• SANnav v2.1.0 Management Portal MAPS (MPMP-220)

• SANnav v2.1.0 Management Portal Firmware Management (MPFW-220)

• SANnav v2.1.0 Management Portal SupportSave (MPSS-220)

Hardware Software

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Thank You


Fibre Channel and Mainframe



Fibre Channel Industry

56



Fibre Channel Generations

57



Fibre Channel the Next Generation

58



FC-LS-5/FC-FS-6/FC-SW-8

59



FC-NVMe-2

60



FC-GS-8

61


Brocade and IBM Z



IBM Z Relationship

63

IBM Z

• Relationship

• IBM Z Brand

• IBM Z I/O Technology Teams

• FICON Qualification Lab

• Standards

• FC-SB, FC-PI, FC-SW, FC-BB

• Technology and Strategies

• Joint Development for IBM Z

• People

• Phil Sciuto, Joe Turner, Ray Newsom, Patty Driever, Roger Hathorn, Mark Bendyk, Chris Colonna, Dale Reidy, Andrew Crimmins, PJ Catalano, Chris Moretti, Dan Rinck, Len DiBella

Mainframe partnership



Brocade Mainframe Product Timeline

64

FICON Introductions• 08/2002 2 Gbps FICON

• 05/2002 FICON / FCP Intermix

• 11/2001 FICON Inband Mgmt

• 04/2001 64 Port Director



• 09/2006 4 Gbps FICON

ESCON Introductions• 10/1994 9032 ESCON Directors• 08/1999 FICON Bridge

Bus/Tag and ESCON Extension• 1986 CTC Extension/B&T

• 1991 High Speed Printer Extension

• 1993 Tape Storage Extension

• 1993 T3/ATM WAN Support

• 1995 Disk Mirroring Support

ESCON & FICON Extension• 1998 IBM XRC Support

• 1999 Remote Virtual Tape

• 2001 FCIP Remote Mirroring

• 2003 FICON Emulation for Disk

• 2005 FICON Emulation for Tape

1987 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 20091997 2012

ED-5000M6140

M6064

i10K

9032

48000B24000 DCXFC9000

DCX-4S

DCX 8510

2015

Channelink

USD82xx

Edge

USDX 7500 &

FR4-18i

7800 &

FX8-24

7840

More FICON Introductions• 02/2008 DCX Backbone

• 02/2008 768 Port Platform

• 02/2008 Integrated WAN


• 05/2008 Acceleration for FICON Tape

• 11/2009 New FCIP Platforms

• 12/2011 DCX 8510

• 01/2012 16 Gbps FICON

• 05/2016 X6 Directors

• 10/2016 32 Gbps FICON

2016

SX6

X6



Over 85% of All Mainframe Infrastructure is Brocade

65

6,000+ FICON Directors Worldwide

50,000+ Brocade Directors Worldwide

38 million+ Brocade SAN Switch Ports Installed

200,000+ Brocade SANs in Production

33Years

+ 32FICON

Products

=

FICON Introductions• 08/2002 2 Gbps FICON

• 05/2002 FICON / FCP Intermix

• 11/2001 FICON Inband Mgmt





• 02/2008 DCX Backbone

• 02/2008 768 Port Platform

• 02/2008 Integrated WAN


• 05/2008 Accel for FICON Tape

• 11/2009 New FCIP Platforms

ESCON Introductions• 10/1994 9032 ESCON Directors• 08/1999 FICON Bridge

Bus/Tag and ESCON Extension• 1986 CTC Extension/B&T

• 1991 High Speed Printer Extension

• 1993 Tape Storage Extension

• 1993 T3/ATM WAN Support

• 1995 Disk Mirroring Support

ESCON & FICON Extension• 1998 IBM XRC Support

• 1999 Remote Virtual Tape

• 2001 FCIP Remote Mirroring

• 2003 FICON Emulation for Disk

• 2005 FICON Emulation for Tape

Gen 5 FICON• 12/2011 DCX 8510

• 01/2012 16 Gbps FICON

19

87

19

92

19

97

20

02

20

07

20

17

20

122020

Gen 6 FICON• 05/2016 X6 Directors

• 10/2016 32 Gbps FICON

Gen 7 FICON• Coming soon



BSN Fibre Channel Industry Leadership

66



New X6 Director Support Lifecycle

67

X6 End of Support TBD

X6 Chassis EOA Notice

X6 Chassis LCS

(6 months)

X6 48p Blade EOA

(+18 months after chassis)

X6 48p Blade Availability

Proposed Gen 6 to Gen 7 Director Transition Plan

Gen 7 GA

Gen 6 & 7 in One Chassis (X7 Director)

Upgrade Path Supported

X6 Chassis

CY 2020 CY 2021 CY 2022

Note: All content and schedules subject to change

CY 2023 CY 2024 CY 2025


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