Qlogic Storage Networking (Unified Fabric Pilot), Installation Manual

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5-28 iSCSI Traffic Performance Validation Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
5-29 Throughput Results Showing the Fibre Channel and iSCSI Application
Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
5-30 Setup for Verifying Virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
5-31 FCoE and iSCSI Application Throughput in a Virtual Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
5-32 Expert Shows PFC Pause Request Released from the Target to the Switch Port. . 5-31
B-1 Priority Flow Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
B-2 FCoE Mapping Illustration (Source: FC-BB-5 Rev 2.0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3
List of Tables
Table Page
3-1 Converged Network Equipment Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
3-2 JDSU Converged Network Validation Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
5-1 I/O Performance Comparison Among FCoE Storage Network Scenarios . . . . . . . . 5-14
5-2 FCoE Application Performance Statistics Evaluated by Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
5-3 Analyzer Port Setup Reference for Monitoring Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
5-4 Summary of Throughput Characteristic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
5-5 Performance Comparison Between Separate and Combined Applications . . . . . . . 5-28
5-6 FCoE and iSCSI Application Throughput when Running Separate Virtual
Machines on One Physical Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31