3519 Full Speed Ahead Enhancing PowerVM Network Performance and Best Practices for Cisco ACI Software-Defined Networking.pdf

1、October 21-24,2024Mandalay Bay Convention CenterLas Vegas,NevadaSession code 3519Alexander PaulSenior Technical ConsultantFull Speed Ahead:Enhancing Full Speed Ahead:Enhancing PowerVMPowerVM Network Performance Network Performance and Best Practices for Cisco ACI and Best Practices for Cisco ACI Sof

2、twareSoftware-Defined NetworkingDefined NetworkingAgenda0102030405Network Virtualization Options for IBM Power Power10 Network Performance Performance metrics and resultsWhats New?PowerVM with Cisco ACIIBM TechXchange 2024#IBMTechXchange3Why network Why network performance performance matters?matter

3、s?IBM TechXchange 2024Network Performance Considerations:Example SAP HANA A HANA Database can utilize a large number of simultaneous TCP connectionssimultaneous TCP connections.Each connection may carry data traffic with a variety of different message sizesdifferent message sizes.Key network perform

4、ance indicators:Small messagesSmall messages(1500 bytes)(e.g.OLAP,fetching larger results or data synchronization)A HANA infrastructure should perform well in both disciplines!A HANA infrastructure should perform well in both disciplines!4IBM TechXchange 2024#IBMTechXchangeNetwork Virtualization Opt

5、ions for IBM Power5IBM TechXchange 2024PowerVM Network OptionsPowerVM Virtual Ethernet and Shared Ethernet AdapterPowerVM Virtual Ethernet and Shared Ethernet Adapter Well known and established technology(since POWER5)Build-in failover capabilities(SEA failover on Virtual I/O Server)Supports Live Pa

6、rtition Mobility and Simplified Remote RestartPowerVMPowerVM SRSR-IOVIOV Hardware assisted network virtualization Excellent performance Client OS needs to care about redundancy as logical adapter ports are directly hardware related.Does not allow the use of features like Live Partition Mobility(LPM)