 Simple Integration, High Performance, Consolidated Management
Create, monitor and manage network and storage connections across all your servers with the Xsigo XMS 3 management interface. On the fly from a single pane of glass, you can create and manage connectivity, monitor performance, and apply rapidly repeatable configurations to any number of servers. And set quality of service parameters to guarantee bandwidth. You can create the equivalent of a cabled connection without ever touching a wire.
Ethernet and InfiniBand Server Connectivity
Only Xsigo offers your choice of fabrics -- standard Ethernet and InfiniBand -- so you can optimize the deployment to meet your performance and cost objectives. Both can be managed from the XMS interface.
Choose Ethernet fabric: the easiest integration. Connects to standard 1G and 10G Ethernet ports on your servers. The only virtual I/O that works with all of the servers you have now.
Or choose InfiniBand fabric: the fastest performance. Choose either 20Gbps or 40Gbps for each server link. Scale to hundreds of nodes.
BENEFITS
Benefits of the Xsigo I/O Director include:
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Dynamic I/O lets you quickly meet new needs
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Eliminate bottlenecks with up to 40G over each connection
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Persistent I/O identities, even through I/O migration
Open and Easy to Manage
With an open, standards-based architecture, the Xsigo I/O Director is non-disruptive and simple to integrate.
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Proven with all popular x86 servers, storage, and networking equipment
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Transparent to applications, networking, and storage
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Easily managed through CLI or intuitive GUI
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Integrates with existing management frameworks via an open API
IO Director Datasheet
XMS3 Management Interface Datasheet
Top 10 Reasons to Deploy Xsigo Now
The Business Case for Virtual IO
Compatability Matrix
The Business Case for Virtual I/O
Don't let I/O complexity prevent your organization from achieving its goals. Take control of your server I/O infrastructure, reduce complexity and increase asset utilization by deploying virtual I/O to:
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Eliminate up to 70% of the cards, cables, and switch ports
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Save 50% on capital expense
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Reduce power consumption by 30%
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Leverage smaller, more cost effective servers
Xsigo virtual I/O also increases resource utilization. With 20Gb bandwidth to each server, you can run more VMs, more mission critical apps, and get more utility from each device. You save on management costs as well. One-click control of I/O resources and remote management convenience saves thousands of dollars on every server deployed.
The need for virtual I/O
Server connectivity is a large and growing expense in enterprise data centers. Virtualized servers require more bandwidth and more physical connections per device. Traditional servers also require more flexible management to support increased utilization objectives.
The result is increased connectivity costs. I/O capital expense, including switch ports, cards, and cables, can often exceed the cost of the server itself. Operating costs can run into the tens of thousands of dollars per server over the life of the device.
Virtual I/O delivers immediate and ongoing savings to significantly reduce data center costs.
Virtual I/O Savings
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Potential Savings |
What Drives the Cost |
How Virtual I/O Helps |
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Switch, Ports, Cards and Cables |
£653.59 to £3,267.97 per Server |
Multiple networks, external storage, high bandwidth demands |
Eliminates 70% of the infrastructure to save 50% on capital expense while delivering 20b to each server |
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Servers |
£3,267.97 to £6,535.95 per Server |
4U high servers required to fit the needed I/O cards |
Accommodate up to 64 I/O connections with a single I/O slot, saving £3,267.97 to £6,535.95 per device |
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Rack Space |
£784.31 per Server |
Multiple switches and 4U high servers increase rack space requirements |
Save 50% on rack space with consolidated I/O resources and compact servers |
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Power/Cooling |
£196.08 per Server |
I/O switches (top-of-rack and end-of-row) and I/O cards may consume over 300 watts per server |
Eliminates 70% of the infratructure complexity to save 30% on power |
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Management Cost |
£2,091.50 per Server |
Time required for moves / adds / changes drives up management cost and reduces resource utilization |
Complete tasks 100X more quickly by executing them in software rather than hardware |
The Bottom Line
Xsigo I/O virtualization delivers immediate savings that can reduce server & server I/O capex by as much as £13,071.90 per server. Low scaling costs mean that savings grow with expansion. And, IT managers benefit from the longer term operational enhancements of this next-generation approach to connectivity.
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