FIBRE CHANNEL AND ETHERNET ROADMAPS Scott Kipp [email protected] August 2014 14-273v0 1 DISCLAIMER The views expressed in this presentation are the views of the presenter and not of the Ethernet Alliance. 2 Data Center Roadmaps Don’t know your past, don’t know your future… • This presentation will look at historical speeds for Fibre Channel and Ethernet and show trends that will help us predict the future • Speeds are getting harder to double: • Physics is getting in the way – attenuation is higher at high frequencies • Cost is paramount • Leveraging telecom speeds is more challenging • Amazing innovations still to come… 8/5/2014 3 6 Generations of Fibre Channel Doubling the Speed as Needed - before 2012… Generation 1st Gen 2nd Gen 3rd Gen 4th Gen 5th Gen 6th Gen Electrical / 1GFC / 2GFC / 4GFC / 8GFC / 16GFC / 32GFC / Optical GBIC/ SFP SFP SFP+ SFP+ SFP+ Module SFP Electrical 1 lane at 1 lane at 1 lane at 1 lane at 1 lane at 1 lane at Speeds(Gbps) 1.0625 2.125 4.25 8.5 14.025 28.05 Encoding 8b/10b 8b/10b 8b/10b 8b/10b 64b/66b 64b/66b Availability 1997 2001 2006 2008 2011 2016 GBIC SFP / SFP+ Presentation Title Month ##, 200# Future Generations of Fibre Channel Serial and Parallel Generation 6th Gen 7th Gen 8th Gen Electrical / Optical 32GFC and 64GFC and 128GFC and Module 128GFC /SFP+ 256GFC /SFP+ 512GFC /SFP+ and QSFP28 and QSFP56 and QSFP112 Electrical Speeds (Gbps) 1 lane of 28.05 1 lanes of 56.1 1 lane of 112.2 4 lanes at 28.05 4 lanes at 56.1 4 lanes at 112.2 Serial Fibre Channel SFP+ Parallel Fibre Channel QSFP28 QSFP56 QSFP112 128GFC Overview Month ##, 200# Fibre Channel Speeds 1995-2020 512GFC 4X112.2? 256GFC 4X56.1 128GFC 128GFC 4X28.05 ?G 100G 64GFC 56.1G 32GFC 28.05G 16GFC 14.025G 2X/4 Years 8GFC = 17%/year 10G 8.5G 1.65X/3 Years 4GFC = 18%/year Line Rate (b/s) Line Rate 4.25G 2X/3 Years = 26%/year 2GFC 2.125G 1GFC 2X/3 Years 1.0625G = 26%/year 1G 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Standard Completed 8/5/2014 6 Ethernet Speedmap • The Ethernet Alliance Roadmap Subcommittee approved this roadmap • http://www.ethernetalliance.org/subcommittees/roadmap- subcommittee/ Name Speed Date Standard Ratified 31 Years since 10Mb/s Ethernet 10 Mb/s 1983 first Ethernet 100Mb/s Ethernet 100Mb/s 1995 Standard! Gigabit Ethernet 1 Gb/s 1998 10 Gigabit Ethernet 10 Gb/s 2002 40 Gigabit Ethernet 40 Gb/s 2010 100 Gigabit Ethernet 100 Gb/s 2010 400 Gigabit Ethernet 400 Gb/s 2017(Estimate) Generations of 10GbE Fractured Market Until SFP+ Took Over Generation 1st Gen 2nd Gen 3rd Gen 4th Gen 5th Gen Optical Module 300 Pin XENPAK/XP XFP SFP+ QSFP+ MSA AK/X2 (Retimed) (Unretimed) Electrical 16 lanes 4 lane at 1 lane at 1 lane at 4 lanes at Speeds (Gbps) at 0.644 3.125 10.3125 10.3125 10.3125 Encoding 8b/10b 8b/10b 64b/66b 64b/66b 64b/66b Availability 2001 2002 2005 2009 2011 XFP SFP+ QSFP28 300 Pin MSA XENPAK XPAK/X2 Presentation Title Month ##, 200# Ethernet Speeds - Linear Key: 400GbE Ethernet 400G Speeds 300G 200G Speed (b/s) Speed 100GbE 100G 50GbE? 100 Mb/s 10GbE 40GbE Ethernet GbE 25GbE 0 1990 2000 2010 2020 Standard Completed Generations of 40GbE QSFP+ Selling well now and shift to SFP+ coming Generation 1st Gen 2nd Gen 3rd Gen Optical Module QSFP+ SFP+ QSFP40? (Retimed) Electrical Speeds 4 lanes at 1 lane at 40G? 4 lanes of 40G (Gbps) 10.3.125 Encoding 8b/10b 64b/66b 64b/66b Availability 2011 2017? 2017? QSFP28 SFP+ QSFP40 Presentation Title Month ##, 200# Generations of 100GbE Early Stages of 100GbE Still Generation 1st Gen 1.5 Gen 2nd Gen 3rd Gen Optical Module CFP CFP2/CPAK QSFP28 CFP4 XFP/ SFP+ Electrical CAUI–10 CAUI-10 and CAUI-4 CAUI-4 CAUI-1 Interface (Gb/s) 10 lanes of CAUI-4 4 lane at 4 lane at 1 lane at retimed 10.3G 4 lane at 25.8 25.8 100 25.8G Standard 2010 2013 2013 2014 2024? Availability XFP CPAK CFP2 QSFP28 CFP4 SFP+ CFP Presentation Title Month ##, 200# Generations of 400GbE Formative Stages of 400GbE Generation 1st Gen 2nd Gen 3rd Gen Optical Module CDFP CFP2 QSFP28/CFP4 Electrical Interface CDAUI–16 CDAUI-8 CDAUI-4 (Gb/s) 16 lanes of 8 lane at 51G 4 lane at 100G 25.78G Standard 2017 2017 2020+ Availability CFP2 QSFP28 CFP4 CDFP Presentation Title Month ##, 200# Terabit Ethernet Timing When will Terabit Speeds be standardized? 1T 400G 400GbE 4X/7 Years 100G 100GbE = 22%/year 10X/8 Years 10GbE = 33%/year 10G 10X/4 Years Speed (b/s) Speed = 78%/year GbE 1G 10X/3 Years 100 Mb/s = 116%/year Ethernet 100M 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 Standard Completed Electrical Interface Speeds 100G When will the next 802.3bj standardizes electrical speeds come? 4X25Gb/s in 2014 XFP MSA Will 50GbE happen? standardizes 10Gb/s in 2005 2.5X/9 Years 10G = 11%/year 10X/7 Years Gigabit Ethernet standardizes 1 = 39%/year Gb/s in 1998 1G Fast Ethernet standardizes 10X/3 Years 100 Mb/s in = 116%/year 1998 Electrical Signaling (b/s) Speed 100M 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 Standard Completed 100G Serial – Electrical Interface Speeds The Holy Grail of Fiber Optics 100G 75G 40GbE serial could use Advanced Modulation like 40 50 Gb/s via PAM-4 (25 Gb/s PAM-4 (20 Gsamples/s) Gsamples/s) or 50G NRZ could 50G could be standardized relatively be used for 400GbE (8X50G) quickly Likely curve with 802.3bj standardizes only improved 4X25Gb/s in 2014 XFP MSA semiconductor 25G standardizes processes - 10Gb/s in 2005 Moore’s Law Electrical (b/s) Lane Speed 20 Gbaud signaling 0G 2000 2010 2020 2030 Standard Completed Faster Speeds at a Slower Rate • Fibre Channel keeps marching on at 2X jumps every 3-4 years • Ethernet speed jumps will be 2-4X, not 10X • New speeds like 2.5G and 5G are coming for campus environments 100G SFP+ • Ethernet expanding into new 1G markets such as automotive and PoE • 100G SFP+ is the Holy Grail that will require significant investment to accomplish 8/5/2014 16 THANK YOU 17 .