The Future of Fiber Optics in the Data Center Today, Tomorrow and Next Year. Dwayne Crawford Global PLM Fiber Connectivity

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1 The Future of Fiber Optics in the Data Center Today, Tomorrow and Next Year Dwayne Crawford Global PLM Fiber Connectivity

2 The World We Live In The Internet of Everything Internet of Information 60T web pages (Google Index, October 2014) Internet of People 1.4B Facebook active users (December 2014) Image: Cisco Connections Counter Internet of Mobility Mobile devices account for 44% of all IP traffic (2013) Connected to 50B Things by 2020

3 2015 Tech Trends APPLICATIONS The Merging of the Real and the Virtual Worlds 1 Computing Everywhere 2 Internet of Things 3 3D Printing Intelligence Everywhere 4 Advanced Pervasive Invisible Analytics 5 Context-Rich Systems 6 Smart Machines IT for the Digital Business 7 Cloud/Client Architecture 8 Software-Defined Infrastructure & Applications 9 Web-Scale IT 10 Risk-Based Security & Self-Protection DATA Data Characteristics Volume Source Location Flow Frequency Diversity NETWORK Multiple layer 0 technologies required to address future needs Connectivity Cabling Infrastructure Source: Gartner, 2014

4 Producers and Consumers in the Enterprise Producers Applications generate data and/or results Services that connect collaborative producers Hardware and Connectivity are simply Enablers Consumers Utilize Applications and Services utilizing Hardware and Connectivity

5 Two Sets of Market Needs LAN (Services) Standards driven using commoditized technologies Installed base responding to current needs Modest growth tied to New construction IP Convergence Power-over-cabling WLAN POLAN & DAS Data Center (Applications) Rapidly transforming (and departing from LAN) Robust growth fuelled by More data Greater bandwidth Improved efficiency Cloud providers are changing the rules! Hotbed for new ideas, new technologies, new topologies Mature and conservative Dynamic and fast-paced

6 Applications Are Moving Cloud Shift Enterprise Data Centers Declining Data Centers Consolidating Bigger Data Centers Growing Economies of Scale Shift of Power & Influence

7 How Fast Are Applications Moving? Cloud Server Shipments Will Exceed Enterprise Server Shipments by 2018 Enterprise Owned $3.4B TAM, -4% CAGR Key Attributes: Capital investment model for new builds Full spectrum of scale and technologies reside in enterprise owned DCs Multi-Tenant $1.2B TAM, +2% CAGR Key Attributes: IT owned by enterprise client, while space and power are leased Providers expanding into hosting services Cloud $1.1B TAM, +31% CAGR Key Attributes: Operating expense model for clients Enabler of accelerating mobile / cloud usage Sources: Dell Oro, Gartner, 451, Cisco Networking Report

8 Data Center Evolution Let s Take a Closer Look: Data Center (Applications) Throughput and Protocols Compute & Silicon Photonics Connectors

9 Protocols: The Long and Short of IT Domain 2 Switch to Switch Infrastructure Long Trunks Cable Plant Cost ($/strand) Low Pressure on Transceiver Cost Domain 1 Switch to Server Interconnects Short Patch Cords Power Cleaning High Pressure on Transceiver Cost

10 Protocols: Options Today For Domain 2: Switch to Switch Ethernet Protocol 100G-SR10 (MPO-24) 40G-SR4 40G-SR4 (4 x 10G) 40G-SR-BD (BiDi) 10G-SR AOCs (10G/40G/100G) Cable Cost Solution Cost High Density, Scalable Lack of Standard Too Slow? Installation

11 Protocols: Options Today For Domain 1: Server to Switch Ethernet Protocol 100G / 40G 40G-SR4 (4 x 10G) 40G-SR-BD (BiDi) 10G-SR AOC 40G (QSFP+ to 4x10G SFP+) AOC 10G (SFP+ to SFP+) CPU Overhead High Density, Scalable Transceiver Cost Too Slow? High Density, Cost Cost

12 Protocols: Options Tomorrow

13 Why Does This Happen Today? 10G LAN 16G SAN

14 40G Channel on a Modern Server Ethernet 21 Gbps Infiniband (RDMA) 39 Gbps

15 Fabric of the Future 25G LAN Converged Ethernet SAN

16 RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet) v.2 Scalability / Portable Docker Containers Big Data / Cluster Apache Hadoop Server enables Convergence

17 New Rising Star: 25G Ethernet 25G Timeline New in January 2014 Market excitement & rapid momentum Cloud deployment starts 2015/2016 Eclipses 40G by 2017 Why the Excitement Less $/Gb LC Duplex or AOC Architecture Replaces FibreChannel & Infiniband w/ RoCE Cost effective building block for 50G/100G/400G Key Promoters & Adopters

18 Protocols: Options Tomorrow Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G <500m Domain 2: Switch-Switch <100m Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR - SR (50G Lane) -SR4 (25G Lane) - SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

19 Protocols: Options Tomorrow Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G <500m Domain 2: Switch-Switch <100m Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR - SR (50G Lane) -SR4 (25G Lane) - SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

20 High Speed Networking Options Image: sfpex.com AOC (Active Optical Cable) High Performance Low Power Image: cisco.com 10G Lanes: SFP+/QSFP+ 25G Lanes: SFP28/QSFP28 Transceivers Long Reach Structured Cabling Cost effective alternative

21 Protocols: Options Tomorrow Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G Domain 2: Switch-Switch <500m <100m -SR Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR - SR (50G Lane) -SR4 (25G Lane) - SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

22 Protocols: Options Tomorrow Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G Domain 2: Switch-Switch <500m <100m -SR Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR - SR (50G Lane) -SR4 (25G Lane) - SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

23 Birth of Bi-Directional (BiDi) WDM (Wave Division Multiplexing) 2 Fibers 2 x 10G / fiber OM3 & OM4 Fiber BiDi Balances: $/Transceiver vs. $/Channel (Cable)

24 Protocols: Options Tomorrow Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G Domain 2: Switch-Switch <500m <100m -SR -BiDi (OM3/4, 2f) Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR - SR (50G Lane) -SR4 (25G Lane) - SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

25 Protocols: Options Tomorrow Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G Domain 2: Switch-Switch <500m <100m -SR -BiDi (OM3/4, 2f) Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR - SR (50G Lane) -SR4 (25G Lane) - SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

26 WDM 400G over MMF SR16 Was Posed to Fail 32 x 25G Fibers! New MPO-32 SR4 Ultra Wide Band (UWB) over MMF Low-cost WDM OM5 Fiber

27 UWB Upside for 100G over MMF MPO-24 (24f) OM3, OM4 MPO-12 (12f) OM3, OM4 LC Duplex (2f) OM4, OM5

28 50G Gray Zone! LC Duplex (2f) OM4?, OM5 Connector? OM4?, OM5 50G Lane? OM4?, OM5

29 Protocols: Options Tomorrow Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G <500m Domain 2: Switch-Switch <100m -SR -BiDi (OM3/4, 2f) - SR (50G Lane) -UWB (OM5, 2f) -UWB (OM5, 2f) -SR4 (25G Lane) -SR8 (50G Lane) -UWB (OM5, 4f) -SR16 (25G Lane) Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR - SR (50G Lane) -SR4 (25G Lane) - SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

30 Protocols: Options Tomorrow Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G <500m -PSM4 (SM, 8f) -PSM4 (SM, 8f) Domain 2: Switch-Switch <100m -SR -BiDi (OM3/4, 2f) -SR (50G Lane) -UWB (OM5, 2f) -UWB (OM5, 2f) -SR4 (25G Lane) -SR8 (50G Lane) -UWB (OM5, 4f) -SR16 (25G Lane) Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR -SR (50G Lane) - SR4 (25G Lane) -SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

31 Protocols: Quick Summary Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G Domain 2: Switch-Switch <500m <100m -SR -BiDi (OM3/4, 2f) Faster Duplex Single Mode Dominance -SR (50G Lane) -UWB (OM5, 2f) -PSM4 (SM, 8f) -UWB (OM5, 2f) -SR4 (25G Lane) UWB + OM5 -PSM4 (SM, 8f) -SR8(50G Lane) -UWB (OM5, 4f) -SR16 (25G Lane) Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR -SR(50G Lane) - SR4 AOC (25G Lane) -SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

32 Data Center Evolution Let s Take a Closer Look: Data Center (Applications) Throughput and Protocols Compute & Silicon Photonics Connectors

33 Current Compute Designs Nearing Limits Growing Parallelism Moore s Law Serial Limitations Limited Clock Rate VCore Floor Maximized Power Dissipation / Area

34 Practical Limitations of I/O Parallel Physical Limitations Pin Count Power Dissipation Parallel Trace Routing & Noise Serial Reach Limitations Frequency vs. Reach

35 Amdahl & Gustafson Computing Limitations The challenge is serial The Speedup of a program using multiple processors in parallel computing is limited by the time needed for the sequential fraction of the program. - Amdahl the effort expended on achieving high parallel processing rates is wasted unless it is accompanied by achievements in sequential processing rates of very nearly the same magnitude - Gustafson "AmdahlsLaw" by Daniels220 at English Wikipedia - Own work based on: File:AmdahlsLaw.png. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - "Gustafson" by Peahihawaii - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons -

36 Limited Compute Architectures Component Separation Issues Intel QPI 8.0 GT/s <12 PCIe Gen3 (~126 Gbps) <20 SATA 3.2 (~16 Gbps) <40 Intel Xeon Phi MB S4600LH

37 Evolving the Compute Architecture I/O Local Storage Memory Compute Data Centers Need: Faster Lane Rates Longer Reach End Game: Compute Disaggregation

38 Future is Silicon Photonics! What is This? Chip to Chip Board to Board Box to Box

39 Data Center Evolution Let s Take a Closer Look: Data Center (Applications) Throughput and Protocols Compute & Silicon Photonics Connectors

40 Compute Runs on Hex! Hexadecimal Base 16 Programming (8/16/32/64/128 bits) Buses (16/32/64/128 bits) Where is Fiber Today Senary (Base 6) Duodecimal (Base 12)

41 Base 8/16 Shift Today BASE: 6/12 LC & MPO-12 12/24/36/48/72/96/144 Fiber BASE: 8/16 LC, MPO-16, MXC 16/32/48/64/96/128/192 Fiber NEW: Lime Tan Olive Magenta RSN

42 Unique Connector Challenges Within The Rack Challenges Loss Reach Cable count Challenges Power Density Cleaning

43 Evolving Connector Standards MXC Image: intel.com 1 to 4 Rows 16 Fibers / Row (64f Ferrule) Micro-Lensed Optics Short Reach ToR Patch Cord Switch to Server Compute Disaggregation MPO-16 / MPO-32 1 or 2 Rows 16 Fibers / Row (32f Ferrule) Traditional Polished Endface Low Loss, Cleaning Sensitive Longer Reach Structured Cabling Switch to Switch

44 Protocols: Change of State Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G <500m -PSM4 (SM, 8f) -PSM4 (SM, 8f) Domain 2: Switch-Switch <100m -SR -BiDi (OM3/4, 2f) -SR (50G Lane) -UWB (OM5, 2f) -UWB (OM5, 2f) -SR4 (25G Lane) -SR8 (50G Lane) -UWB (OM5, 4f) -SR16 (25G Lane) Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR -SR (50G Lane) - SR4 (25G Lane) -SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

45 Protocols: Change of State Ethernet 25G 40G 50G 100G 400G <500m -PSM4 (SM, 8f) -PSM4 (SM, 8f) Domain 2: Switch-Switch <100m -SR -BiDi (OM3/4, 2f) Single Mode -SR(50G Lane) Silicon -UWB Photonics (OM5, 2f) Dominance -UWB (OM5, 2f) -SR4 (25G Lane) -SR8 (50G Lane) -UWB (OM5, 4f) -SR16 (25G Lane) Domain 1: Switch- Server <15m -SR -SR (50G Lane) - SR4 (25G Lane) -SR (50G Lane) Compute Challenge

46 Parting Words Exciting Times Rapid Evolution New Technology & Approaches Plan Accordingly Short vs. Long Term

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