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The 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium was formed by leading cloud networking technology providers to support an industry-standard, interoperable Ethernet specification that boosts performance and slashes the interconnect cost-per-Gbps between the server network interface controller (NIC) and top-of-rack (ToR) switch. Whereas today’s 40Gb Ethernet networks require four 10GbE lanes, the specification adopted by the consortium prescribes a single-lane 25Gb Ethernet and dual-lane 50Gb Ethernet link protocol, enabling up to 250 percent more bandwidth. The resulting benefit is lower costs and easier deployments.
“QLogic has a long track record of developing and shaping industry standards that make positive change in the marketplace,” said Greg Scherer, vice president of engineering, QLogic. “As cloud-based networks continue to rapidly proliferate, they will require considerably more bandwidth and efficiency than what is currently available. The 25 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium has the necessary resources to change the future of networking. QLogic has significantly expanded its high-speed Ethernet portfolio and will offer a great deal of credibility and value-add to the consortium and the resulting specifications.”
Initially created to address hyper-scale data centres, the 25Gb Ethernet specification is now on the standards track within the IEEE. This makes the specification a viable solution in enterprises and managed service provider (MSP) data centres, which require standards-based interoperability and longevity. Available royalty-free to any data centre ecosystem vendor or consumer who joins the consortium, the new specification will enable the cost-efficient scaling of network bandwidth delivered to server and storage endpoints in next-generation cloud infrastructure, where workloads are expected to surpass the capacity of 10Gb or 40Gb Ethernet links deployed today.
QLogic Ethernet Adapter Solutions: High Performance with Flexibility
By delivering high performance Ethernet with low CPU utilisation, QLogic adapters excel in virtualised environments. Featuring multiple protocol offload and concurrent LAN (TCP/IP) and SAN (FCoE, iSCSI) protocol processing over a shared Ethernet link, QLogic adapters offer maximum flexibility. Ultra-low CPU utilisation frees up server cycles for business-critical applications and the increased mobility of virtual machines (VMs). QLogic QConvergeConsole™ adds multi-platform, single-pane-of-glass management of FCoE, iSCSI and TCP/IP protocols for ease-of-administration and converged network deployment.
