CISCO Data Center Business Advantage OFFRE NEXUS LINFRASTRUCTURE

CISCO Data Center Business Advantage OFFRE NEXUS L’INFRASTRUCTURE DE LA VIRTUALIZATION Cisco Datacenter / Virtualization Team C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential

Agenda § Data Center Challenges and Cisco Data. Center § Cisco Nexus® overall architectural approach § The new Virtual access layer § 1/10 GE Nexus 2000/Nexus 5000 Access Layer § Nexus 7000 C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 2

Data Center : un système d’Interdépendances Besoins Métiers Cx. O SLA Logiciel Datacenter Solution Besoin Serveur & Stockage Câblage Refroidissement Besoins Facilties Managers Réseaux Electricité C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential IT Managers 3

Data Centers are at a Critical Juncture Convergence of Traditional IT and new Business Pressures Empowered User Real-Time Information Collaborative Applications Economic Uncertainty New Business Pressures Operational Challenges Energy Consumption C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Asset Utilization Cisco Confidential Complex Provisioning Integrity and Availability 4

Cisco provides an end-to-end solution for secure and scalable application delivery Data Center Applications 2 WAN 2 WAAS 1 ACE Branch Users Remote Users WAAS Mobile 3 3 Internet VPN Acceleration Approach Cisco Products Performance Targets Symmetric WAAS “Dual-ended” WAAS Mobile Network Response Time Bandwidth Reduction Asymmetric “Single-ended” C 97 -591706 -00 WAAS Mobile Server MS Exchange Sharepoint © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. ACE Cisco Confidential Server Response Time Server Load VDM/View Manager ESX Benefits for Users In branch offices On the road with client software On the road Home office Cumulative benefit for all clients 5

Plate-forme Data Center Cisco Nexus 7000 MDS 9000 Core Distribution LAN SAN Unified Access Layer Direct Attach 10 GE Nexus 2000 1 GE Rack Mount Servers C 97 -591706 -00 Nexus 1000 V Nexus 5000 Nexus 2000 10 GE Rack Mount Servers © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Nexus 2000 1 & 10 GE Blade Servers w/ Pass-Thru Cisco Confidential 10 GE Rack Mount Servers Nexus 4000 10 GE Blade Switch w/ FCo. E (IBM/Dell) Cisco UCS Compute Blade & Rack 6

L’offre produit SAN Cisco MDS 9000 Supervisor 2 4 -Port 10 Gb FC 24 / 48 -Port 4 Gb et 8 Gb FC 18/4 -Port Module Multi-service (FC & IP) MDS 9513 MDS 9509 SSN-16 module IOA & IP Services Storage Services Module (Invista, Recover. Points) MDS 9506 MDS 9148 MDS 9134 MDS 9124 e Small/Medium Business Non blocking MDS 9222 i 44/4 Ports 4 & 8 Gbit Enterprise OS = NXOS / ADMIN = FABRIC MANAGER C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 7

La stratégie Cisco pour le SAN MDS 9000 Evolution et Perennité 200+ Port Directors Secure SAN Extension - Virtual SANs - Traffic mgmt (Qo. S) - SPAN, ping, traceroute - RBAC and AAA - IPsec for FCIP, i. SCSI - FCIP disk and tape acceleration - SAN extension tuner 2002 2004 Multiprotocol SANs - Integrated FCIP, i. SCSI - Inter-VSAN Routing - FICON intermix - FC security protocol C 97 -591706 -00 Services Oriented SANs 2008 Performances 500+ Port Directors - 10 Gbps wire rate - Intelligent port bandwidth management - i. SCSI load balancing Cisco Confidential - Enhanced 8 Gbits - 16 Gbits - Intelligent switching - FCOE integration - Integrated SME, DMM, and secure erase SAN - device virtualisation - Flex. Attach 2006 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. San Convergence 2010 NX-OS - Third generation Line - Enhanced 8 Gbps wire card rate - IO accelerator - SSN 16 Encryption -Double performance - 8 Gbps wire rate 8

Agenda § Data Center Challenges and Cisco Data. Center 3. 0 § Cisco Nexus® overall architectural approach § The new Virtual access layer § 1/10 GE Nexus 2000/Nexus 5000 Access Layer § Nexus 7000 C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 9

Cisco Nexus Data Center Portfolio Industry Leading Technologies and Solutions NEW Nexus 7018 Nexus 7010 Nexus 5020 Nexus 5548 Nexus 4000 Nexus 1010 Nexus 2232 Nexus 2248 Nexus 1000 V Nexus 2224 VN-Link NX-OS Compute C 97 -591706 -00 Project Squirrel/os 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. © 2009 Access-Aggregation Cisco Confidential Aggregation/Core 10 10

Cisco NX-OS Data Center Operating System One Single O/S for LAN and SAN – Tying it all Together § Consistent interface across the data center Rich Layer 2 /Layer 3 storage feature set § Unified fabric enabler Consistent across the SAN and LAN § Massively Scalable networks Intra and Inter data center networks § Scalable virtualization Platform, network, storage and servers § Highly available simplified operations Zero service disruption § Comprehensive management Programmable interface for third-party tools IOS NX-OS SAN-OS Purpose built single O/S to unify LAN & SAN for end-to-end Data Center Cisco Nexus® 1000 V, 2000, 4000, 5000, 7000 and Cisco UCS C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 11

Cisco Unified Fabric Continued Architectural Innovation CONVERGENCE Unified Ports Dynamic Convergence Ports DCB/FCo. E Consolidated I/O FEX-link Fabric. Path SCALE INTELLIGENCE C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Flexibility and Scale OTV Workload Mobility v. PC Active-Active Uplinks VN-Link Cisco Confidential Simplified Management VM-Aware Networking VSG Secure Virtual Network Services VDC Virtualizes the Switch 12

Nexus : une Architecture Homogène Aggregation Ascess Virtual Access port virtuel, 1 GE & 10 GE • N 7000 Layer 2 / 3 : 10 GE & GE N 7000 • N 5000/N 4000 Layer 2 : 10 GE & FCOE Link VN- • N 2000 Link VN- N 2000 N 5000 • N 1000 Policy based VM connectivity Mobility of security and network policy 10 GE 1 GE Leverages existing operational VM infrastructure Automates VM deployments and ongoing operation Hyperviseur N 1000 C 97 -591706 -00 FEX : 1 Ge © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential N 4000 13

Agenda § Data Center Challenges and Cisco Data. Center 3. 0 § Cisco Nexus® overall architectural approach § The new Virtual access layer § 1/10 GE Nexus 2000/Nexus 5000 Access Layer § Nexus 7000 C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 14

Cisco Nexus 1000 V Architecture Vem Vmware § L’utilisation de la virtualisation doit se faire de manière transparente sans être freinée par des contraintes techniques , organisationnelles , réglementaires. § Les machines virtuelles doivent être vues comme des machines physiques C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential Vem Vmware VSM v. Center 15

Network Service Characteristics Dedicated Network Services Virtual Service Node (VSN) ASA Appliance ACE Appliance WAAS Appliance H y p e r v i s o r x 86 Server (UCS or 3 rd Party) FWSM Switch Module ACE Switch Module Application-specific appliances or switch modules C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential UCS (x 86) Appliance C 6 K/N 7 K Service Module (x 86) HW Form Factors • Architected for virtualization: • Virtual form factor • Dynamic provisioning, Scale-out • Mobility • Reduced sparing: Lower HW sparing compared to physical services 16

VSG & VNMC Solution Benefits Virtual Security Gateway (VSG) Virtual Network Management Center (VNMC) C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Context aware Security VM context aware rules Zone based Controls Establish zones of trust Dynamic, Agile Policies follow v. Motion Best-in-class Architecture Efficient, Fast, Scale-out SW Non-Disruptive Operations Security team manages security Policy Based Administration Central mgmt, scalable deployment, multi-tenancy Designed for Automation XML API, security profiles Cisco Confidential 17

VSG Architectural Framework Active-1 Stdby-1 V S G V V V M M M v. Path N 1 KV VEM Hypervisor V V V M M M v. Path N 1 KV VEM Hypervisor … V V V M M M v. Path N 1 KV VEM Hypervisor V V V M M M V V M M v. Path N 1 KV VEM Hypervisor … VSN data path (v. Path) – designed for virtual network services • Packet interception / redirection (via policy) • Acceleration (fast-path off-load – v. Path) C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 18

Management Architecture Non-Disruptive Administration • Mitigate Operational errors between teams • Security team defines security policies • Networking team binds port-profile to VSG service profile • Server Administrators (VMs) inherit the security policies from Nexus 1000 V port-profile • Server administrators has nothing to do other than choose port-profile v. Center Server Admin C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Nexus 1 KV Network Admin Cisco Confidential VNMC Security Admin 20

Agenda § Data Center Challenges and Cisco Data. Center 3. 0 § Cisco Nexus® overall architectural approach § The new Virtual access layer § 1/10 GE Nexus 2000/Nexus 5000 Access Layer § Nexus 7000 C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 21

La diminution du nombre de cartes PCI Simplication du cablage avec le 10 G et FCOE VMotion Backup VM Net 1 Backup VM Net 2 Backup VM Net 3 Backup FC SAN A VM Net 11 VM Net 21 VM Net 31 VMotion 1 FC SAN A FC SAN B Administration Server NIC VM Net 1 VM Net 2 VM Net 3 VMotion C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential § Two Server LOM Ethernet Ports § Two 10 G Single Port Converged Network Adapters (CNA) FC SAN B VM Net 1² VM Net 2² VM Net 3² Vmotion² 22

NX-OS Enables Unified Fabric Technology FCo. E IEEE DCB § Mapping of Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet § Priority Flow Control IEEE 802. 1 Qbb creates lossless Ethernet with classes of service § Enables Fibre Channel to run on a lossless Ethernet Fibre Channel Traffic C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential FCS EOF FC Payload CRC FC Header Byte 2229 FCo. E Header Ethernet Header Byte 0 § Bandwidth Management IEEE 802. 1 Qaz allows flexible bandwidth sharing for LAN and SAN § Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol IEEE 802. 1 Qbb provides device communication on resources 24

Data Center Access Architecture Unifying Server Access with Fibre Channel over Ethernet § FCo. E allows FC SAN flows and LAN flows to share a lossless Ethernet link § Combines LAN access switches and SAN edge switches into one device § Reduces adapters, cables, power at the server/access layer Unified Fabric at Access Layer LAN SAN A Ethernet SAN B FC § Allows standardized I/O to virtualized servers § The next evolution of Fibre Channel/SCSI, allowing SAN access to the economies of scale and roadmap of Ethernet without sacrificing capability C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential Data Center Ethernet and FCo. E 25

Nexus 5000 les Usages 1/10 GE L 2 Datacenter and Enterprise N 7000 or C 6500 N 5000 1 GE Servers 10 GE High Performance Cluster Unified Fabric over Ethernet Nexus LAN Perf orm 10 Gb. E DCE Fibre Channel FCo. E anc e. C luste r LAN SAN A SAN B Nexus 5000 10 Gb. E DCE Fibre Channel 10 Gb. E FCo. E/DCE C 97 -591706 -00 High Virtual Machine Environments LAN MDS SAN A High Performance Cluster Network 1 GE Servers 1 GE Catalyst HPC FEX 10 GE Servers High Performance Compute © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential VMotion 10 Gb. E DCE Fibre Channel FCo. E 26

Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender Virtual Chassis Nexus 5000 Virtualized chassis Nexus 5000 + = Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender The Nexus 2000 Fabric Extender (FEX) acts as a remote linecard for the Nexus 5000, retaining all centralized management and configuration on the Nexus 5000, transforming it into a Virtualized Chassis C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 27

Data Center Access Switching Family Overview Nexus Fabric Extenders & Nexus 5000 Series Nexus 2248 FEX Cisco Nexus® 2232 FEX Fabric Extenders Virtual Line Cards Hardware based VN-Link 32 x 10 GE Data Center Bridging (DCB)/FCo. E 8 x 10 GE DCB/FCo. E uplinks 48 Fixed 100 M/1 Gb. E ports 4 Fixed 10 Gb. E uplinks Nexus 5010 Nexus 5020 28 -port Layer 2 Switch 56 -port Layer 2 Switch § 20 fixed ports 10 GE/FCo. E/DCB § 1 Expansion Module Slot § 40 fixed ports 10 GE/FCo. E/DCB § 2 Expansion Module Slots Ethernet + Fibre Channel Ethernet § 6 ports 10 Gb. E/ FCo. E/DCB § 4 Ports 10 Gb. E/FCo. E/DCB § 4 ports 1/2/4 G FC Fibre Channel § 8 ports 1/2/4 G FC § 6 ports 2/4/8 G FC NX-OS Cisco® Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) and Fabric Manager C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 28

Physical Po. D (top of rack) Topology § Virtualized Access Switch architecture supports To. R cabling plant where required § A single Spanning Tree device (one node and one set of uplinks to the aggregation) 10 GE MM OM 3 Fiber and/or CX-1 Twinax Fabric Links Server 1 Server 2 Server 3 Server 24 Network Nexus 5000 Centralized Switching Fabric Local In Rack server to network access port cabling C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential Virtualized Access Switch Remote I/O Modules (Line Cards) - 24 x Nexus 2000 30

Cisco Nexus 5000 & Nexus 2000 Continuous Stream of Innovations Next Gen Nexus 5000 Nexus 5010 (26 p) Nexus 5548 (48 p) Nexus 5020 (52 p) 2008 Oct 2010 2008 Nexus 5596(96 p) 2011 2010 Nexus 2148 T Nexus 2248 TP Nexus 2232 PP 2 nd Gen FEX C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 31

Introducing Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Next Generation of Nexus 5000 Series Fixed Switches Raising the bar again ! NEW xus Ne Cisco Switch 5548 Available Oct. 2010 Industry firsts Ethernet + Storage Convergence Unified Ports-Ready: Dynamic ports – Lossless Ethernet/FC 2 X Density, Scale Performance High Performance Lossless Ethernet Layer 3 & Fabric. Path VM awareness 2008: Nexus 5000 2010: Nexus 5500 50% fewer management points NEXUS 5548 + NEXUS 2000 Series 40% less power * Measured against competition with 1120 10 Gb. E port config C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 32

Unified Ports Dynamic Ports Allocation: Lossless Ethernet or Fiber Channel § Convert protocol support on the same port dynamically § All ports on 5596 § 16 port Expansion Module on 5548 and 5596 Unified Port Native Fiber Channel Benefits Lossless Ethernet: 1/10 Gb. E, FCo. E, i. SCSI, NAS Use-cases § Simplify switch purchase remove ports ratio guess work § Flexible LAN & storage convergence based on business needs § Increase design flexibility § Service can be adjusted based on the demand for specific traffic § Remove specific protocol bandwidth bottlenecks C 97 -591706 -00 Available Q 1 CY 11 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 33

Network Scale Virtualization Policy-based VM Connectivity with Mobility and Security Nexus 1000 V Nexus 5500 Software Hypervisor Switching External Hardware Switching Tagless (802. 1 Q) Tag-based (Pre-standard 802. 1 Qbh) Feature set Flexibility Performance Consolidation Server VM VM #2 #3 VM #1 Server VM #1 VM #4 VM #2 VM #3 VM #4 Hypervisor Nexus 1000 V VIC Hypervisor NIC Nexus 1000 V Nexus 5500 LAN Policy-Based VM Connectivity C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Mobility of Network and Security Properties Cisco Confidential Non-Disruptive Operational Model 34

Cisco Nexus 5548 P Switch Front and Back View Back of the Switch • 32 Fixed SFP+ Ports • Line Rate • Hardware Capable of 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet • Traditional Ethernet or Fibre Channel over Ethernet Expansion Modules (GEM 2) • 16 p SFP+ Ethernet Ports • 8 p Eth + 8 p Native FC Front of the Switch Front to Back Airflow Mgmt 0, Console, USB C 97 -591706 -00 Redundant Fan Modules © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential Redundant 750 W AC Power Supplies 35

Generic Expansion Modules Multiple Port Scalable Modules N 55 -M 16 P • 16 p SFP+ Ethernet Ports • All Ethernet Ports hardware capable of 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet N 55 -M 8 P 8 FP • 8 p SFP+ Ethernet Ports • 8 p Native FC Ports 8/4/2/1 G • All Ethernet Ports hardware capable of 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 36

Generic Expansion Modules Unified Port Scalable Modules Available Q 1 CY 11 N 55 -M 16 UP • 16 “Unified Ports” • Ports can be configured as either Ethernet or Native FC Ports • Ethernet operations at 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet • Fibre Channel operations at 8/4/2/1 G • Uses existing Ethernet SFP+ and Cisco 8/4/2 G and 4/2/1 G FC Optics Flexibility AND Simplicity C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 37

Cisco Nexus 5548 Switch Breakthrough Innovation Available Oct. 2010 Multi-protocol § Ethernet (1/10 Gb. E) + Storage (FC, FCo. E, i. SCSI, NAS) Multi-Layer and Highly Scalable § 48 & 96 port models in 1 RU & 2 RU § FEX-link - Over 900 100 M/1 Gb. E & 600 10 Gb. E ports § Fabric. Path & Layer 2 /Layer 3 Multi-purpose § Traditional Ethernet, virtualized, unified, HFT/HPC pods § Massively scalable server access or mid- market aggregation Industry’s Highest Density & Performance for Fixed Switches C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 40

Agenda § Data Center Challenges and Cisco Data. Center 3. 0 § Cisco Nexus® overall architectural approach § The new Virtual access layer § 1/10 GE Nexus 2000/Nexus 5000 Access Layer § Nexus 7000 C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 41

Nexus 7000 – The New Generation High Availability Virtualization • Modular • Fault Tolerant • Zero Packet Loss • Multi-Threaded • VM-Aware NX-OS Investment Protection • 10 Gb. E • 40 Gb. E • 100 Gb. E C 97 -591706 -00 Consolidation • Unified I/O • DCB Built to Scale © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential Unified Fabric 42

Nexus 7000 Platform Overview Next Generation Modular Nexus 7000 and NX-OS • 10 & 18 Slot versions • 15+ Terabit System • Unified Fabric Ready • Modern, Modular OS • Device Virtualization • Cisco Trust. Sec • Continuous Operations 10 G Ethernet • 32 Port SFP+ 10 G • 8 Port X 2 10 G - XL Supervisor 1 G Ethernet • 48 Port 10/1000 • 48 Port 1 G - XL 10 G Ethernet/DCB • 32 Port SFP+ • 32 Port 10 GBase-T (future) Linecard Modules Cisco NX-OS Multi-protocol Operating System Data Center Network Manager (DCNM) C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 43

15 Tb+ System Performance Bandwidth Scales with Each Fabric Modules 10 Gb. E Module 80 G 230 G 46 G Gb. E Module 138 Gbps 230 Gbps 184 Gbps 92 Gbps 46 Gbps Per Slot Investment Protection and Unified Fabric C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 44

15 Tb+ System Performance Bandwidth Scales with Each Fabric Modules (FAB 2) 10, 40, 100 Gb. E Module 80 G 550 G 230 G 46 G 110 Gbps 220 Gbps 550 Gbps 330 Gbps 440 Gbps Per Slot Investment Protection and Unified Fabric C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 45

Nexus 7000 et Virtualisation Virtual Device Context VDC 1 VDC 2 Layer 2 Protocols Layer 3 Protocols VLAN UDLD OSPF GLBP PVLAN CDP BGP HSRP STP 802. 1 X EIGRP IGMP LACP CTS PIM SNMP … VDC 1 VDC 2 VDC 3 … Layer 2 Protocols Layer 3 Protocols VLAN OSPF GLBP UDLD PVLAN CDP BGP HSRP STP 802. 1 X EIGRP IGMP LACP CTS PIM SNMP … … VDC 4 Infrastructure Kernel VDC : Instance virtuel de Nexus 7000 Chaque VDC est traité comme un équipement à part entière, avec des ressources bornées : - Séparation complète des plans de contrôle et de commutation entre les contextes - Isolation logicielle : processus dédiés par contexte - Séparation et distribution des ressources Hardware - Administration RBAC par contexte C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 48

Virtual Port Channel - v. PC § v. PC is a Port-channeling concept extending link aggregation to two separate physical switches § Allows the creation of resilient L 2 topologies based on Link Aggregation. § Eliminates the need for STP in the access-distribution Physical Topology Logical Topology Virtual Port Channel L 2 § Provides increased bandwidth § All links are actively forwarding § v. PC maintains independent control planes Non-v. PC Increased BW with v. PC C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 49

Nexus 7000 Roadmap Lowering Power, Cost while Increasing Scale ries)4 e S (M 3/L ices Serv m /L atforose, full L 2 l P h Ric -purp ral Gene M 1 Series XL Modules 8 port 10 G-XL (80 G/slot) s) Serieions 32 port 10 G-XL (80 G/slot) F ( t m 48 port 1 G-XL (46 G/slot) atforized applica l P e c l M 1 Series Modules rmanand specia o f r e 32 port 10 G (80 G/slot) P access er 48 port 1 G RJ 45 (46 G/slot) e S rv 48 port 1 G (46 G/slot) F 1 Series I/O Modules 32 port 10 G SFP+ (230 G/slot) 32 port 10 G-T (230 G/slot) 15+ Terabit Infrastructure C 97 -591706 -00 Shipping © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 2010 2011 2012 … 50

F 1 Series: High-Performance Layer 2 10 G Modules 32 -port 10 G SFP+ F 1 module Q 3 CY 10 – Cairo Release § SFP+ and RJ-45 10 G DCB I/O modules § 1 G/10 G dual-speed switch-on-chip design § Layer 2 with L 3/L 4 services L 3 Routing provided by M 1 Modules § Multi-protocol – Classic Ethernet, VPC, Fabric. Path, DCB, FCo. E C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential § High performance 230 Gbps fabric connectivity 320 Gbps local switching 480 Mpps forwarding per module 7. 68 Billion pps per 7018 § Low latency (<5μsec module-to-module at 64 bytes) 51

DC Unified I/O Infrastructure DC Core Gigabit Ethernet WAN Nexus 7000 10 Gb. E Core 10 Gigabit Ethernet 10 Gigabit DCE IP+MPLS WAN Agg Router 4/8 Gb Fiber Channel 10 Gigabit FCo. E/DCE DC Aggregation Nexus 7000 10 Gb. E Agg Cisco Catalyst 6500 DC Services Cisco Catalyst 6500 10 Gb. E VSS Agg DC Services SAN A/B MDS 9500 Storage Core DC Access VF E/F FC VN Cisco Catalyst 6500 End-of-Row Nexus 5000 & Nexus 2148 T Rack CBS 3 xxx Blade Nexus 7000 End-of-Row VN VF FCo. E Virtual N-Port © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. CBS 3 xxx MDS 9124 e 10 Gb. E and 4/8 Gb FC Server Access 10 Gb. E and 4 Gb. Server FC Server 10 Gb FCo. E Access 1 Gb. E Server Access C 97 -591706 -00 Nexus 5000 Rack FCo. E Virtual F-Port Cisco Confidential E/F MDS 9500 Storage FC Storage I/O Cons. Link: E-Ethernet, F=FC 52

DC Unified Fabric DC Core v. PC Gigabit Ethernet 10 Gigabit Ethernet WAN 7000 NO NATIVE FC Nexus INTERFACE ON N 7 K 10 Gb. E Core NO NATIVE 10 G ETHERNET INTERFACE ON MDS 10 Gigabit DCE IP+MPLS WAN Agg Router 4/8 Gb Fibre Channel FCo. E MDS FCo. E N 7 K Cairo v. PC Rel. DC Aggregation VSS Catalyst 6500 10 Gb. E VSS Agg DC Services SAN A/B Nexus 7000 10 Gb. E Agg Catalyst 6500 DC Services VE VE 10 Gigabit FCo. E/DCE VE MDS 9500 Storage Core DC Access VE VF VN Catalyst 6500 End-of-Row C 97 -591706 -00 Nexus 5 k + Nexus 2 k Rack CBS 3100 Blade 1 G/10 Gb. E Access © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential Nexus 7000 End-of-Row Nexus 5000 Rack Nexus 4000 Nexus Blade 10 Gb. E + Unified Fabric Access MDS 9500 Storage FC Access 53

Support for Virtualized Access Layer Deployment Scenario: Nexus 2000 + Nexus 7000 § Nexus 2000 Fabric Extenders can be connected directly to Nexus 7000 Typical L 2/L 3 boundary § Simplifying management domain – 1000+ ports managed centrally § Benefits of To. R Cabling with Modular Chassis Features 10 GE Gig. E FEX FEX § Software update only on Nexus 7000 Supported on N 7 K-M 132 XP 12 Rack 1 C 97 -591706 -00 Project Squirrel/os Row 1 / Domain 1 / POD 1 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. © 2009 …. . Rack 10 Row 1 / Domain 1 / POD 1 Row 1 / Domain 1 / Pod 1 …. . Rack Cisco Confidential 54 54

Cisco Fabric. Path Scaling and Simplifying Layer 2 Ethernet Networks Up to 16 Agg switches 160+ Tbps switching capacity Up to 32 access switches Traditional Spanning Tree Based Network -Blocked Links C 97 -591706 -00 Cisco Fabric. Path Network -All Links Active § Eliminate Spanning tree limitations § Multi-pathing across all links, high cross-sectional bandwidth § High resiliency, faster network re-convergence § Any VLAN, any where in the fabric eliminate VLAN Scoping © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 55

Architecture Flexibility Through NX-OS Spanning-Tree Active Paths POD Bandwidth v. PC Fabric. Path Single Dual 16 Way Up to 10 Tbps Up to 20 Tbps Up to 160 Tbps Layer 2 Scalability Infrastructure Virtualization and Capacity C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 56

Architecture Flexibility with NX-OS Innovations Common Infrastructure for flexible deployment models Complimentary Innovations: § OTV : Extending Layer 2 over Layer 3 for Workload Mobility § Fabric. Path: Building Scalable Fabrics for Clustered Applications Data Center Interconnect Extension Overlay Transport Virtualization Classical Pod Spanning Tree Protocol C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Scalable Pod v. PC & FEXLink Cisco Confidential Highly Scalable Pod Fabric. Path 57

Overlay Transport Virtualization – OTV § IP based Ethernet (L 2) VPN solution IP Logically a Shared Ethernet Segment MAC routing IP encapsulated forwarding § Core and Site Transparency Works across IP/MPLS L 3 L 2 § Packet Switching Multi-point connectivity No PW state preserved Optimal m-cast replication § Full cross-sectional BW Equal cost multi-pathing All-active multi-homing DC-1 DC-2 DC-N § Protocol Learning No STP: Built-in loop prevention Failure domain is bound Floods/broadcasts can be suppressed § Seamless adds/removes C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 58

VMotion with SAN Motion Core Network L 2 extension for VMotion Network DC 1 DC 2 ESX-A source ESX-B target Virtual Center Virtual Disk Primary path Alternate path FC Director Primary path Alternate path Synchronous replication FC Director ~100 kms max C 97 -591706 -00 © 2010 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 59

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