Flex Pod Converged Solution Flex Pod is A

Flex. Pod Converged Solution

Flex. Pod is… A prevalidated flexible, unified platform featuring: Cisco Unified Computing System™ • Programmable infrastructure • Unified management Cisco Nexus® switches • Unified fabric Net. App® FAS with clustered Data ONTAP® • Unified storage • Intelligent data management

Flex. Pod Growth 7, 100+ 1, 100+ Flex. Pod® customers validated architectures partners in more than 100 countries In just the past year Nearly Flex. Pod units

Flex. Pod Enables Flexibility Customizable Flexing for different uses and performance profiles CPU Memory Capacity IOPS VDI Higher Performance Blades, Flash, and More IOPS Develop and Test More Computing and Less Storage Data Protection and Backup Starting Out Deploy Entry System; Then Scale Up Less Computing and More Storage Production Balanced Infrastructure

The Flex. Pod Portfolio Flex. Pod Express Flex. Pod Data Center Flex. Pod Select UCS Mini Enterprise Apps Private & Hybrid Cloud VDI Big Data and Analytics • Compact, cost-effective converged infrastructure • Massively scalable shared virtual data center infrastructure • Dedicated application infrastructure • Primarily branch, retail, edge, and SMB • Enterprise / service provider • Specialized environments within enterprises

Unified Platform for Physical, Virtual, Cloud Application. Based Silos Zones of Virtualization Private Cloud Public Cloud Apps Servers Network Hybrid Storage Simultaneously support a wide variety of environments

A Foundational Platform for Hybrid Cloud Extending resources with innovation and partnership VM VM Data Center/Private Cloud Scale Easily expand connect resources • Policy Based Configuration • Net. App Cloud On. Tap • MS Private Cloud Secure Compute/Networking Secure Data Secure Extension of Private Cloud security • Cisco Intercloud Fabric • Net. App Data Fabric VM VM Management Provider Clouds Control Consistent management across clouds • Cisco UCS Director • Net. App On. Command • Open Stack

Integrate Flash, Disk and Cloud: “F 2 D 2 C” • Investment protection • Ecosystem integration • ROI-driven Oracle SQL Server SAP VDI MS Apps Oracle New Apps Aged Apps Cisco Intercloud Fabric All Flash Flex. Pod Performance Tier Hybrid Flex. Pod Capacity Tier Net. App Data Fabric

Cisco UCS Director Domain Managers Secure Cloud Container On-Demand Automated Delivery Network Compute VMs Storage OS and Virtual Machines VM VM Bare Metal Virtualized and Bare-Metal Policy-Driven Provisioning UCS Director Single Pane of Glass End-to-End Automation and Lifecycle Management Compute and Hypervisor Network A B C Network and Services Storage Tenant A Tenant B C

Easy to Operate Service Catalog OR • Validated unified management • Customized storage workflows UCS Director Virtualization Bare Metal APIs • Expanded Cooperative Support Virtualized Compute Pool APIs Virtualized Network Pool APIs WFA Virtualized Storage Pool

Flex. Pod Cooperative Support An ecosystem of technology partners • Newest support partners include Citrix and Microsoft • Coordinated support with Net. App, Cisco, Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware and a cooperative support lab Flex. Pod® • Strong relationships among best-in-class alliance partners • Formal processes in place to expedite crosscompany escalations when necessary OSP

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