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Flex. Pod Update

Flex. Pod Platforms Flex. Pod Express Flex. Pod Datacenter Flex. Pod Select Departmental Deployments and VAR velocity Massively scalable All virtual Application Purposed Target: primarily MSB, remote and departmental deployments Target: Enterprise/service provider Target: Specific application deployments in the enterprise App App Distinct Architectures Entry level UCS, FAS UCS, Nexus, FAS File System Direct or fabric E-Series, FAS, 2

Flex. Pod Innovations Infrastructure Application Flex. Pod® with UCS Mini § Share. Point® with ACI Validation coming soon ACI-enabled Flex. Pod Including storage § Exchange with ACI Enterprise Apps Cloud and Management Solutions § SAP® HANA with ACI § Oracle® RAC with all flash § VDI (Citrix®, VMware®) all flash § Cisco® UCS® Director § Open. Stack § Microsoft® Private Cloud All-flash Flex. Pod Fast Track 4. 0 3

Expanded Flex. Pod Solution Family 10 000’s of users Flex. Pod 10’s of users Flex. Pod Express NEW Flex. Pod with UCS Mini Flex. Pod Consistent architecture from entry to large configurations Scale up or down with no or minimal disruption Common structure for support & management

Cisco Unified Computing System Mini Overview Cisco and Net. App Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute. 5

Next Wave of Unified Computing Powering Applications at Every Scale Fourth Generation UCS Servers UCS Mini UCS Management Innovation Core Data Center Workloads Edge-Scale Computing UCS M-Series Modular Servers UCS C 3160 Cloud-Scale Computing Compute Network Storage Virtualization Management and Automation

UCS Mini 6248 Fabric Interconnects

UCS Mini New architectural entry point for Unified Computing at 1~15 server scale 6324 Fabric Interconnects Full Power UCS in an all-in-one package: • Compute • Networking • UCS Manager • Standard UCS Blades / Fans / Power Supplies UCS Mini UP TO 29% UP TO Cap. Ex Savings 36% TCO Enterprise Capability at Edge Scale Connect up to 7 C-Series Rack Servers for Expanded Capacity UP TO 34% UP TO Lower Power 80% Fewer Cables

UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect – Double Click UCS 6324 Fabric Interconnect install in the IOM bay of the 5108 Chassis Ethernet Mgmt USB § Provide FI and IOM functionalities § 16 x 10 G-KR links to servers § 1 x 10 G crosslink § 4 x 10 G SFP+ Unified Ports for Uplink § 1 x QSFP for scalability link 4 x SFP+ 1 x QSFP+ Supported roles: • Server • Appliance • FCo. E Storage Console Port

Storage Architectural Support Network Attached Storage i. SCSI/NAS/FC/ FCo. E ETH 1 SAN Attached Storage Direct Attached Storage i. SCSI/NAS/FC/F Co. E ETH 2 LAN SAN Cisco MDS Nexus 5000 ETH 2 FC/FCo. E Switch Mode Network Attached File/Block No certification required

UCS Management Overview 44 UCS DIRECTOR Centralized infrastructure control point for data center UCS CENTRAL UCS MANAGER Manages Single UCS domain APIC ZETTABYTES Manage heterogeneous Manages multiple UCS Domains Manages ACI Fabric Compute, Network & Storage across data centers.

UCS Mini Centralized Management UCS Director UCS Central UCS Manager UCS Manager UCS Mini Data Center Branch Office /Remote Office z UCS Management Compute Network Storage Virtualization Management and Automation Cisco and Net. App Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute. 12

Flex. Pod Data Center with UCS Mini Deployment Models Cisco and Net. App Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute. 13

Net. App FAS 2552 Double Click § Net. App FAS 2500 Series Included software § Efficiency: Flex. Vol®, deduplication, compression, and thin provisioning § Availability: Multipath I/O § Data protection: RAID-DP, Snapshot § Performance: Storage Qo. S § Management: System Setup, On. Command System Manager, On. Command Unified Manager § Storage protocols: All supported data protocol licenses included Cisco and Net. App Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute. 14

CV Flex. Pod Data Center with UCS Mini DP UCS Direct Attached FAS with Fiber Channel § Components: os ted Nexus 9300 § Nexus 9300, Cisco UCS Mini, Net. App FAS 2500 series § VMware v. Sphere 5. 5 u 1 initial model UCS-Mini § Highlights: § Dual homed UCS Fabric Interconnects using v. PC (no storage traffic) § Switchless c. DOT using directconnect from FAS to UCS domain via Fiber Channel § Supports FC only storage access § Compute expansion ports available § 1 x QSFP Cisco and Net. App Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute. FAS 2552 15

Flex. Pod Data Center with UCS Mini UCS Direct Attached FAS with Fiber Channel – Scale Points § Scale points Nexus 9300 § UCS Mini will support a maximum of twelve servers in this model UCS-Mini § Four additional C-series compute platforms § FAS 2552 supports: § 24 Internal drives § Max 144 drives (internal/external) § Max 749 TB Cisco and Net. App Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute. UCS C-Series FAS 2552 16

Flex. Pod Data Center with UCS Mini Ethernet Only Solution § Components: Nexus 9300 § Nexus 9300, Cisco UCS Mini, Net. App FAS 2500 series § VMware v. Sphere 5. 5 u 1 initial model UCS-Mini § Highlights: § Dual homed UCS Fabric Interconnects using v. PC § Dual homed FAS using v. PC § Switchless c. DOT § Supports NFS, SMB and i. SCSI storage access § Compute expansion ports available FAS 2552 § 2 x SFP § 1 x QSFP Cisco and Net. App Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute. 17

Flex. Pod Data Center with UCS Mini UCS Ethernet Only – Scale Points § Scale points Nexus 9300 § UCS Mini will support a maximum of fourteen servers in this model UCS-Mini § Six additional C-series compute platforms § FAS 2500 supports: § 24 Internal drives § Max 144 drives (internal/external) § Max 749 TB Cisco and Net. App Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute. UCS C-Series FAS 2552 18

Flex. Pod Express with UCS Mini UCS Direct Attached FAS with Fiber Channel § Standard switch approach Standard Switch § FC used to remove generic switch from compute-to-storage communication § Switches provide Ethernet transport between UCS Fabric Interconnects (e. g. v. Motion) § Nexus always recommended for comprehensive support and performance UCS-Mini § Flex. Pod Express validated with the Nexus 3524 platform which supports v. PC § UCS Central and UCS Director allow for remote (or local) management Cisco and Net. App Confidential. For Internal Use Only. Do Not Distribute. FAS 2552 19

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Flex. Pod Support Model Customer Chartered to resolve interoperability issues Global 24 x 7 capability Cisco Customer Support First Line Net. App Customer Support First Line Cooperative Support Model Process alignment for cooperative support If Development or Engineering Required Cisco Eng. Net. App Eng. Coordinated real-time engagements for customers on supported products

Cisco Solution Support Services (SSPT) New Engagement Model Now – Solution Support Original Engagement Model UCS Issue All issues may go to SSPT Contract 2 Coordinate with both sources to solve problems in both areas Product-level Support Coordinate Storage Issue 1 Cisco Solution Support Product-level Support Cisco Coordinate Solution Technology Partners Customer or Channel Partner Cisco Product Support Partner Product Support Access a team of Cisco DC Infrastructure experts who are ready to lead in resolution of any issues found within the supported infrastructure 3 The Solution Support team will work with you to resolve your issue, regardless of where that issue leads or who needs to be involved in resolution

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