Removing the IO bottleneck Performance Twice the performance

Removing the IO bottleneck Performance Twice the performance of the competition will provide users with performance needed and room for growth Deploy more applications and more virtual servers Advanced HBA features ensure service level agreements can be delivered on TRANSACTION PERFORMANCE ü 8 Gb of bandwidth combined with 1 Million IOPs will enable more VMs per server elimination an IO bottleneck ü Positive impact on virtualized infrastructure by combining ASIC fabric features such as Qo. S © 2008 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 1

HBAs contribute to green initiatives Brocade HBAs utilize half the power per IOPs as the competition Conserved power can reduce overall operational cost by 50% Power can be freed up for allocation to other data center hardware ü POWER CONSUMPTION BR-815 delivers more than twice the IOPS per watt ü Deliver efficiency improvements and operational cost reductions © 2008 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2

Summary Performance | Management | Virtualization Reduce I/O cost and increase functionality End-to-End Solution Partner – Directors, Switches, Routers, HBAs & CNAs OVERALL VALUE ü Demonstrated more than twice the performance as well as performance-power / price composite numbers © 2008 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3