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1 VSPEX Brocade Networking for the VSPEX Proven Infrastructure 1

2 VSPEX Proven Infrastructure Partners Accelerate your journey to the Cloud 2

3 What is the EMC/Brocade VSPEX Solution? Solutions that Transform IT Pre-validated stack by EMC & Brocade for SMB and Mid-Market Built with Best of Breed components including storage, virtualization, servers and networking Offers a complete solution for greenfield to advanced virtualization users Server virtualization lowers cost and increases availability Eliminates planning and configuration burdens Integrating the Brocade ICX and Brocade VDX into the VSPEX solution Simplifies deployments by integrating into existing environments delivered by channel partners 3

4 Brocade and EMC Partnership Overview 14 Year Partnership, 7M Ports Shipped and Over 50K Installations Executive Alignment and Common Vision Joint focus on technology, enabling IT transformation in enterprises, big data and cloud infrastructures Advanced Integration and Technology Interlock Joint focus on stringent interoperability testing and high product quality/reliability Mission Critical Customer Experience and Support Strong field engagement model supporting over 50,000 mutual installations Joint support services to mitigate risk, delivering rapid time-to-relief/resolution Joint Solutions Addressing Core Customer Challenges Integrated solutions with Microsoft, Oracle, VMware- VPLEX, Greenplum, VNXe/Isilon Joint reference architectures, assessments, design and deployment services Common Channel Vision World class channel enablement programs with pre-certified best of breed open reference architecture solutions 4

5 Channel Partners Quality in Partnership 50% of Brocade/EMC product shipments via the Channel Brocade Alliance Partner Network Constantly providing partners the highest service and programs with best-in-class margins and support - CRN Open, multi-vendor networking solutions that easily adapt to wide range of application workloads and computing platforms validated and certified by EMC for interoperability, performance and compatibility Alliance Partner Network (APN) - CRN voted 5-star partner program with rich incentives to drive incremental margins and profitability No significant up-front investment to participate in the APN Low to no-cost training and enablement offerings at every partner level Significant investments into the channel for lead generation, sales training, technical education, certification, MDF and incentives designed to help grow your business Click here to learn more or go to to sign up! 5

6 Why Brocade Networking in Virtualized Environments Challenges introduced by virtualization Challenges Virtualized application workloads have varying demands requiring the network to adapt to meet SLAs Changing traffic patterns and higher virtualization densities introduce new performance and feature set requirements Customers demand greater IT agility and operational efficiency Need to combine physical and virtual networking capabilities to deliver tightly integrated, optimized solutions EMC/Brocade VSPEX Solution Virtualization aware networks: increased performance and resiliency Full performance switching, bandwidth, with high IOPS and integrated virtualized features Tested and validated at EMC labs Operational simplicity: ease of installation and management Virtualization aware networking: VMware integration provides VM awareness and increased security Virtualization-aware networking services and management are essential 6

7 How Does it Solve My Customer Problems? Single-rack solutions Compute Network Storage Backup VSPEX SMB/Mid-tier solutions with VMware and Microsoft virtualization, validated for up to 250 VMs for business critical applications: Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server Mid-tier solutions with VMware virtualization, validated for up to 2000 virtual desktops Citrix XenDesktop Fully redundant design for highest application availability Reduced planned/unplanned down time with VMware's HA and vmotion and Microsoft Quick Migration Accelerate virtual server backup times from days to minutes by reducing network and CPU utilization with EMC Avamar & DataDomain Integrated management and virtualizationaware infrastructure components 7

8 Benefits of EMC VSPEX with Brocade Award-winning, one stop shop for all your VSPEX networking needs Simple Simplified management for virtualized environments, VM mobility with dynamic server profile configuration Pre-validated solutions for VDI, VM scaling/mobility and disaster avoidance Efficient Accelerated deployment with pre-validated networking solutions by EMC Lower risk EMC pre-validated for interoperability, performance and compatibility Easily scale your deployment beyond initial purchase to respond to expanding business needs Increase storage utilization-regardless of application type or data age by automatically moving data based upon workload with FAST VP (Fully Automated Storage tiering for Virtual Pools) Flexible Reliable, scalable, and flexible network architecture for supporting the most demanding business applications in virtualized environments Hypervisor agnostic networking that adapts easily to wide range of application workloads (e.g. database, , business critical applications, etc.) 8

9 Brocade s Value in VSPEX Simplified, high-performance, resilient networks for VSPEX BROCADE Simple and Automated Automated deployment and management Easily integrates into existing environments Increased operational efficiency Reliable and Scalable High resiliency in virtualized environments Increased network performance and utilization Proven and Optimized for Virtual Environments Protection against VM/MAC spoofing via secure vcenter communication Single Point of Management: reduced configuration errors VM-aware network automation ensures alignment of virtual server and network resources 9

10 Brocade ICX Product Family 10

11 Brocade ICX 6450 SMB Up to 50 VMs Class-Leading Performance 24 /48 1GbE ports, 4x10GbE Up to 40 Gbps of stacking bandwidth Built-in 10G SFP+ Uplink Ports 2 standard, 2 optional with SW license Hardware support for sflow Industry-Leading Price/Performance Value Up to 30% better TCO than competitive switches Brocade Assurance Lifetime Warranty Lifetime Software Updates 3 Years access to Brocade technical support included Future-Proof Capabilities 40 GbE-ready Hardware-ready encryption with MACsec Hardware-ready for Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) Class-Leading Availability Dual-purpose uplink/stacking ports Hitless stacking failover Fully redundant power supplies and fan trays 11

12 Brocade ICX 6610 SMB Up to 100 VMs Unprecedented Performance 24 /48 1GbE ports, High-density 8 10 GbE SFP+ uplink ports Up to 320 Gbps of stacking bandwidth Up to 1 Tbps of switching capacity per stack Non-blocking, wire-speed architecture Hardware support for sflow Industry-Leading Price/Performance Value Up to 35% better TCO than competitive switches Brocade Assurance Lifetime Warranty Lifetime Software Updates (excluding ADV images) 90 Days access to Brocade technical support included Future-Proof Capabilities 40 GbE-ready Hardware-ready encryption with MACsec Hardware-ready for Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) Class-Leading Availability Redundant stacking links (4X stacking ports) Hitless stacking failover Fully redundant power supplies and fan trays 12

13 Brocade ICX SMB ICX VMs 100 VMs Class-Leading Performance 24 /48 1GbE ports, 4x10GbE Up to 40 Gbps of stacking bandwidth Built-in 10G SFP+ Uplink Ports 2 standard, 2 optional with SW license Hardware support for sflow Future-Proof Capabilities 40 GbE-ready Hardware-ready encryption with MACsec Hardware-ready for Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) Class-Leading Availability Dual-purpose uplink/stacking ports Hitless stacking failover Fully redundant power supplies and fan trays Industry-Leading Price/Performance Value Up to 30% better TCO than competitive switches Brocade Assurance Lifetime Warranty Lifetime Software Updates 3 Years access to Brocade technical support included ICX 6610 Unprecedented Performance 24 /48 1GbE ports, High-density 8 10 GbE SFP+ uplink ports Up to 320 Gbps of stacking bandwidth Up to 1 Tbps of switching capacity per stack Non-blocking, wire-speed architecture Hardware support for sflow Future-Proof Capabilities 40 GbE-ready Hardware-ready encryption with MACsec Hardware-ready for Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) Class-Leading Availability Redundant stacking links (4X stacking ports) Hitless stacking failover Fully redundant power supplies and fan trays Industry-Leading Price/Performance Value Up to 35% better TCO than competitive switches Brocade Assurance Lifetime Warranty Lifetime Software Updates (excluding ADV images) 90 Days access to Brocade technical support included 13

14 Brocade VDX Product Family 14

15 Brocade VDX 6710 End user computing solutions 250 VMs Leading Performance and Density Compact 1U form factor; 6 1/10 Gbps SFP+ ports; 48 1 Gbps RJ45 copper ports Non-blocking, cut-through architecture, wirespeed 600 ns port-to-port latency; 1.8 µs across port groups Environmental Flexibility Switch depth less than 17 inches; reversible front-to-back airflow Two internal, redundant, field-replaceable, load-sharing AC power supplies Highly Resilient and Efficient Design Proactive monitoring and notification of critical switch component failure Simplistic design for better MTBF and optimal power efficiency Ideal for Virtualized Environments Uses Brocade fabric switching ASICs Brocade VCS technology Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) Virtual Multi-Node LAG (vlag) for activeactive forwarding 15

16 Brocade VDX 6720 Mid-Market VMs /End user computing solutions 500+ VMs Leading Performance and Density 24- and 60-port models with Ports On Demand Non-blocking, cut-through architecture, wire-speed 600 ns port-to-port latency; 1.8 us across port groups Environmental Flexibility 10 Gb and 1 Gb supported on every port Direct-attached copper, active optical, and SFP optical connectivity options Less than 17 switch depth and reversible front-to-back airflow Brocade VDX Brocade VDX Highly Resilient and Efficient Design Remote Lights Out Management Simplistic design, optimal power efficiency Ideal for Virtualized Environments Uses Brocade fabric switching ASICs Brocade VCS technology Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) Complete FCoE support, multihop iscsi DCB support 16

17 Brocade VDX - Mid-Market/End User Computing VDX 6710 VDX 6720 End user computing 250 VMs Leading Performance and Density Compact 1U form factor; 6 1/10 Gbps SFP+ ports; 48 1 Gbps RJ45 copper ports Non-blocking, cut-through architecture, wire-speed 600 ns port-to-port latency; 1.8 µs across port groups Environmental Flexibility Switch depth less than 17 inches; reversible frontto-back airflow Two internal, redundant, field-replaceable, load- sharing AC power supplies Highly Resilient and Efficient Design Proactive monitoring and notification of critical switch component failure Simplistic design for better MTBF and optimal power efficiency Ideal for the Virtualized Environments Uses Brocade fabric switching ASICs and VCS technology Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) Virtual Multi-Node LAG (vlag) for active-active forwarding Mid-Market/End user computing 500+ VMs Leading Performance and Density 24- and 60-port models with Ports On Demand Non-blocking, cut-through architecture, wire-speed 600 ns port-to-port latency; 1.8 us across port groups Environmental Flexibility 10 Gb and 1 Gb supported on every port Direct-attached copper, active optical, and SFP optical connectivity options Less than 17 switch depth and reversible front-to-back airflow Highly Resilient and Efficient Design Remote Lights Out Management Simplistic design, optimal power efficiency Ideal for the Virtualized Environments Uses Brocade fabric switching ASICs and VCS technology Brocade VCS technology Automatic Migration of Port Profiles (AMPP) Virtual Multi-Node LAG (vlag) for active-active forwarding Complete FCoE support, multihop iscsi DCB support 17

18 Brocade HBA Product Line Available via EMC Select 18

19 Brocade HBA 815/825 Mid Market - End user computing solutions Management Centralized management Fabric-based boot LUN discovery Third party integration Performance 500K IOPS per port 1.7x performance for enterprise 2.7x performance for database applications Virtualization VM aware Quality of Service Native NPIV support Broad hypervisor support Brocade 825 Dual Port EMC Select Part # BR

20 EMC Connectrix B Series 6505/6510 SAN Switch Product Lines 20

21 Connectrix B Series DS-6505 SAN Switch Mid-Market /End user computing 125+ VMs Simple Deployment & Management Simple deployment via EZSwitchSetup Unified SAN management Simple server provisioning End-to-end: HBA to storage management Flexible Fabrics Pay-as-you-grow scalability 12 to 24 ports Airflow and cooling flexibility Maximizes resiliency with optional redundant power supply Unmatched Reliability Deliver unmatched reliability and availability in an entry-level switch Comprehensive monitoring/diagnostics Cable and optics diagnostics Advanced RAS capabilities Connectrix B-series DS-6505 Ideal for Virtualized Environments Quality of Service (QoS) for VM-level traffic prioritization/vm-to-storage port monitoring Integrated VM management plug-in for VMware vcenter/microsoft System Center Improved flexibility for virtualization 21

22 Connectrix B Series DS-6510 SAN Switch Mid-Market/End user computing 500+ VMs Simple Deployment & Management Simple deployment via EZSwitchSetup Unified SAN management Simple server provisioning End-to-end: HBA to storage management Flexible Fabrics Pay-as-you-grow scalability 24 to 48 ports Airflow and cooling flexibility Maximizes overall port density and space utilization for consolidation Connectrix B-series DS-6510 Unmatched Reliability Ideal for Virtualized Environments Deliver unmatched reliability and Quality of Service (QoS) for VM-level traffic availability in an Enterprise class switch prioritization/vm-to-storage port monitoring Cable and optics diagnostics Integrated VM management plug-in for Features enhanced diagnostics and RAS VMware vcenter/microsoft System Center functionality to help minimize downtime Improved flexibility for virtualization 22

23 Connectrix B Series SAN Switches Mid-Market/End user computing 500+ VMs DS-6505 End user computing 125+ VMs Simple Deployment and Management Simple deployment via EZSwitchSetup Unified SAN End to End management - HBA to storage Simple server provisioning Flexible Fabrics Pay-as-you-grow scalability 12 to 24 ports Airflow and cooling flexibility Maximizes resiliency with optional redundant power supply Unmatched Reliability Deliver unmatched reliability and availability in an entry-level switch Cable and optics diagnostics Advanced RAS capabilities Ideal for Virtualized Environments Quality of Service (QoS) for VM-level traffic Integrated VM management plug-in for VMware vcenter/microsoft System Center Improved flexibility for virtualization DS-6510 Mid-Market/End user computing 500+ VMs Simple Deployment and Management Simple deployment via EZSwitchSetup Unified SAN End to End management - HBA to storage Simple server provisioning Flexible Fabrics Pay-as-you-grow scalability 24 to 48 ports Airflow and cooling flexibility Maximizes overall port density and space utilization for consolidation Unmatched Reliability Deliver unmatched reliability and availability in an Enterprise class switch Features enhanced diagnostics and RAS functionality to help minimize downtime Ideal for Virtualized Environments Quality of Service (QoS) for VM-level traffic Integrated VM management plug-in for VMware vcenter/microsoft System Center Improved flexibility for virtualization 23

VSPEX Proven Infrastructure Summary Proven, Unified Architecture That Enables Faster Deployment Partnership Excellence with Industry Leaders Simple Pre-validated and integrated stack by EMC removes

24 VSPEX Proven Infrastructure Summary Proven, Unified Architecture That Enables Faster Deployment Partnership Excellence with Industry Leaders Simple Pre-validated and integrated stack by EMC removes guess work and speeds deployment Flexible Multiple infrastructure stacks designed according to business needs Efficient Easily scaled up or down to fit the end user s needs. Improved performance with highest application availability 24

25 Brocade 25

26 Pioneer and leader in data center networking Brocade First-to-market: SAN, 1/10/100 GbE, Ethernet fabrics Powering the world s six largest Internet Exchange Points Customer Endorsed, Award Winning Innovation 26

27 Brocade Technology Summary Brocade ICX Switch (SMB) Brocade VDX Fabric Switch (Mid/End User Computing) SIMPLIFIED NETWORKS FOR VSPEX vmotion optimized networking Line rate performance Large Buffer/QoS resources IPv4/IPv6 routing Advanced L3 (GRE, VRF) Ethernet Fabrics - easy to configure, manage and scale Proactive monitoring and notification of critical switch component failure Virtualization Enabled Automatic port profile migration PERFORMANCE/ VALUE Non-blocking, wire-speed architecture Up to 35% better TCO than competitive switches Brocade Assurance Lifetime Warranty Non-blocking, cut-through architecture, wire-speed Ultra low latency improves user experience in virtual desktop environments Brocade Assurance Lifetime Warranty INVESTMENT PROTECTION Hardware-ready encryption with MACsec and Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) 40 GbE Ready Powered by Brocade VCS fabric technology Flexible storage connectivity Cluster Servers 27

VIRTUAL CLUSTER SWITCHING SWITCHES AS A CLOUD FOR THE VIRTUAL DATA CENTER. Emil Kacperek Systems Engineer Brocade Communication Systems.

VIRTUAL CLUSTER SWITCHING SWITCHES AS A CLOUD FOR THE VIRTUAL DATA CENTER Emil Kacperek Systems Engineer Brocade Communication Systems Mar, 2011 2010 Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. Company Proprietary