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Arnaud BASSALER

Standardize Your Data Center with vSphere Built on FlexPod

Consulting Systems Engineer

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OperationalChallenges

New BusinessPressures

EmpoweredUser

ComplexProvisioning

Real-Time Information EconomicUncertainty

CollaborativeApplications

Integrity and AvailabilityAsset Utilization

Energy Consumption

Data Centers Are at a Critical Juncture

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Transitioning from Virtualization to Cloud

• Private cloud: Behind the firewall of an enterprise, closed to public• Public cloud: Accessible through service providers for general purchase• Hybrid cloud: Private clouds linked to public clouds

Application-Based Silos

Public CloudZones ofVirtualization

Private Cloud

Storage

Servers

Apps

Network Hybrid

Workloads moving increasingly toward virtualized cloud infrastructure

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FlexPod Data Center PlatformPrevalidated, Flexible Unified Architecture

Features Standard, prevalidated, best-in-class converged

platform: Virtualized and nonvirtualized environments

Flexible: One platform scales up or out to fit many mixed workloads: Add applications and workload

Benefits Flexibility: Future-proof platform to meet today’s

challenges and scale for future needs Built-in data center efficiencies: Lower total cost of

ownership (TCO) with simplified deployments and rapid provisioning of resources

Reduce risk: Prevalidated architecture with prescriptive sizing and design guides

Cisco UCS™ B-Series Blade Servers (and/or C-Series Rack Mount) and Cisco UCS Manager

Cisco Nexus® Family Switches

NetApp® FASOnCommand™ Software Suite 10GE and optionally FCoE

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Consistent architecture from entry to large configurations

Scale up or down with ease

Common structure for support & management

The FlexPod Solution Family

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Optimize for Any WorkloadOne Size Does Not Fit All

Develop and Test

Entry Level Data Protection and Backup

More computing andless storage

Less computing andmore storage

Deploy entry system, then scale up

VDI

Higher performanceblades and more input/output operations per second (IOPS)

IOPS

CPU

CapacityMemory

ProductionBalanced Infrastructure

FlexPod®

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Scale Out with FlexPod Repeatable, Consistent Deployments

Increased performance and capacity

Scale out with standard and proven configurations: Predictable and highly efficient:

Capacity and performance

Floor space, power, and cooling

Benefits: Reduce effort for architecture, design,

deployment, and testing

Reduce infrastructure deployment cycle time by up to 50%

Manage pools consisting of storage, compute, and networking resources, not individual systems

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FlexPod ConnectivityMeeting Your Needs

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Reduce Risk with FlexPod Prescriptive Deployment Collateral

Step-by-step instructions for repeatable high-quality deployments, including these use cases:

Secure multi-tenancy and secure separation VMware® vSphere® and View™

SAP® applications Microsoft® Exchange, SharePoint and SQL

applications

Wide range of resources available: validated design, deployment, and solution guides

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Preprovisioned FlexPod Rapid deployment of applications Shared pools meet most requirements

> 50% Faster

Many Weeks or Months

FlexPod Helps IT Accelerate the Business

Service Request

Design and Size

DC Planning

ProcureDetailedDesign

Deploy Test

Service Available

Traditional

With FlexPod®

Reference BoM Validated design Precise deployment Standard test plan

DC Planning

Procure Deploy TestService Available

X X

DC Planning

Procure Deploy TestService Available

Benefits Agile service delivery Higher productivity Faster deployment Higher quality Simpler planning

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Integration with hypervisors: Automate workflows, scalable, extensible platform

Hypervisor agnostic

Cisco UCS™ Manager: Embedded unified management Integrated with vCenter™

NetApp® OnCommand® management software: Integrated with unified manager for provisioning,

protection, and automation VMware® vCenter Server or Microsoft® System Center Manage NetApp heterogeneous

environment

AppsNetApp

Storage Plug-ins

Cisco UCS Manager

Centralization and Open Management andValidated Offerings

Extensible Management with Open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)

Hypervisor HypervisorHypervisorHypervisor

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Simplify Your Journey to the Cloud

Cooperative Services and Support

FlexPod®

Validated Data Center Design

Enterprise Apps

VDI Secure Multi-TenancyMS Apps

Validated Designs

SQL Server® Exch 2010

Share Point® VDI

Joint Pathw

ays

Storage

Servers

Apps

Network Hybrid

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Lower risk with simplified, prevalidated, shared architecture

Greater EfficienciesLower Risk Flexible IT

Flexible IT scalable to meet the needs of both today and tomorrow

Reduced TCO and better efficiency

Certified data center specialty partners and cooperative support

With FlexPod

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