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Virtualization sprawl is quickly outpacing the data center’s infrastructure

The drive to virtualize has moved from development environments to Tier 1 applications swiftly

The view of virtualized environments in they’re “free” and fast to stand up

Achieving “density” in the data center with traditional infrastructure is hard

Virtualization requires IT to touch the infrastructure more often

The 1GB core presents a road block Balancing cost vs. performance is more art than science

The Challenges Facing Virtualization

Increase IT and Business Agility◦ Do more◦ Do it faster

Improve Efficiency◦ Do it with less infrastructure◦ Do it with less money◦ Do it with less people

Reduce Risk◦ Flatten risks

Why Use a Converged Infrastructure?

The Path of Virtualization

Apps

Servers

Network

Storage

AppSilos

Zones of Virtualization Private / Public Cloud

From Silos… … to Virtualized Data Centers

Centralize

Standardize

Consolidate

Virtualize

Automate

Self-Service

How Fast is the Move to CI Happening?

94%

35%

15%

50%

15%

Legacy

Referenced Arch

Single SKU

$118B

$149B

2012 2017Source: Wikibon 2012

1%

Time Power Server Network SAN

Data Center Consumables

DATA CENTER TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP

T+P+SC+N+S = TCO

The Data Center TCO Equation

Time: Time to install, wire, and configure a serverPower: Cost of running the serverServer Cost: Capital cost of the server plus rack space usedNetwork: Cost of core connectivitySAN: Cost of connecting to the SAN

Comparing the FlexPod and ExpressPod

FlexPodFull range of FAS product line

(NetApp FAS2240 to FAS6280)

Blade and rack mount servers

(Cisco UCS B & C Series)

Unified Fabric via 10GbE, FC, and FCoE

ExpressPod

Entry-level FAS only(NetApp FAS2220 to

FAS2240)

Rack mount servers only(Cisco UCS C Series)

1GbE(Cisco Nexus 3048)

Storage

Server

Network

Users 1,500+ >500

A reference architecture jointly developed by Cisco, NetApp, and VMware

Designed for SMB organizations to help consolidate their IT infrastructure and application portfolio using virtualization

Scaled-down version of the FlexPod Designed for customers with limited IT experience

in virtualization Target is fewer than 500 users with limited IT staffing

Introducing ExpressPod

Offered in two standard configurations: A small and midsized model

The small configuration is list priced at under $65K

The cooperative support model available for customers who purchase premium support

24X7X365 support is available Components of the ExpressPod can be leveraged

to move a client to a FlexPod environment

Pricing the ExpressPod

ExpressPod Configurations

Standard, pre validated best-in-class infrastructure building blocks

Flexible: One platform scales to fit many environments and mixed workloads Add Applications and workload Scale up and out

Simplified management and repeatable deployments

Design and sizing guides Services: Facilitate the deployment of different

environments

Revisiting the FlexPod

The Flexible Data Center

FlexPod Benefits

Best-in-Class Solution for Today’s Data Center

Integration Delivers Powerful Benefits

Memory, Disk I/O, and CPU drive virtualization density

Cisco’s UCS memory makes each DIMM look like four

Total memory capacity is more than tripled

More environments can be stood up and those that are perform better

A Simple Matter of Density

Components Built for Speed

Improves network throughput by 38% over software-based switch solutions

Removes the need for vSwitches, freeing CPU cycles for better application performance

Designed for I/O intensive workloads

Reduces cost by performing as both the NIC and as an HBA

Eliminates a key bottleneck for virtual server performance

Manage the Entire Stack Provides unified

management of all software and hardware in FlexPod

Offers flexible role and policy-based management using service profiles

Resources can be placed in pools and service profiles can be leveraged to speed environment deployments

Data Consolidation in the Data Center NetApp provides the most cost effective

way to store large volumes of data while cutting down on space, power, and cooling costs

Use NetApp’s innovative Thin Provisioning technology to drive “on-demand” provisioning

Leverage space-saving data FlexClones to create quick environments for development, testing, and disaster recovery

NetApp’s deduplication process drives the cost of virtualized environments down dramatically

The Cooperative Support Model

NetApp, Cisco, and VMWare have years of team experience providing support

Expanded and enhanced support resolution

Focused on the most efficient method for resolving customer issues

Support available across a full spectrum of support products, new and old

More than a single-solution cooperative support model: scales and grows

The Cooperative Support Model

Cooperative Support Model Benefits Experience faster time to resolution for all

FlexPod technologies and products Enhanced support experience through

improved cross-company collaboration Moure efficient multivendor problem

resolution with customer-assisted hand-offs Vendor engagement and ownership through

problem resolution Global 24-hours-a-day support is available

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