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Scale-Out ServerBlade Leadership

Solutions and Management Briefing

RLX Sales Meeting

John Schmitz05/02/2002


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RLX Strategy….

Worlds Best ServerBlades

Worlds Best Managed ServerBlades

Worlds Best ServerBlade Platform for Scale-out Solutions


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What does Scale-out mean?

“Scale-out”1 is a compute model. Simply stated, it means adding more full stand alone computers to achieve “more” computing or scaling.

Q: What compute applications or functions are most appropriate for Blade Servers (Scale-out) versus any existing Server?

A: Those that achieve large benefits or gains from very many servers in a condensed space. For example,

• “Farms” of Homogeneous Web Servers

• Compute Clusters

1Note: Scale-out is in contrast to scale-up. Scale up means adding more processors (not full stand alone computers) to achieve compute scaling


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Target Markets

Web Serving• “IDC projects that the Web hosting will grow from $6.9B in 2001 to

$18.9B in 2006, and that the ASP market will expand from $9.9B in 2001 to $22.7B in 2006.”

Bio-Sciences• The Bio Science Market will experience strong growth during the

forecast period, from $10.4B in 2001 to nearly $38B in 2006- Server revenue will increase from approximately $3B in 2001 to nearly $6B in

2006

- This lines up well with our product roadmap strategy regarding HPC


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Solutions Partner Selection Criteria

Market Force In Our Target

Markets• Metric (ROIC): Revenue Return

(sales) on invested capital (work)• Solution Completer with superior

market acceptance• Go-to-Market ability – Take RLX to

market

Technology Gap Fillers for

Product in our Target Markets1• Technology acquisition costs –

rational

Partner Engagement• Level 0: Customer Integrates• Level 1: Meet in Market/White Paper• Level 2: RLX/Partner Integration • Level 3: RLX/OEM Partners Solution

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Level 0: Customer specific opportunities requiring RLX effortsLevel 1: Self help and support kits offered by RLX/Partner (includes engineering/marketing documents)Level 2: Solutions offered/shipped/supported by RLX/PartnerLevel 3: Solutions offered/shipped/supported by RLX/OEM(includes SI’s/VAR’s and OEM customization gear)


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Solution Partnering

f5 Networks• No 2 WW market in Web Load Balancing (No. 1 is CISCO)

• No 1 WW market in Layer 3-7 load balancing

Ensim• No. 1. Web hosting solution provider

Platform Computing• No 1 in commercial HPC


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RLX Solution Ingredients Definition

ServerBlade & Chassis• ServerBlade 800i

• System 300ex

Well Managed ServerBlades• RLX Control Tower

Scale-out software technology enabler• Cluster Job Scheduling

• Network Load Balancing

Market Leader Partners• BioInformatics – Platform

• Web Infrastructure – f5 Networks / Ensim (solution complete)

Sales Opportunity Partners• Joint account calls


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Scale-out Web Server – Application Model - Load Balancing

Load BalancingNode

Web ServerNode

WebServerNode

WebServerNode

WebServerNode

WebCluster

ExternalNetwork (Internet)

1. Load 1. Load balancing balancing node receives node receives URL requestURL request

2.2. Load Load balancing balancing node passes node passes request to request to available web available web server node server node based on based on algorithmalgorithm

3. Web server 3. Web server node node processes processes requestrequest

4. Load balancing 4. Load balancing node responds node responds to requestto request


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Scale-Out Cluster – Application Model - BLAST Searches1

Blast MasterNode

SearchNode

SearchNode

SearchNode

SearchNode

Cluster

Tasks Results

Jobs External Network1. BLAST 1. BLAST

searches are searches are submitted to the submitted to the cluster via the cluster via the master node.master node.

2. Master node 2. Master node divides the divides the BLAST job into BLAST job into small pieces small pieces and sends and sends these pieces to these pieces to slave nodes slave nodes for execution.for execution.

3. Search nodes 3. Search nodes execute assigned execute assigned portions of the portions of the BLAST search BLAST search and send results and send results back to the back to the master node.master node.

4. Master node 4. Master node combines results combines results of individual of individual searches to form searches to form the full search the full search result.result.

1 Blast searches are a simplistic form of computational scale out. • No Inter-node messaging required• Data sets are local to each compute node• Highest performance if data set completely in RAM disk


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Shipping Solutions

Scale-out Web Load Balancing Solution • Characterized Large Web Serving Capacities from RLX Scaled-out ServerBlades• Web server cluster managed by RLX Control Tower Plug-in• Customers buy BigIP product from f5 and Web ServerBlades and Control Tower

from RLX• Customer has well managed, high capacity and fault resilient Web Site – RLX

Scale-out…• Customer using RLX ServerBlades and f5 BigIP – The Motley Fool

Scale-out RLX BLAST Cluster Solution• Cluster Solution for Genomic and Proteinomic comparison – Bio and drug

research• Customer buys Chassis, Control Tower and ServerBlade cluster nodes bundle with

Platform Clusterware™ and BLAST applications pre-installed• Customers using Platform LSF Products – Sanger Institute, Novartis• Invitation to participate in Sales Opportunities for:

- Penn State University

- Emory University (Atlanta)

Delivered the First RLX Solution Products


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Web Infrastructure Solutions Road Map - 2002

Concept Architecture Planning Committed Shipping

This page last updated: 04/24/02

Web

Serving Microsoft

Web Load Balancing F5

Web Administration Ensim

Web Hosting /Security Checkpoint

2Q 2002 3Q 2002 4Q 2002

Ensim WEBppliance SKU 5/14

F5 BIG-IP Control Tower Plugin 3/25

F5 BIG-IP Software On RLX Blades 6/25

Windows 2000 for Web Servers 3/19

Windows.Net for Web Servers

Checkpoint OPSEC Certified Platform 5/30

F5 Big-IP Control TowerPlugin Phase II ~6/25


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Compute Cluster Solutions Road Map - 2002



Linux ComputeClusters Cluster SKU

General Purpose Compute SKU

Cluster Management

Message Passing

Job Scheduling

BioInformatics

2Q 2002 3Q 2002 4Q 2002

5 BLADES/CHASSIS/RCT 6/4

BLAST CLUSTERSOLUTION 2.0 6/4

BLAST CLUSTER SOLUTION 1.0 3/25

5 BLADES/CHASSIS/RCT

WITH

IMAGE 1: PLATFORM CLUSTERWARE 6/4

OR

IMAGE 2: PLATFORM CLUSTERWARE + MPI 6/4


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Next Generation Control Tower Product

Control Tower 3 is the next generation RLX blade management solution

New features:• Performance monitoring and profiling• Scheduled software provisioning• ServerBlade group management• Support for new Linux image

New Control Tower Software Maintenance Program

Product announcement & Ready-to-Ship on June 4


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Control Tower Software Maintenance Program

Objective• Offer extended CT software maintenance service ~ ongoing software

upgrades and updates, for one year

Definition• Access to all CT software upgrades and updates for 1 year

• Includes CT2-CT3 Software Upgrade Package

• One CT Software Maintenance Program required per Control Tower Blade

• Must be running CT2 (or newer) to be eligible

Program Name - Control Tower Software Maintenance Program

Schedule (aligned with avail of CT3)• June 4 – Software Maintenance Program Annc & Ready to ship

Price - $500 for one Control Tower Software Maintenance Program

For CT2 and CT3 customers.


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CT3 Software Upgrade Package

Objective• G3.0 software upgrade for CT2 customers

Definition• Full G3.0 functionality for Control Tower 2 customers

• Upgraded product is identical to new G3.0 product

• Easy to install, and seamless• G3.0 software upgrade downloadable from www.rlx.com

• Install G3.0 software upgrade using CT2 software upload process

• Existing CT2 configuration data remains intact

• Existing user licenses remain intact ~ no user license upgrade required

• Must be running CT2 to be eligible

Product Name - Control Tower 3 Software Upgrade Package

Schedule (aligned with avail of G3.0)• June 4 – Upgrade program announcement & Ready to ship

Price – Included with purchase of the CT Software Maintenance Program

For CT2 customers only.


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Blade Management Road Map 2002/2003

Control Tower

CT2

1Q 2002

2Q 2002 3Q2002 4Q2002 1Q2003 2Q2003 3Q2003 4Q2003


G3

Features:

•Managed blade utilization monitoring (CPU/Memory)

•Logical view in manage module

•Scheduled provisioning

•Latest platform support (Linux Boot mode RH 7.3)

•Patch updates (BIOS boot mode Intel/TMTA, Win RLX downloadable)

•G2 G3 upgrade package

Features:

•API suite

•Granular SW upgrades for managed blade

•Role based mgmt

•Security

•Backup / Recovery

G3+

6/4/02

G3++

Support for ClusterWare Plugin install at factory



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281.863.2100

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