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2. 2 All or some of the products detailed in this presentation may still be under development and certain specifications, including but not limited to, release dates, prices, and product features, may change. The products may not function as intended and a production version of the products may never be released. Even if a production version is released, it may be materially different from the pre-release version discussed in this presentation. Nothing in this presentation shall be deemed to create a warranty of any kind, either express or implied, statutory or otherwise, including but not limited to, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of third- party rights with respect to any products and services referenced herein. ADX, AnyIO, Brocade, Brocade Assurance, the B-wing symbol, DCX, Fabric OS, ICX, MLX, MyBrocade, OpenScript, VCS, VDX, and Vyatta are registered trademarks, and HyperEdge, The Effortless Network, and The On-Demand Data Center are trademarks of Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., in the United States and/or in other countries. Other brands, products, or service names mentioned may be trademarks of their respective owners. LEGAL DISCLAIMER

3. 3  Maximizes infrastructure uptime ‒ Prevents problems from occurring ‒ Addresses problems before they impact operations — accelerates problem resolution and recovery  Helps dramatically reduce costs ‒ Speeds time to deploy additional capacity ‒ Reduces day-to-day network administration  Optimizes application performance ‒ Minimizes latency and maximizes network throughput ‒ Complements Hitachi flash storage solutions ADVANCED MONITORING, MANAGEMENT, AND DIAGNOSTICS BROCADE FABRIC VISION TECHNOLOGY Avoid Problems Accelerate Recovery Accelerate Deployments Optimize Application Performance Fabric Vision Technology

4. 4 Pre-built rules and automation make policy-based monitoring and alerting simple MAPS Built-in tools provide granular visibility into flows in the fabric to ensure optimized performance Flow Vision Cable and optics diagnostics simplify the deployment and support of large fabrics ClearLink Diagnostics Health and performance dashboard displays all critical information on 1 screen Dashboards INNOVATION THAT DRAMATICALLY SIMPLIFIES SAN ADMINISTRATION BROCADE FABRIC VISION TECHNOLOGY

5. 5 Optimized application performance and availability Automation to accelerate time- consuming provisioning and troubleshooting A variety of integrated tools for in- depth statistics and analysis Powerful dashboard views to instantly pinpoint problem areas BROCADE FABRIC VISION TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE

6. 6  An enterprise customer was getting ready to deploy a large SAN into production  The cable solution provider had signed off on the cable plan  Before deploying into production, the customer ran ClearLink Diagnostics on the new infrastructure and found hundreds of cable and optics issues that the cable vendor missed  The cable vendor came back and fixed the problems  Downstream problems were avoided CLEARLINK DIAGNOSTICS IN ACTION REAL-LIFE CUSTOMER EXAMPLE 6

7. 7  Instantly view out-of-compliance conditions, congestion, and latency concerns on flows  View status of SFPs and a variety of port- level error statistics to locate intermittent issues  View statistics on time-based graphs to correlate events SAN HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE DASHBOARD VIEWS FOR PROACTIVE OPERATIONS CUSTOMIZABLE BROCADE NETWORK ADVISOR DASHBOARDS  View the overall health of the SAN and quickly identify potential problem areas  See the number and severity of events, both real-time and historical

8. 8 Optimizes application performance and availability Complements Hitachi flash storage solutions solutions Accelerates time-consuming provisioning and troubleshooting tasks Offers integrated tools for in-depth statistics and analysis Provides powerful dashboard views to instantly pinpoint problem areas EXTENDING GEN 5 FIBRE CHANNEL BROCADE FABRIC VISION TECHNOLOGY

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