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Operational Challenges New Business Pressures Empowered User Complex Provisioning Realtime Information Economic Uncertainty Collaborative Applications Integrity and Availability Asset Utilization Energy Consumption Data Centers Are at a Critical Juncture Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® Transitioning from Virtualization to Cloud  Private Cloud: behind the firewall of an enterprise, closed to public  Public Cloud: accessible via service providers for general purchase  Hybrid Cloud: private clouds linked to public clouds Application- Based Silos Public Cloud Zones of Virtualization Private Cloud Storage Servers Apps Network Hybrid Workloads moving increasingly to virtualized cloud infrastructure Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® The FlexPod™ Data Center Platform Cisco ® UCS Unified Computing System and UCS Manager Cisco Nexus ® Family Fabric NetApp ® FAS OnCommand Software Suite 10GE and FCoE Features  Standard, pre-validated, best-in-class converged platform for virtualized and non- virtualized 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 TCO with simplified deployments, rapid provisioning of resources  Reduce risk with pre-validated architecture with prescriptive sizing and design guides Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® Entry-level FlexPod Overview  Natural evolution of the FlexPod Solution  Enterprise-class FlexPod benefits  Flexibility and scalability  Efficiency and low TCO  Risk reduction and fast time-to-deployment  Right-sized for smaller workloads  Midsize and distributed enterprise  Lower entry price Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® Optimize for Any Workload Flex with confidence Base Configuration IOPS CPU Capacity Memory Data Protection and Backup Less compute, more storage Develop and Test More compute, less storage VDI Higher performance servers, more IOPS Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® The FlexPod Solution Family Consistent architecture from entry to large configurations Scale up or down with ease Common structure for support & management Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® New Entry-Level FlexPod Solution Configuration Cisco UCS 6248 Fabric Interconnect Cisco Nexus 2232 Fabric Extender Cisco UCS C-Series Server NetApp FAS2240 Storage Cisco Nexus 5548 Switch iSCSI, NFS, CIFS 10Gb E 1GbE Management Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® Hypervisor Consolidation, Virtualization, and Optimization  Midsize enterprises and smaller workloads  Evolve from application-based silos to virtualized IT  Benefits  Greater flexibility  Increased agility  Risk reduction  Simple, scalable, standardized Simplify the Journey to the Cloud Virtual Desktop Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® Infrastructure Standardization  Distributed enterprises and smaller enterprise workloads  Migrate satellite offices to corporate standard  Benefits  Reduced complexity  Improved productivity  Lower TCO Drive consistency to increase business agility Main Corporate Data Center Office 1 Office 2 Office 3 Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® Seamlessly Scale the FlexPod Architecture Cisco UCS C-series Rack-mount servers More Compute Capacity More Storage Capacity NetApp FAS 2240 Scale out: Additional server nodes Scale out: Additional FAS 2240 Scale up: FAS 3200/6200 Additional server nodes managed together using Cisco UCS Manager FAS 2240 scales with larger FAS systems without data migration and consistent management Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® Cooperative Support Model  NetApp ® and Cisco ® years of team experience providing support  Expanded and enhanced support resolution process  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  Unified Support Lab Building on Years of Cooperative Support Excellence to Create a More Efficient, Flexible, and Scalable Support Solution Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® Unified Support Lab  Partnership between NetApp, Cisco, and VMware  Each partner invested product and support engineering expertise  Ability to “mix and match” available product components to reproduce complex customer environments  Available to each vendor’s support teams via Secure Access Portal  Hosted in NetApp Technical Support Center Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

FlexPod ® FlexPod Deployment Guide for Virtual Data Centers Reducing Risk: Prescriptive Deployment Collateral  Cisco ® Validated Design (CVD) Guides  For FlexPod (including FlexPod ES)  Initial FlexPod ES validation with Microsoft Exchange  Subsequent FlexPod ES validation at regular intervals  Deployment Guide  Step-by-step instructions for repeatable high- quality infrastructure deployment  Solutions Guide  Resources and design assistance available for wide range of environments and FlexPod configurations Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only.

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