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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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 2

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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 3

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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 4

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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 5

FlexPod ® Optimize for Any Workload One size does not fit all 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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 6

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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 7

FlexPod ® Entry-Level FlexPod Configuration Data Management Cisco UCS ™ 6248 Fabric Interconnect Cisco Nexus 2232 Fabric Extender Cisco UCS C-Series Server NetApp ® FAS2240 HA Storage Cisco ® Nexus ® 5548 Switch iSCSI, NFS, CIFS Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved.. 8

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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 9

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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 10

FlexPod ® Seamlessly Scale the FlexPod Architecture Cisco® UCS™ C-series Rack-mount servers More Compute Capacity More Storage Capacity NetApp® FAS2240 Scale out: Additional server nodes Scale out: Additional FAS2240 Scale up: FAS3200/6200 Additional server nodes managed together using Cisco UCS Manager FAS2240 scales with larger FAS systems without data migration and consistent management Cisco and NetApp Confidential. Distributed under non-disclosure only. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 11

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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 12

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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 13

FlexPod ® FlexPod Deployment Guide for Virtual Data Centers Reducing Risk: Prescriptive Deployment Collateral  Cisco ® Validated Design (CVD) Guides  For FlexPod® (including entry-level FlexPod)  Initial entry-level FlexPod validation with Microsoft Exchange  Subsequent entry-level FlexPod 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. ©2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. 14

FlexPod ® Thank You © 2012 NetApp, Inc. All rights reserved. No portions of this document may be reproduced without prior written consent of NetApp, Inc. Specifications are subject to change without notice. NetApp, the NetApp logo, Go further, faster, Data ONTAP, FlexPod, MultiStore, and OnCommand are trademarks or registered trademarks of NetApp, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, SharePoint, and SQL Server are registered trademarks and PowerShell and Hyper-V are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Cisco and Nexus are registered trademarks and UCS is a trademark of Cisco Systems, Inc. VMware and vSphere are registered trademarks and vShield and View are trademarks of VMware, Inc. Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. SAP is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. SAP is a registered trademark of SAP AG. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other brands or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and should be treated as such.