1. Dell PowerEdge Blade Server PDVSA Jun-05

2. Dell’s Continued Server Market Share Growth in US
Dell PowerEdge Server business continues to grow aggressively, with the #1 position in the United States
US Market Share History
Q Results:
Dell 33.5%
HP + Compaq 29.3%
HP + Compaq
Compaq
IBM 12.2%
IBM HP
Source: Q IDC Top Vendors US x86 Server
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3. 8th Generation PowerEdge Server Features
Processor Technology
New Intel XEON Processors with Extended Memory64 Technology
Memory technology
New DDR-2 400MHz memory
I/O Technology
New generation PCI Express
System Management
Standardized IPMI interface for Management
Remote Management
New remote management card with enhanced features
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4. PowerEdge Server Lineup
SC Servers
Blade Server
PowerEdge SC1425
2P/2 Drive rack
Xeon
PowerEdge SC420
1P/2 Drive
P4/Celeron
PowerEdge SC1420
2P/4 Drive
Xeon
Tower Servers
PowerEdge 1855
2P/ 10-blade
Xeon w/EM64T
PowerEdge 800
1P/4 Drive
P4/Celeron
PowerEdge 1800
2P/6 Drive
Xeon w/EM64T (post RTS)
PowerEdge 2800
2P/10 Drive
Xeon w/EM64T
PowerEdge 6800
4P/ 12 Drive
Xeon w/EM64T
Rack-mounted Servers
PowerEdge 750
1U/1P
P4/Celeron
PowerEdge 1850
1U/2P
Xeon w/EM64T
PowerEdge 2850
2U/2P
Xeon w/EM64T
PowerEdge 6850
4U/4P
Xeon w/EM64T
PowerEdge 7250
4U/4P
Itanium 2
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5. Are Today’s Blade Servers the Right Solution?
Today, competitive blade offerings force significant trade-offs
Density at the expense of Server Class Features
Server Class Features at the expense of density
All at a price premium to 1U servers
Dell will offer the first blade server that delivers on the promise of high density computing
The optimal balance - complete server class features combined with a density and price advantage over traditional rack servers
Price
Density
Features
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6. The Value of Dell Blade Servers
Server Class Features
Density Advantage =
42 1U Servers
60 Blades
Price Advantaged after 5 servers
$$$ Savings for servers 6-10
Investment Protection
PowerEdge 1955
PowerEdge 1855
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7. A comprehensive blade solution for the data center
Dell PowerEdge 1855
A comprehensive blade solution for the data center
Dell PowerEdge 1855 will be unique in several key ways:
Greatest Density while providing Hot Plug SCSI capabilities
6 DIMM Slots expected to be the largest memory offering for blade technology
Midplane chassis design is built to provide for greatest throughput and future expansion
Nocona Based technology provides for performance improvements with 64 bit technology
10 dual Xeon™ blades in a 7U chassis (60 servers per 42U rack)
Mainstream server class feature set
Price advantaged over similarly configured 1U servers
Designed to support multiple generations of server blades and I/O devices
OpenManage™ functionality
Many options for I/O connectivity
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8. PowerEdge 1855 Systems Management
Managing Dell blade servers is similar to managing other PowerEdge servers -
Why should a server’s form factor dictate a systems management strategy?
Change Management
Dell File Watch – pro-active notification from support.dell.com of critical updates
Dell Update Packages - Update system BIOS, Firmware, and drivers
Integration with SMS and Altiris
Deployment
Dell Server Assistant - Single server interactive install
Dell Deployment Toolkit – Automation for multi-server installation
Monitoring
PowerEdge Servers – instrumented to predict and alert hardware faults
Dell IT Assistant - Group server management console
Dell Server Administrator - Monitor and control a single server
IPMI 1.5 Base Management - Standardizes server health status, alerting and remote control
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9. PowerEdge 1855 Product Details Technical Background

10. Chassis Design Chassis 7U chassis, holds up to 10 server blades
Hot Pluggable and redundant power supplies
1+1 Hot Pluggable and redundant cooling
1 (standard) or 2 (optional redundancy) Management Modules
Integrated Keyboard/Video/Mouse switch
4 I/O bays
I/O Bays
2 Ethernet I/O modules connect to integrated NICs on blade
Layer 2 Switch with copper uplinks (Dell PowerConnect™)
Copper Gigabit Ethernet Pass-Through (1000Mb only)
2 Flexible bays connect to optional module on the blade servers
Ethernet (same as above)
Fibre Channel Pass-Through (RTS) or Brocade switch (plan for Feb CY05)
Infiniband Pass-Through planned (early CY05)
Investment Protection
Planned support for multiple generations of server blades and I/O devices
Power/cooling sized for consistent density throughout its lifecycle (3-5 years)
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11. Server Blade Design Blades Blade I/O Flexibility
Processors: Next generation dual Intel® Xeon™ processors
Full power Xeon 3.6GHz+
Low Voltage Xeon 2.8GHz planned
Memory: Up to 16GB of DDR II 400 memory (8GB at launch)
6 DIMM slots
NICs: 2 integrated Intel Gigabit1 Ethernet ports connected to redundant internal switches
Local Storage
Up to 2 Hot Plug SCSI hard drives in an optional RAID1 configuration
Supports 2 drives + I/O daughtercard
Expandability: Daughtercard slot for optional I/O expansion cards
Blade I/O Flexibility
PCI-X and PCI-Express connector on each blade server for an optional dual port daughtercard (1 daughtercard per blade)
Fibre Channel - Dual port FC2 (QLogic at RTS)
Dual port Gigabit1 Ethernet (plan for Feb CY05)
Dual port 4x Infiniband (plan for early CY05)
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1 This term does not connote actual operating speed of 1 Gb/sec. For high speed transmission, connection to a Gigabit Ethernet server and network infrastructure is required.

12. Dual Xeon (Nocona) processor blade w/ SCSI Hard Drives
PowerEdge Blade
Dual Xeon (Nocona) processor blade w/ SCSI Hard Drives
Blade I/O daughtercard:
Qlogic dual port FC2 at launch
Other options under consideration
Hot Plug 3.5” SCSI HARD Drives (x2)
DP Xeon Processors:
Full power & Low Voltage Xeon options
DDR2 400 Memory (x6)
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13. Dual Fabric Architecture
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14. PowerEdge 1855 Front View Port for 2 x USB & video connector
Blade ejection levers
Hot Plug SCSI drives
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15. PowerEdge 1855 Chassis Rear View
Ethernet I/O Module:
Layer 2 switch or pass-through (1 or 2)
Fan Modules (2)
Hot Plug/ Redundant
2nd Fabric chassis I/O module (x2)
Power Supplies (x4)
Hot Plug/ Redundant
KVM MODULE
Management Module
2nd module is optional, for redundancy
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16. Optional I/O Modules Fibre Channel Pass-Through
Dell PowerConnect Switch
Gigabit Ethernet Pass-Through
Coming Soon
Brocade Fibre Channel Switch
Topspin Infiniband Pass-Through
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17. Power Comparison
The PowerEdge 1855 consumes up to 15% less power than the PowerEdge 1850
10 x PowerEdge 1850s
10 x PowerEdge 1855 Blades
Assumes the following configurations:
1850
2x 3.6GHz Nocona processors
8GB RAM
2 hard drives
1 PCI-X expansion card
Heavy application load
1855
GbE pass through modules
Power:
Input Power Draw = 4620 Watts
208v
240v
Number of AC cords = 20 with redundancy
Airflow:
Up to 25°C inlet temp – low speed = 250 CFM
Over 25°C inlet temp – high speed = 600 CFM
Power:
Input Power Draw = 3923 Watts
208v
240v
Number of AC cords = 4 with redundancy
Airflow:
Up to 25°C inlet temp – low speed = 340 CFM
Over 25°C inlet temp – high speed = 460 CFM
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18. PowerEdge Blade Server Roadmap

19. Dell PowerEdge Blade Server Roadmap
Latest Intel Xeon processors
New Memory technology
SAS/SATA hard drives with RAID
2 GbE
PCI Express daughtercard slot
IPMI 2.0 Baseboard Management Controller
Blades
PE 1655
Lindenhurst/Nocona
PowerEdge 1855
7U 10 blades
Chassis
Stability, robust ecosystem, investment protection
PowerEdge 1655
1H’ H’ H’ H’ H’ H’
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20. Blade I/O Planning Roadmap
TBD Brocade upgrade to FC4
Brocade 16 port FC2 Switch
Switch/Pass-through
2nd vendor 16 port FC2/4 switch
10 port Pass-through (10 SFPs) FC
Emulex 2 port PCIe FC1/2/4
HBA Daughtercard
QLA 2 port FC1/2/4 (PCIe-2432)
Qlogic 2 port FC1/2 (PCI-X-2312)
PCIe TOE NIC
NIC Daughtercard
Intel 2 port Gb NIC
Ethernet
Tier 1 L2+ – copper or optical
Switch/Pass-through
PowerConnect L2 w/ 6 x copper GbE uplinks
Copper Pass-through (“PHY board”) (10 x RJ-45)
Topspin Dual Port PCIe 4x Infiniband HCA
Topspin 10 port 4x port Pass-through module
Cluster
2H’ H’ H’ H’06 2H’06
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In Development
Approved
Required but Under Investigation

21. Removing the Price Premium from Blades
Blade Servers
1U Servers
When compared to similarly configured 1U servers, IBM and HP blade servers offer minimal density and require a price premium*
23% Premium
9% Premium
25% Savings
Today’s 1U Rack Server products provide the greatest value to customers while addressing their datacenter challenges. Blade offerings today, deliver on some of the challenges (like cable management), but these solutions come at a high cost while not completely solving the challenge. Technology advancements and future blade products will improve the value proposition of Blade server technology. But today, Dell believes existing rack products are the right solution.
CNET was recently quoted as stating “Blade servers are catching on but still can't match the input-output capabilities of standalone servers.”
Examples of why customers should choose Standard Rack Servers:
Ø Limited deployment and redeployment opportunities
Ø Blades Center is expensive- 35% more expensive than deploying 1U servers and HP Proliant Blades are 31% more expensive
Ø Storage Limitations: with SCSI drives- you have the same density as the 1750
o Local storage options are limited to either notebook IDE drives (not built to withstand 24-7 operations, nor is there RAID support, and the performance is slow), or reducing the density by 50 percent with SCSI drives, negating the density advantage with the 2-processor blades
o There are no options for external SCSI storage
o Installation of a Fibre Channel or other card on the blade takes the place of one of the local IDE hard drives, precluding the capability to use even software RAID to mirror the drives
Ø Investment Protection: Midplane (connects blades in front to I/O and power supplies in the rear) will not support next-generation I/O like FC4 and 10GbE. And the midplane represents a single-point-of-failure for BladeCenter
Ø Density: With 2-processor blades in a SCSI implementation, the density of BladeCenter is exactly the same as the PowerEdge 1750.
Ø Redeployment
Redeploying a blade server later on in its life for other use is more difficult than a standard monolithic server, as it must remain with the enclosure.
IDE Hard drives with IBM Bladecenter
The price of 42 servers with IDE hard drives is $219,527. It only requires 21U of rack space, but it is important to note that the IDE hard drives are notebook hard drives.
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22. Pricing Details for Slide #6
Hardware Pricing as of 7/19/20041
Dell PowerEdge 1855
Dell PowerEdge 1750
HP Proliant BL20p
HP Proliant DL360
IBM Blade Center HS20
IBM xSeries
Processor
2 x Intel Xeon 3.2 GHz
Memory
2 GB (4x512)
Hard Drives1
2x36 GB U320 15K
Software
Not included
Chassis (# of) 6
n/a
Support Service
3 Years, hour
3 Years, hour
3 Years, hour
3 Years, hour
Price per server
Projected
$6,460
$8,080
$7,047
$7,241
$7,414
Price for external switches
$8,674
Price per chassis(power/I/O)
$7,019
$7,541
Price for 42 server configuration
$209,996
$279,994
$374,453
$304,648
$349,375
$320,062
1Based on hardware list pricing of 42 similarly configured servers with SCSI hard drives. Obtained from dell.com, ibm.com, and hp.com as of 7/19/04. 1GB means 1 billion bytes; accessible capacity varies with operating environment
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23. Gracias