1. Connectrix Storage Networking
Technology Refresh
#GetModern

2. Flash transforms your storage environment
Performance
Scale
Affordability
Simple
Is your storage network ready? 2

3. Benefits from upgrading your Connectrix SAN
A higher performing network keeps
pace with all flash storage
>50% increase in
application performance
50% less in
operating expenses
Eliminate maintenance
costs
Note: Data on slide culled from this whitepaper: 3

4. Microsoft SQL Server 2016 & Oracle Database 12C, DSS query times (seconds)
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
72%
Faster than 8G FC
68%
Faster than 8GFC
47%
Faster than
16G FC
41%
Faster than
16G FC
Microsoft SQL Server
Oracle Database 12C
Note: Data on slide culled from this whitepaper:
LPe (8G)
LPe 16002B (16G)
LPe (32G) 4

5. Storage networking matters for IT transformation
Reduce risk
No spares are available for
end-of service life equipment
Improve efficiency
New models lower
OPEX costs through
reduced floor space,
power, and cooling
Improve performance
Faster FC and GigE port
speeds enhance application
response times by doing
more work in less time
Improve availability
Advanced management
features like automated
alerts proactively prevent
application impact,
improving uptime 5

6. congestion management
Upgrading Connectrix brings new resilient and automated features to your SAN
Reliability
Increased buffer
counts overcome
performance
degradation
Availability
Port Guard and
Port Fencing provides
threshold-based
monitoring
Resiliency
Quality of service
provides automated
congestion management 6

7. Modern Infrastructure Assessment (MIA)
Performance
Impact
IOPS
Response Time
Bandwidth
DATA
Current Costs
Future Costs
TCO
DATA
Financial
Impact
Power
Cooling
Floor Space
Data Efficiency
Ease of Use
Operational
Impact
DATA
Business
Impact
Application Data
Workload Improvement
DATA
Compute
RAM
Capacity
DATA
Server
Impact
DATA
Network
Impact
Performance
The MIA includes a Network Assessment.

8. Network Readiness Assessment
Now, let’s talk about the Network Readiness Assessment.
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9. Network Readiness Assessment
Free current state SAN summary
Provides key SAN configuration information in an easy to read PowerPoint format
Summarizes the massive output of SAN Health into a simple slide presentation
Requires data from Dell EMC SAN Health
Now, let’s talk about the Network Readiness Assessment.

10. Free customer downloadable SAN Health Check tool
Available directly from Download Dell EMC SAN Health
Lets talk about some of the tools that are available to assist you with a deeper understanding of what is going on in their SAN’s both today and ongoing. SAN Health provides an inventory of all attached storage devices, a summary of ports used, attachment speeds, ISL’s and port types.
You will get an Excel file summarizing and detailing, all Fibre Channel switches and directors and lots of details. This valuable information can also be used to track and verify your environment including end of life and end of service dates.
The SAN Health Summary takes that data and creates an easy to consume PowerPoint presentation summary (available directly at Download EMC SAN Health).

11. Dell EMC SAN Health Check
SAN Health feeds the data to the Network Assesment
Provides comprehensive SAN reporting
Topology diagrams
Performance graphs
Health and best practice checks
SAN Summary Statistics
Fabric and Zone Summaries
Detailed Switch Snapshots
Port Detail Tables
Discovers all major switch vendors
Brocade, Cisco and legacy McDATA
Now, let’s talk about the Network Readiness Assessment.

12. Current SAN Inventory Risk Caution Healthy # of Fabrics Total Ports
OPERATIONAL
Current SAN Inventory
# of Fabrics
Total Ports
# ISLs
# Used Ports
# Unused Ports
# Unlicensed Ports 4
1,376
112
541
835 64
Vendor
Model #
# Switches
# Ports
Speed (GB)
End of Sales Date
End of Service Life
Brocade
DS5000B 8
256
4GB
31-Jan-2014
DS5100B8G 8G Switch 20
800
8GB
08-Apr-2013
30-Apr-2018
ED48000B 4
320
31-Jan-2016
When looking into the possibility of adding flash storage to your environment, a Modern Infrastructure Assessment can be completed. This assessment, available from your Modern Infrastructure Technologies specialist includes a network assessment.
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The network assessment gives a high level “red-yellow-green” one slide overview of your SAN including things like # of ports, model of switches/directors and highlights if those are at or approaching end of life or end of service life. These assessments are available in the new format at the end of April for all Connectrix types and highlight Risk, Caution and Healthy environments.
Risk
Caution
Healthy

13. Solution Summary - KPI FINANCIAL Current Environment Connectrix $
$937,080
50%
17%
48%
75%
In port cost savings
Lower average latency
Less power
Less rack space
More throughput
Current Environment
Connectrix
Operational Management
Manual performance tuning, storage engineering
Manual monitoring
Reactive rather than proactive
1,376 Ports
84 Rack Units (RU)
4 Gb/s throughput per port
Operational Management
Automated, policy-based monitoring and alerting
Eliminate time and error of human intervention
Customizable health and performance dashboards
Non-disruptive cable and optic diagnostics
Reduce time to problem resolution
Increase Application uptime
672 Ports
44 Rack Units (RU)
16 Gb/s throughput per port

14. Connectrix Models Ripe for Refresh
B-Series
Models
Legacy McDATA
ED-64M *
ED-140M*
ED-10000M*
Brocade Classic
ED-24000B*
ED-48000B*
ED-DCX-B, ED-DCX-4S-B
ED-DCX8510-8B
ED-DCX6-8B
ED-DCX8510-4B
ED-DCX6-4B
Replace with
4-slot 16Gb
256 ports
8-slot 16Gb/s
512 ports
4-slot 32- &
16Gb/s
192 ports
8-slot 32- &
16Gb/s
192 ports
MDS-9718
MDS Series
Models
MDS-9509*
MDS-9506*
MDS-9509-V2
MDS-9506-V2
MDS-9513
MDS-9706
MDS-9710
Replace with
4-slot
192 ports
32- & 16Gb/s
8-slot
384 ports
32- & 16Gb/s
16-slot
768 ports
32- & 16Gb/s
* End-of-service-life = NO SPARE PARTS

15. Connectrix B-Series Model Compare
*EOSL
Max Speed
Max Ports
Fabric Vision
ED-64M*
2010
2Gb 64 No
ED-140M*
2014
140
ED-10000M*
2013
256
ED-24000B*
2011
128
ED-48000B*
2016
4Gb
ED-DCX8510-4B
n/a
16Gb
Yes
ED-DCX8510-8B
512
ED-DCX6-4B
32Gb
192
ED-DCX6-8B
384
*EOSL=End-of-service-life

16. Connectrix MDS Model Compare
*EOSL
Max Speed
Max Ports
Resilient Features
MDS-9509*
2012
4Gb
224 No
MDS-9506*
128
MDS-9509-V2
April
2019
8Gb
336
MDS-9506-V2
April 2022
192
MDS-9513
528
MDS-9718
n/a
32Gb
768
Yes
MDS-9710
384
MDS-9706
*EOSL=End-of-service-life

17. Connectrix Matters For Technology Refresh
NEW
HARDWARE
Increased Speeds
16Gb, 32Gb and 40GigE
Higher Port Density
More devices can attach
Per unit driving efficiencies
In space and power
New Features
Deliver improved reliability
and automation
Conclusion.