1. Lenovo Blade Servers: Flex System x240 M5 Customer Presentation
Patrick Moakley, Director of Product Marketing Flex Systems
March, 2016
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2. Agenda Market Trends Why Lenovo Flex System The x240 M5
Customer Drivers
Why Lenovo
Flex System
The x240 M5
Overview
x240 M5 Broadwell Update
Key Features
XClarity Management
Lenovo Enterprise Services
Customer Example
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3. Top of mind for Enterprise customers
Gain better control of IT
Increase reliability & security
Continue to reduce TCO
Migrate to the cloud
Gain faster business insight
Under embargo until March 31, 2016

4. What Resonates in the Enterprise
30B
Number of connected devices by 2020
Gain Better Control of IT
Corporations require 99.99% uptime or better
71%
Increase Reliability 5X
Growth of all-cloud companies by 2020
Migrate to the
Cloud
70%
Businesses consider Big Data critical to their success
Business
Insights
98%
IT operational budgets will not grow
Continue to
Reduce TCO
Digital business will drive more revenue for the enterprise, translating to the importance of an agile, multi-dimensional approach to infrastructure strategy
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5. Unlock your data center’s potential
Gain insights faster
Gain better IT control
Maximize uptime
Lenovo XClarity
Cloud Reference Architectures
Reduce TCO
#1 Reliability, customer satisfaction
Increased performance of Intel Xeon E V4 processor
Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager
Energy efficient features
CPU & memory performance gains
Big Data and Analytics solutions
Lenovo Trusted Platform Assurance
22%
More cores vs
previous generation
31%
Faster CPU performance vs
previous generation
23%
Faster Hadoop performance vs previous generation
21%
Faster virtualization & OLTP performance vs
previous generation
12%
Faster memory
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6. Evolution requires a new kind of data center partner
Purpose Driven
Innovation
Choice &
Flexibility
Customer
Experience
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7. Lenovo Servers Dominate in Customer Satisfaction
in customer satisfaction overall in 2014 and 20151
Overall Customer Satisfaction, #1 in 22 elements across service, product and sales indices #1
TBR Satisfaction Indices
Rank
Overall Customer Satisfaction #1
Service Satisfaction
Product Satisfaction
Sales Responsiveness
per TBR, that we are #1 in customer satisfaction overall in 2014 and 2015, per TBR’s x86 CSAT Research.  Can you please modify the slide to reflect this info instead of #1 in 7 out of 8 consecutive quarters?
“Many Dell customers perceived Dell servers to be inefficient, an attribute other vendors’ customers did not mention”
“HP customers cited unresponsive sales staff and lack of server reliability as reasons to not repurchase”
1 TBR 4Q15 Customer Satisfaction Survey, January 2016, January 2016,
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8. Lenovo servers achieve highest reliability rating
Lenovo: of 11, 3 years running
Dell 9 # HP 1 #
Oracle 1 #
ITIC Global Server Hardware, Reliability Report
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9. New expansion for open and flexible solutions Joint development for superior customer experience
“Lenovo and Nutanix to Bring Hyperconverged Infrastructure to Global Enterprises”
“SAP and Lenovo Plan to Bring Advanced Solutions to the New Digital Economy”
“Lenovo and Red Hat Expand Trusted Portfolio of Cloud Offerings”
Joint development/engineering
Faster time to value/provisioning of software & hardware & easier to manage system (disruptive maintenance)
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10. Lenovo Flex System
The Highest Capability Blade Systems in the Industry 10

11. Lenovo Flex System – Next Generation Blades
Flex is the Highest Capability Blade Systems in the Industry, designed to:
Save money by running the same workloads on less hardware
Support the next decade of compute, storage and networking technologies
Deliver workloads in a easily managed platform
Run mission-critical workloads in a blade environment
Upgrade and scale easily, with minimal disruptions to datacenter operations
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12. Lenovo Flex System Is: Agile Efficient Converged
Move virtual machines faster for better management
Pay-as-you-grow, non-disruptive networking scalability
Efficient
Zoned, adaptive cooling reduces OPEX costs
More VMs per blade than competition
Converged
Integrated design reduces clutter, saves money
Scalable switching means fewer network devices to manage
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13. Flex System ‒The Highest Capability Blade Systems in the Industry
Agile
Efficient
Converged
Move virtual machines 2.5X faster than Cisco UCS1
Integrated compute, networking and management
15% less energy costs with zoned, adaptive cooling2
x240 M5
Flex System Enterprise Chassis
Flex System Enterprise Chassis
40%
92%
Cabling reduction vs.
1U rack systems
More dense compared to 1U rack servers
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14. Flex System is…
No compromise portfolio across servers, networking & storage
Chassis
Servers 8P
x880 X6
Enterprise Chassis w/ AC and DC power
Carrier-Grade Chassis w/ DC power
Networking 4P
x440
x480 X6
Ethernet – iSCSI – Fibre Channel FCoE – InfiniBand 2P
Storage
x240 M5
Open Interoperability with SANs including EMC VNX, Storwize® V7000, V3700
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15. Flex System x240 M5
2P Half-Wide blade for virtualization and cloud workloads 15

16. Lenovo Flex System Enterprise Chassis
Lenovo Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node 2P blade system optimized for cloud, virtualization and consolidation
Ultra-efficient – Reduce energy, cooling, floor space, cabling, and networking ports required
Simplify and centralize enterprise systems management and increase data center agility with Lenovo XClarity
#1 Reliability industry-wide – Maximize uptime with Enhanced Predictive Failure Analysis, Light Path Diagnostics
22%
Better virtualization consolidation performance
vs. previous generation
Lenovo Flex System Enterprise Chassis
2P Intel Xeon E v4 (up to 44 cores), 2400 MHz, with TruDDR4 Memory with up to 1.5 TB* of memory
Up to 14 x240 M5’s per 10U Enterprise or Carrier Grade Chassis
63 TB of memory and 1,848 cores per rack
Consolidation
Virtualization
VDI
Database
Infrastructure
Cloud
Enterprise Apps
* Available in 2Q16

17. Flex System x240 M5 Broadwell Refresh
Feature
x240 M5 Haswell
x240 M5 Broadwell
Benefits
Machine Type
9532
Same Machine Type, easy management
Processor
E v3
Up to 145W 18 cores
E v4
Up to 145W 22 cores
+4 more cores, increased performance
Consolidation of more apps on same machine, reducing costs
Memory
24 slots (R/LR DIMM) 1.2V
4 Channels, 3 DIMM per channel
RDIMM: 4/8/16/32GB, LRDIMM 32/64GB
Up to 2133MHz,
Up to 1.5TB (LRDIMM)
RDIMM: 8/16/32GB, LRDIMM 64GB*
Up to
Up to 1.5TB* (LRDIMM)
+266MHz bandwidth, Better performance
2DPC/3DPC Delivered +266MHz vs. Intel POR
Support for LRDIMM & RDIMMs
Support for LRDIMM
Support for RDIMMs
Disk
2.5” Gen3 Tray
2x 2.5” HS SAS/SATA/SSD/NVMe PCIe SSD or
4x 1.8” HS SSD
Support PEN/SEN
RAID
On board 12Gb (Based on LSI 3004) RAID 0,1
Optional 12Gb M5215 (Based on LSI 3108) RAID 0, with 2GB Flash
Networking
via Mezz
PCIe
2x PCIe Gen3 x16 Mezz
Light Path
Yes
Internal card
SD card RAIDed (USB 2.0)
TPM/TCM
Standard
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18. IBM Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node
Flex System x240 M5 Optimized for Performance Provides clients ability to run more workloads on a single system
IBM Flex System x240 M5 Compute Node
More memory for more virtual machines
1.5TB max TruDDR4 Memory1
Increased speed to DPC
Intel POR = DPC
Save 45% power (TruDDR4 Memory vs. DDR3)
12% faster memory with TruDDR4
compared to Intel POR
8% to 44% increased
workload performance
over prior generation
23% mean increase in performance2 over previous generation with New Intel Xeon E v4 series processors enable up to 22% more cores (up to 44 total per server)
XClarity management reduces time & steps
Efficiently manage Flex System with Lenovo XClarity
Comes in two versions: Administrator & Pro
Provision systems in up to 75% less time3
1 Available 2Q 2016
2 Intel testing. For more information go to Copyright © 2016, Intel Corporation.

19. Flex System x240 M5
2-Processor, half-wide blade for virtualization & cloud
Customer Benefits
24 DIMM slots, up to 1.5 TB** of memory – runs more workloads on same # of blades
2-processor Intel E5–2600v4 with up to 44 cores per node – greater performance
Up to 14 x240 M5s in a 10U chassis – density, power savings, & cable reduction
Sidecar expansion nodes for Storage & PCI – Scale up to accommodate any configuration or solution
Memory
Flex x240 M5
HPE BL 460c
Dell PE M630
DIMM Slots 24
16/12*
24/20*
Max DIMM
64 GB
Total Memory
1.5TB
1.0 TB/768 GB
1.5/1.2 TB
Virtualization
Cloud
* CPU Dependent-High Core CPUs require larger heat sink that blocks some DIMM slots
**Available 2Q 2016
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20. Lenovo XClarity Simplified, repeatable system deployment
Mobile App
HTML5 User Interface
▪ Discover ▪ Define ▪ Deliver
▪ Optimize Power
Scripting
IT Application Integration XClarity Integrators and REST APIs
Lenovo Infrastructure
Fast
Define systems in software using patterns
Provision systems in up to 75% less time1
Agile
Anywhere management from Android and iOS devices
Control and optimize system power usage and temperature
Interoperable
Control systems from external IT applications by integrating with REST APIs to automate end-to-end orchestration and service management tasks
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21. Lenovo Enterprise Services
Solutions Services
Implementation Services
Technology Services
Tackle your most complex challenges with help from Lenovo Services professionals experienced in technology solutions
Remote Technical Consulting
Data Center Services
Power and cooling
Proof of Technology Lab
Proof of Concept
Solution Design & Architecture
Assessments
Training
Let the Lenovo experts deploy your equipment and keep it running so that you can focus on the business
Factory Integration
Hardware Installation
Health Checks
Deployment
Implementation
Configuration
Integration
Migration
Protect your technology investment with services that support all of your operational requirements
Warranty Service Upgrades
Post Warranty Services
YourDrive YourData
Technical Support Services
Enterprise HW Support Preferred Access
Enterprise SW Support
Infrastructure Management Services
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22. CET 21 Media & Entertainment
Supporting TV operations across Central and Eastern Europe with Lenovo Flex System
Client success summary
Czech broadcaster CET 21 was having difficulties ensuring adequate performance of its mission-critical back office workloads on aging Dell hardware. Hosting central business applications for its holding company to keep televisions going across Central and Eastern Europe added to the company’s scalability challenges. Addressing these challenges, CET 21 replaced its outdated data center architecture with a fully-integrated, high-density Flex System solution from Lenovo, greatly boosting performance and improving scalability.
“We estimate that performance has improved by 100 percent since replacing our hardware with Flex System.”
— Karel Kreidl, IT Manager, CET 21
Solution components
Hardware
Flex SystemTM Enterprise Chassis
Flex System x240 M5 with Intel Xeon processors
Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switches
Flex System FC Gb SAN Scalable Switches
Software
Linux
Microsoft Windows Server
VMware vSphere
Read the Case Study
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23. The Top 10 Reasons to Buy Flex System
Why it Matters
1. Designed for the next decade
Gen 2 Flex is ready for tomorrow’s workloads, networking and Intel processors.
2. More memory per blade
More memory = more workloads/VMs per blade, which = buying less hardware.
3. Scalable 2 to 8-Processors
Flex runs mission-critical applications like SAP HANA in a blade environment
4. 40% more dense and 92% less cables
Saves space, power and eliminates the jungle of cables compared to 1U rack servers
5. Feature on Demand scalability
Upgrade existing switches “in-place” without “rip-&-replace” disruption to datacenter
6. Virtual Switching
Flex requires fewer switches to buy and manage as you scale. HP – no virtual switching
7. Lenovo XClarity Management
Integrates seamlessly into your datacenter using skills your admins already have
8. Open choice SAN Storage
Use the SAN hardware you want and your storage admins know: EMC, IBM, HP NetApp
9. Run without a Top of Rack (TOR) switch
Cisco UCS requires expensive TOR’s to buy and manage as you scale
10. Zoned Adaptive Cooling
Fans independently self-adjust speed as needed to save power and money
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25. Footnotes
“IBM® Flex System® Network Architecture: VM Migration and Aggregate Network Performance versus Cisco UCS” Tolly Report # © 2014 TOLLY ENTERPRISES, LLC
Compared to BladeCenter