Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved Enterprise Computing Applications Charlie Staley January 2007

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved Defining the Market Enterprise Computing - In an enterprise computing environment, multiple servers and multiple networks can be linked together. Computers, servers and storage are connected together, so that everyone in the organization can share computing resources. - Networking devices can sometimes be considered part of this market space, as they assist with spanning long distances – but they will not be discussed in this presentation. For Today we will cover  HBA Cards/ RAID Control Cards  Blade Servers  External Storage Products (RAID Storage System, JBOD, NAS, SAN)  But not Networking equipment, Mainframes or Supercomputers  3M Products

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved 3M Products for Enterprise  Main Products  Storage Attach connectors SATA SAS miniSAS Associated cable assemblies  High Speed Cable Assemblies Not frequent, but opportunities tend to be very large and custom  Backplane 3M offering not strongly suited to this market  Pull products  Core copper Headers, sockets, miscellaneous  Other I/O Dsub  Other D2B IC Sockets, CFII

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved SAS and SATA  The benefits of SATA and SAS will extend from desktop products in the data center (including investment protection in SCSI software), to higher HDD performance, smaller form factors, and greater device addressability. Because SATA and SAS architectures use the same physical device connector, customers have the flexibility to design solutions that use both SAS and SATA devices. This flexibility is crucial for the adaptive enterprise. Tonya Comer, HP

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved mini SAS  Cable solution  Improved density over SAS 4 lane  Stays in native format versus Infiniband (SAS / SATA)  Simplifies backplane / system architecture (vs Infiniband or SAS 4 lane)  Reduces cost (versus Infiniband)

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved Host Bus Adaptor (HBA)  In computer hardware, a host adapter or host bus adapter (HBA) connects a host system (the computer) to other network and storage devices. SAS 4 lane

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved RAID Controllers A RAID controller is a device which manages the physical storage units in a RAID system and presents them to the computer as logical units. The term is sometimes used to refer to a host bus adapter (HBA), but it properly refers to the hardware which implements the RAID logic. This controller may be integrated with an HBA, or it may be part of an independent enclosure, such as a disk array or network-attached storage (NAS) server. SAS 4i connectors (4 lane internal) Infiniband or miniSAS external

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved RAID  In computing, the acronym RAID (originally redundant array of inexpensive disks, also known as redundant array of independent disks) refers to a data storage scheme using multiple hard drives to share or replicate data among the drives. The benefit of RAID is to increase data integrity, fault-tolerance, throughput or capacity, compared to single drives.

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved JBOD  JBOD, or "Just a Bunch Of Disks" is not one of the numbered RAID levels, it is a popular method for combining multiple physical disk drives into a single virtual one. As the name implies, disks are merely concatenated together, end to beginning, so they appear to be a single large disk.

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved Network Attached Storage (NAS)  This is often a finished product  Network-attached storage (NAS) is the name given to dedicated data storage technology that can be connected directly to a computer network to provide centralized data access and storage.  NAS differs from the traditional file serving and Direct Attached Storage in that the NAS unit provides only the functionality of data storage, data access and the management of these functionalities. NAS systems usually contain one or more hard disks, often arranged into logical, redundant storage containers or Redundant array of independent disks RAID arrays, as do traditional file servers. NAS removes the responsibility of file serving from other servers on the network and can be deployed via commercial embedded units or via standard computers running NAS software.  NAS can range from small single disk systems to large cabinets with dozens of drives.

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved Direct Attached Storage (DAS)  This is also typically a finished product  Direct Attached Storage (DAS) refers to a digital storage system directly attached to a server or workstation, without a storage network in between. The term is mainly used to differentiate non-networked storage from SAN and NAS.  DAS can be RAID, JBOD or individual drives

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved Storage Area Network (SAN)  This is part of the enterprise architecture and not a typically a finished product. It is comprised of RAIDs, JBODs, storage servers, etc..  Sharing storage usually simplifies storage administration and adds flexibility since cables and storage devices do not have to be physically moved to move storage from one server to another. Note, though, that with the exception of SAN file systems and clustered computing, SAN storage is still a one-to-one relationship. That is, each device (or Logical Unit Number (LUN)) on the SAN is "owned" by a single computer (or initiator). In contrast, Network Attached Storage (NAS) allows many computers to access the same set of files over a network.

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved Blade Servers  Blade servers are self-contained computer servers, designed for high density.  Blade servers are ideal for specific purposes such as web hosting and cluster computing. Individual blades are typically hot-swappable.  Blades providing switching, routing, storage, SAN and fibre-channel access can be inserted into the enclosure to provide these services to all members of the enclosure.  The enclosure (or chassis) performs many of the non-core computing services found in most computers. Non-blade computers require components that are bulky, hot and space-inefficient, and duplicated across many computers that may or may not be performing at capacity. By locating these services in one place and sharing them between the blade computers, the overall utilisation is more efficient. The specifics of which services are provided and how vary by vendor.

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved mini SAS  Cable to connector only  Improved density over SAS 4 lane  Data stays in native format versus Infiniband (SAS / SATA)  Simplifies backplane / system architecture (vs Infiniband or SAS 4 lane)  Reduces cost (versus Infiniband)  26 position external  36 position internal  Release – February 2006  Internal, External, cables

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved SFF 8086/8087/8088 mini SAS Series EMI Guide Frame/ External SFF 8088 Right Angel B/M Connector / External 26P SFF8086 Internal Cable Assembly SFF 8087 External Cable Assembly SFF 8088 Right Angel B/M with Shell / Internal 36P SFF 8086 Vertical B/M with shell / Internal 36P SFF 8086

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved Market size: Backplane and HS cable assembly, including SAS, miniSAS ($ million) Applications: Networking, storage, telecom, hubs, routers, servers, switches. The enterprise segment is a driving force for cable assemblies. Look for cable applications, especially in larger server / blade server OEM/ ODM’s. Often custom, always expensive, big sales opportunity when used. Source: Bishop 2006

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved Market size: SATA/SAS connectors Source: Bishop 2006 for SATA, SAS SAS Connectors ($ million)

Electronics Confidential Information © 3M 2005, All Rights Reserved Development Road Map SAS/ mini SAS Series Internal & External I/O for Storage & Server Right Angel Connector and EMI Guide Frame/ 26P External SAS 29P Plug – SMT & Straddle mount Type SAS 29P Socket – Press-fit & through hole type SAS Backplane (SFF 8482) Vertical & Right Angel with shell connector / 36P Internal Mini SAS B/M Connector (SFF 8086) EMI Guide Frame (SFF8088) Mini SAS Internal Cable Ass’y (SFF 8087) Mini SAS External Cable Ass’y (SFF 8088) SAS 4i Internal Boardmount Receptacle SAS 4i Internal Cable Assembly