Dell Force10 Product Portfolio Sep 19, 2011

Global Marketing Force10 Networks Disclaimer This presentation contains references to certain features, functionality, enhancements, or other technology that may not be currently available. This information is intended to outline our general product direction and should not be relied upon in making current purchasing decisions. These references are: i) for information purposes only, ii) may not be incorporated into any contract, and iii) do not constitute a commitment, promise or legal obligation to deliver any material, code, or functionality. The development, release and timing of any features, functionality, enhancements, or other technology described remains at the sole discretion of Dell. 2

Global Marketing Total Enterprise Solutions & Global Reach High Performance Networking for Data Centers Performance & Choice with an Open Management Framework  Full Data Center Stack-Servers, Storage, Services  Open Capable, Affordable solutions of all sizes  Innovative Open Cloud Networking framework  Centerpiece for Web2.0, Cloud & Enterprise Data Centers 3 Dell + Force10 A winning combination

Global Marketing 4 Dell + Force10 1. Taking Force10 technology and customers to the next level Scaling resources— R&D, Support, Sales Hardening systems through solution testing Enhancing feature sets and platforms E-Series Core Systems Z-Series Distributed Core Systems S-Series TOR/Access Systems FTOS Force10 Operating System C-Series Aggregation Systems Data Center Networking Portfolio OPEN ARCHITECTURES OPEN AUTOMATION OPEN ECOSYSTEMS

Global Marketing 5 Dell + Force10 2. A winning solution set for Dell data center networking E-Series Core Systems Z-Series Distributed Core Systems S-Series TOR/Access Systems FTOS Force10 Operating System C-Series Aggregation Systems High-density, line-rate 1/10/40 GbE top-of-rack and core systems Low cost per port and TCO Open, standards-based feature sets Robust, proven operating system—10 years in service across entire product line Industry standard CLI/user interface Integrated Open Automation software framework Data Center Networking Portfolio OPEN ARCHITECTURES OPEN AUTOMATION OPEN ECOSYSTEMS

Global Marketing Force10’s Data Center Networking portfolio a perfect complement to Dell’s world-class Server & Storage Solutions 6 Dell + Force10 3. Enhances Dell’s Server and Storage portfolios Enhancing Server Platforms –Dell-engineered standards-based connectivity –Line-rate and ultra-low latency host connectivity –High-density 1G and 10G compute fabrics –Basis for system and application interoperability Enhancing Storage Platform: –1GigE and10GigE iSCSI storage connectivity –Coming soon: Converged solutions with FCoE –Simplified connections to network, server and storage infrastructures –Certified Ethernet/Storage Interworkings Dell PowerEdge Dell EqualLogic Dell/EMC Dell PowerVault

Global Marketing The ‘Net Effect: Simple, Optimized, Strategic An open ecosystem of networking solutions for the business ahead 7

Global Marketing Dell Force10 Product Portfolio 8

Global Marketing Dell Force10 Business High performance networking for data centers 1,400+ End Customers 750+ Employees $6B TAM Data Center Networking $6B TAM Data Center Networking Top Web2.0 Data Centers (Portals, Gaming & Social Networking), HPC Data Centers and Enterprise Data Centers rely on Dell Force10 E-Series Core Systems Z-Series Next-Gen Distributed Core Systems S-Series TOR/Access Systems FTOS Force10 Operating System C-Series Aggregation Systems 9 OPEN ARCHITECTURES OPEN AUTOMATION OPEN ECOSYSTEMS

Global Marketing Pioneered multi processor networking system Revolutionary 1,000 GbE port system Advanced zero packet loss hitless failover Developed Purpose-built GbE top-of-rack switch Ingenious open standards based virtualization framework Delivered 40 10GbE ports in a 1/2 rack system Original line rate 10GbE system Innovative 5Tbps fully passive copper backplane Launched 300 GbE port system Cutting-Edge mid-sized chassis to exceed 60 10GbE ports Purpose-built End-to-end 40GbE solution Engineered Purpose-built 10GbE top-of-rack switch Leading 10/40GbE open fabric solution New multi-terabit 2RU core switching system Dell Force10 – A decade of innovation 10

Global Marketing OPEN CLOUD NETWORKING CUSTOMER-DRIVEN OPEN ARCHITECTURES Multi Tenancy Elasticity Self Service Scalability Density Performance Latency Performance Footprint Scale Out Scale Down Self Service Scalability Cloud Ready Reliability Dell Force10 Strategy Data center customization ARCHITECTURAL DRIVERS 11 Social Media Search Engines Gaming Portals Web 2.0 HPC HFT Video Specialize d Conventional Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud Enterprise Dedicated Shared Virtual Hosted SaaS PaaS IaaS Cloud

Global Marketing Open Networking Drives Customer Value Computing Storage Network Applications Orchestration MAXIMUM CUSTOMER CHOICE MAXIMUM CUSTOMER CHOICE UNCOMPROMISED PRICE/PERFORMANCE OPEN ARCHITECTURES OPEN AUTOMATION OPEN ECOSYSTEMS CUSTOMER-DRIVEN OPEN ARCHITECTURES & STACKS E-Series Core Systems Z-Series Distributed Core Systems S-Series TOR/Access Systems FTOS Force10 Operating System C-Series Aggregation Systems 12

Core & Aggregation Solutions

Global Marketing 14 Dell Force10 Aggregation / Core Products E-Series C-Series C300 C150 E300 E1200i E600i Z-Series Z9000/Distributed Core

Global Marketing 15 Dell Force10 Core/Aggregation Quick Facts PerformanceE300E600iE1200i Switch Cap400Gbps1.75Tbps3.5Tbps Line-rate 40GbE01428 Line-rate 10GbE Line-rate GbE PerformanceZ9000 Switch Cap2.5Tbps Line-rate 100GbE0 Line-rate 40GbE32 Line-rate 10GbE128 PerformanceC150C300 Switch Cap768Gbps1.536Tbp s Line-rate 10GbE3264 Line-rate GbE Z-Series C-, E-, Z-Series Core & Aggegration E-Series C-Series PoE

Global Marketing C-Series Chassis Systems Resilient chassis-based switches that deliver reliability, network control and scalability for Data Center EoR, Aggregation Core and Campus Core Cost effective 10GbE trunking Low-cost server aggregation Cost-effective IEEE 803.2af Class3 PoE enabled 10/100/1000Base-T for VoIP phones, wireless access points and video cameras C-Series C150 C300 16

Global Marketing C-Series Comparison 17 C-Series C150 C300

Global Marketing E-Series Chassis Systems Resilient chassis-based switches that deliver reliability, network control and scalability for Data Center, Campus and Carrier Exchange Core Low TCO with non-blocking line-rate throughput Integrated automation and virtualization support 400Gbps - 3.5Tbps switching fabric Supports 40GbE ports on ExaScale E600i and E1200i E-Series E300 E600i E1200i 18

Global Marketing E-Series Comparison 19 Exascale ConfigurationsTerascale Configurations

Global Marketing Simplifying Data Center Designs End-to-End 40GbE makes it possible S-Series Top-of-Rack 10/40 GbE 40GbE E-Series Core 2-Tier Design 20 E-Series E300 E600i E1200i Top-of-Rack 1 GbE 10GbE Core 1/10 GbE End-of-Row 3-Tier Design

Global Marketing NEW! Z9000 plug-and-play core system Core Performance, Rock-Bottom Economics  2.5Tbps in 2RU footprint!  High-density networking  32 line rate 40GbE or  128 line rate 10GbE  Low power consumption  800 Watts (6.25W per 10GbE) 1/10 th the Footprint 1/5 th the Price 1/20 th the Power SCALING DOWN THE CORE Z

Global Marketing Z9000—Open distributed core architecture  Massively scalable, ultra-reliable leaf-spine fabric architecture  Low-latency, non-blocking performance from 2-160Tbps  Layer 2 (TRILL) & Layer 3 (OSPF/BGP) control planes Open Distributed Core Architecture SCALING OUT THE CORE Z

Global Marketing Z9000—Redefining Fabric Economics Dell Force10 Z9000 vs. Cisco Nexus % Less Money 79% Less Money 96% Less Power 96% Less Power 92% Less Space 92% Less Space Building a fabric with Cisco? Think again. 23

Global Marketing Cost-Effective Fabric Solutions Z9000 Distributed Core 10 GbE 40 GbE 10/40 GbE Z9000 Core 1-Tier Design 24 Z9000 Top-of-Rack 1 GbE 10GbE Core 1/10 GbE End-of-Row 3-Tier Design

Global Marketing Conventional Core vs. Distributed Core Conventional CoreDistributed Core 10/40GbE Switching capacity 2.5Tbps 10/40GbE Low Latency ToR 10GbE Servers Storage 1/10/40GbE Switching capacity Tbps 1/10GbE ToR 1GbE Servers Storage Differentiators Massively scalable, high performance using leaf / spine architecture Scales from 2.5Tbps to 160Tbps Line-rate, non-blocking and low-latency switch Resilient with no single point of failure Enables greener network with lower power consumption Z9000 S4810 E600i/E1200i S55/S60 25

Top-of-Rack Solutions 26

Global Marketing 27 Dell Force10 Top-of-Rack Products S55 S60 S7000 S4810 S50V S50N S25P S25V—PoE S25N 10/40GbE 1/10GbE

Global Marketing 28 Dell Force10 S-Series Quick Facts PerformanceS25PS25NS25V (PoE) Switch Cap128Gbps 10GbE444 10/100/1000Base-T4 combo24 GbE (Fiber)244 combo PerformanceS50NS50V (PoE) Switch Cap176Gbps 10GbE (XFP / CX4)44 10/100/1000Base-T48 GbE (Fiber)4 combo PerformanceS55S60 Switch Cap176Gbps 10GbE (SFP+)44 10/100/1000Base-T44 GbE (Fiber)44 Buffer Size4MB1.25GB PerformanceS4810S7000 * Switch Cap1.28Tbps 40 GbE44 10GbE (SFP+)64 10/100/1000Base-T48 S25 S50 S55/60 S4810/S7000 S-Series Top-of Rack

Global Marketing Low-latency Gigabit Ethernet 48x1GbE + expansion slots Integrated automation & virtualization support Deep-buffer Gigabit Ethernet 48x1GbE + expansion slots Integrated automation & virtualization support S55 LOW-LATENCY Top-of-Rack 1/10GbE Data Center Core S60 DEEP-BUFFER Top-of-Rack 1/10GbE Data Center Core S55 & S60 1/10 GbE Top-of-Rack S55S60 29

Global Marketing Ultra-low-latency 10/40 GbE 64x10GbE or 48x10GbE + 4x40GbE Feature-rich: DCB; TRILL, EVB, VLT Integrated automation & virtualization S /40GbE Top-of-Rack 10/40GbE Data Center Core Ultra-Low Latency 10/40G Ethernet S /40 GbE Top-of-Rack S

Global Marketing NEW! S in-1 Top-of-Rack Convergence Networking Compute Storage High-performance, ultra-low latency Ethernet 48x10GbE (12x2/4/8GFC) 4x40GbE (or +16x10GbE) Feature-rich: DCB; TRILL, EVB, VLT Optional appliance compute modules Fiber channel interworking Fiber Channel, FCOE TOP-OF-RACK CONVERGENCE S

Global Marketing Accelerating Ethernet/Storage Interworking FCoE Gateway SAN Ethernet - FCoE/DCB Fiber Channel SAN Fiber Channel Switch SAN Ethernet Fiber Channel Maximum Choice & Investment Protection Ethernet - FCoE/DCB Ethernet - FCoE/DCB 32 HBA CNA From this……to FCoE Transit Switch…or FCoE/FC Gateway

Global Marketing Plus Integrated Network Computing ENABLING CLOUD-IN-A-RACK Maximum Customization & Cloudification App VM App VM Hypervisor App Partner Apps Customer Apps Off-the-Shelf Apps S

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Global Marketing Dell Force10 Open Automation Open Automation Framework Bare Metal Provisioning Smart Scripting Virtual Server Networking Programmatic Management Web GUI, Portal & Script Store 35

Global Marketing Features Automatically install operating system and configuration file Retrieves IP address from DHCP server Retrieves configuration file and O/S image from TFTP server Automatically configure network switches Enforce standard configurations Easy, automated configuration updates Benefits Reduce installation time Increase network uptime Reduce human errors Minimize network operator configuration delay Automated Bare Metal Provisioning 36

Global Marketing Features Support for industry standard languages, Perl & Python No need to learn new, proprietary scripting language Fast development & deployment of scripts Run custom scripts on network switches Support custom maintenance tasks Build visibility & discovery programs Create custom logging Benefits Customize monitoring to your specific needs Increase network uptime Identify issues before they impact network availability Faster problem resolution Improve network monitoring & management Dynamic FTOS Scripting 37

Global Marketing Features Automatically re-provision VLANs & port profiles when VMs are migrated Support for multiple hypervisors: VMware, Citrix XEN, KVM & M/S Hyper-V EVB VDP/VSI support Automated VM/VLAN migration Automated VM/Port Profile migration Simplify network switch & vSwitch management Benefits Reduce operational expenses Avoid manual interaction when migrating VMs Offer flexibility to choose from multiple hypervisors Ensure network security & QoS policies migrate with VMs Overcome vSwitch feature limitations Maintain administrative alignment with technology (i.e. network admins manage the network and server admins manage servers) Hypervisor - Switch Communication 38

Global Marketing Features Support for common 3 rd party management tool sets including IBM System Director, HP NA, TBD Networks VirtualFabric & CA Support for industry standard management protocols, including NETCONF, System Director / SOAP, REST Support for user protocols including CLI / CLI-script, SNMP (Get & Set), XML (Get & Set) & Web based Cmd Open Fabric Management from a single GUI interface Manage Dell Force10 switches & virtual environments with 3 rd party management toolsets Comprehensive programmatic API interface Benefits Reduce operational expenses Simplify management environment Use in-house developed or third party management tools Choice of multiple management tools System Management Orchestration 39

Global Marketing Features Community portal for exchanging ideas & comments Development exchange for open solutions Script Store for both scripting solutions & developer engagement Advanced web GUI, easily customizable Manage Dell Force10 switches with Advanced & Extensible Control GUI Community & Development Exchange Portal Script & Development Store Benefits Reduce training expenses Simplify management environment Use in-house developed & value-add solutions for easily customized GUI solutions Accelerate collaboration with other industry experts to share best-practices Web Portal/Script Store/Control 40

Global Marketing Features Common management functionality and common user interface across Dell Force10 product lines Feature-rich support for Layer 2, Layer 3 and management functions FTOS CLI, compliant with the de-facto industry standard CLI Single Operating System powering entire Dell Force10 product line Architected for high performance, resiliency, and portability Based on industry’s leading NetBSD Benefits Customer-proven stability, resiliency, performance, and security Maximum feature velocity through software modularity Feature consistency and uniformity across platforms FTOS: Common Code Base for All Platforms 41

Global Marketing Features Supported on all major platforms (Windows, Solaris, Linux and HP-UX) Northbound OSS interfaces Value-added views (VLAN configuration, Inventory, ACL configuration, etc.) Centralized management tool for Dell Force10 devices Full-featured FCAPS (Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and Security) Feature-rich and intuitive GUI Benefits Integrated and consistent management system Ease of navigation and clutter-free views for enhanced user experience Interoperable with third-party tools FTMS: Force10 Management System 42

Global Marketing Servers Storage 10/40GbE Servers TOP-OF-RACK Servers 1GbE10GbE 10/40GbE FTOS & Open Automation Framework 10/40GbE Fabrics to 160Tbps CORE 10/40GbE Dell Force10 Networking—See for yourself Distributed coreZ-SeriesE-Series 43 C-Series END-OF-ROW/AGGREGATION 1/10GbE 10/40GbE 1/10GbE S7000S4810 S60S55 S-Series

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