1. FlexPod Converged Solution

2. FlexPod is… A prevalidated flexible, unified platform featuring: Cisco Unified Computing System™ Programmable infrastructure Unified management Cisco Nexus ® switches Unified fabric NetApp ® FAS with clustered Data ONTAP ® Unified storage Intelligent data management

3. FlexPod Growth 7,100+ FlexPod ® customers 1,100+ partners in more than 100 countries 100+ validated architectures In just the past year FlexPod units Nearly

4. IOPS CPU Capacity Memory Production Balanced Infrastructure Develop and Test Starting Out Data Protection and Backup More Computing and Less Storage Less Computing and More Storage Deploy Entry System; Then Scale Up VDI Higher Performance Blades, Flash, and More IOPS Customizable FlexPod Enables Flexibility Flexing for different uses and performance profiles

5. The FlexPod Portfolio Enterprise Apps Private & Hybrid Cloud VDI Big Data and Analytics UCS Mini Compact, cost-effective converged infrastructure Primarily branch, retail, edge, and SMB FlexPod Express FlexPod Data Center FlexPod Select Massively scalable shared virtual data center infrastructure Enterprise / service provider Dedicated application infrastructure Specialized environments within enterprises

6. Simultaneously support a wide variety of environments Application- Based Silos Public Cloud Zones of Virtualization Private Cloud Storage Servers Apps Network Hybrid Unified Platform for Physical, Virtual, Cloud

8. Control Consistent management across clouds Cisco UCS Director NetApp OnCommand Open Stack Scale Easily expand and connect resources Policy Based Configuration NetApp Cloud OnTap MS Private Cloud A Foundational Platform for Hybrid Cloud Extending resources with innovation and partnership Data Center/Private Cloud Secure Compute/Networking Provider Clouds Secure Data VM Management Secure Extension of Private Cloud security Cisco Intercloud Fabric NetApp Data Fabric VM

9. Investment protection Ecosystem integration ROI-driven Integrate Flash, Disk and Cloud: “F2D2C” All Flash FlexPod Performance Tier Hybrid FlexPod Capacity Tier SQL Server Oracle VDISAP MS Apps New Apps Aged Apps Oracle Cisco Intercloud Fabric NetApp Data Fabric

10. Cisco UCS Director On-Demand Automated Delivery Secure Cloud Container VMs ComputeNetworkStorage UCS Director Domain Managers OS and Virtual Machines Storage Network Compute Tenant B Tenant C Tenant C Tenant A Tenant A Virtualized and Bare-Metal Compute and Hypervisor B B C C A A Network and Services VM Bare Metal Single Pane of Glass End-to-End Automation and Lifecycle Management Policy-Driven Provisioning

11. Easy to Operate OR Validated unified management Customized storage workflows Expanded Cooperative Support Service Catalog UCS Director APIs WFA Virtualized Storage Pool Virtualized Network Pool Virtualized Compute Pool Virtualization Bare Metal

12. Newest support partners include Citrix and Microsoft Coordinated support with NetApp, Cisco, Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware and a cooperative support lab Strong relationships among best-in-class alliance partners Formal processes in place to expedite cross- company escalations when necessary FlexPod Cooperative Support An ecosystem of technology partners FlexPod ® OSP

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