1. 1© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. CONNECTIVTY MATTERS FOR STORAGE TECHNOLOGY REFRESH JUNE 2016 STORAGE AREA NETWORKS IP STORAGE NETWORKS

2. 2© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved.

3. 3 EMC ENTERPRISE ALL FLASH STORAGE SYSTEMS

4. 4© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. BUT WAIT! IS YOUR NETWORK RUNNING ON EMPTY?

5. 5© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. WILL YOUR STORAGE NETWORK KEEP UP WITH ALL FLASH STORAGE? WAS YOUR STORAGE NETWORK DESIGNED IN THE DAYS OF SPINNING DISCS?

6. 6© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. MODERNIZE YOUR NETWORK TO KEEP PACE WITH THE ACCELERATED I/Os OF ALL FLASH ENVIRONMENTS

7. 7© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. CONNECTIVITY MATTERS FOR ALL FLASH ENVIRONMENTS A HIGHER PERFORMING NETWORK KEEPS PACE WITH ALL FLASH BENEFITS FROM UPGRADING NETWORK 50% Increase Application Performance 50% Less In Operating Expenses Eliminate 48% Of Maintenance Costs

8. 8© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. CONNECTIVITY MATTERS FOR TECH REFRESH IMPROVE EFFICIENCY New more efficient models lower OPEX costs through reduced floor space, power, and cooling IMPROVE AVAILABILTY Advanced management features like automated monitoring alerts proactively preventing application impact, improving uptime IMPROVE PERFORMANCE Faster FC and GigE port speeds enhance application response times doing more work in less time REDUCE RISK No spares available for end-of service equipment

9. 9© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. NEW RESILIENT SAN FEATURES Reliability Availability Resiliency Increased Buffer Counts – Overcomes performance degradation Forward Error Correction – Enables recovery from ISL bit errors Virtual Channel BB Credit Recovery – Improves performance Port Fencing & Port Guard - Threshold based detection/correction Congestion Management – Provides enhanced traffic management

10. 10© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. Free customer downloadable SAN Health Check tool Contact your EMC Systems Engineer to run a free Mitrend Summary Report

11. 11© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. CONNECTRIX MODELS RIPE FOR REFRESH B-SeriesModels Legacy McDATAED-64M * ED-140M* ED-10000M* Brocade ClassicED-24000B* ED-48000B* MDS SeriesModels MDS-9509* MDS-9506* MDS-9509-V2 MDS-9506-V2 MDS-9513 ED-DCX8510-4B ED-DCX8510-8B 4-slot 256 ports 8-slot 512 ports MDS-9710MDS-9706 4-slot 192 ports Replace With 8-slot 384 ports Replace With * End-of-service-life = NO SPARE PARTS MDS-9718 16-slot 768 ports

12. 12© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. CONNECTRIX B-SERIES MODEL COMPARE EOSL=End-of-service-life

13. 13© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. CONNECTRIX MDS SERIES MODEL COMPARE EOSL=End-of-service-life * 32Gb ready

14. 14© Copyright 2016 EMC Corporation. All rights reserved. CONNECTRIX MATTERS FOR TECH REFRESH New Hardware 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