1. The Efficient Fabric
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2. The march of ethernet is inevitable
Eth 40G
40Gb
10Gb
8Gb
4Gb
2Gb
1Gb
100Mb
Eth 10G
FC 16G
FC 8G
FC 4G
FCoE / DCB
FC 2G
FC 1G
Eth 1G
Infrastructure will migrate to Ethernet irrespective of iSCSI or FC
Convergence and virtualization are driving enhancements to Ethernet
Emergence of proprietary, vendor-specific architecture wrapped in a marketing message of simplification 2

3. Today’s network is complex, using multiple networking technologies in the data center
The Fabric
Infiniband
X86 Servers
1GbE
10GbE
2Gb FC
4Gb FC FC
SAN
8Gb FC
2Gb FC
4Gb FC
8Gb FC
Client
1GbE
iSCSI SAN
1GbE
10GbE
HPC
10GbE
Infiniband 3

4. Over the next 3 years ethernet is expected to emerge as the fabric of choice
X86 Servers
10GbE FC
SAN
10GbE
Client
10GbE
iSCSI SAN
10GbE
HPC
10GbE 4

5. Convergence and other factors require change in today’s fabric
Open Standards
Dell’s Efficient Fabric
Best of Breed Equipment
Unifying the fabric
Leverage Existing Infrastructure
Virtualization
Efficient Management
Simplified architecture
The next movement in the efficiency evolution is the unification of your network fabric and the
You can by creating a flexible infrastructure, orchestrated through a unified infrastructure management. You can take the path to efficiency to a new level, by unifying and optimizing your data center infrastructure and networks.
Many claim to be able to do this. There are a number of offerings out there today that intend to solve this challenge and to offer customers a proprietary, non-standard solution that was cobbled together from existing solutions. In fact, most promise the same savings in cost and complexity but the truth is……
Convergence on Ethernet
Out-of-date equipment
Shrinking IT budgets 5

6. Dell’s fabric vision will drive efficiencies into customer network operations
Open Standards
Best of Breed Equipment
Simplified
Management
Leverage Existing Infrastructure
Ethernet Convergence
Dell’s Efficient Fabric
Meeting customer’s expectations for next generation networking
Increased efficiency in networking operations
Avoid proprietary lock-in
Diversify vendor risk
Enable network convergence & mass scale virtualization
Leverages best components / partners
(Enspire not: “point of view” is not hyphenated) 6

7. Dell Networking Solutions

8. Dell provides an end-to-end networking solution
Network Management
Best-in-class secure, high-performance WAN connectivity
Wide Area Network (WAN)
Best-in-class options for both data center and campus LANs
Local Area Network (LAN)
Wireless options focused on ease of use and performance
Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
(Enspire not: “point of view” is not hyphenated)
Storage Area Network
(SAN)
Solutions for iSCSI, FC and converged storage fabrics 8

9. WAN solutions that deliver best-in-class security and performance
Juniper
High availability, high performance solutions
Best for existing Juniper environments
(Enspire not: “point of view” is not hyphenated) 9

10. Flexible solutions to meet customer data center and campus LAN needs
Juniper
High availability, high performance solutions
Best for existing Juniper environments
Brocade
Value for performance solutions
Best for existing Brocade environments
PowerConnect
Focus on delivering simplified management
Best for the most cost sensitive environments
(Enspire not: “point of view” is not hyphenated)
Xsigo
Large scale I/O consolidation and virtualization 10

11. Wireless equipment offering performance and ease-of-use
Aruba
High performance WLAN solutions
Market leading ease-of-use, and security
(Enspire not: “point of view” is not hyphenated) 11

12. Offering choice in SAN fabric options to best fit customer needs
Brocade
Value for performance solutions
Best for existing Brocade environments
PowerConnect
Focus on delivering simplified management
Best for the most cost sensitive environments
Arista
(Enspire not: “point of view” is not hyphenated)
High performance iSCSI switching 12

13. Standards based management options provide choice and lower TCO
CLI or
Web GUI
Standards based CLI available for seasoned network admins
Intuitive web management option
Dell Network Management
Dell, Brocade or Juniper network management software
3rd Party Network Management
(Enspire not: “point of view” is not hyphenated)
Use existing 3rd party tools (SolarWinds) to manage our switches 13

14. Dell IT: Moving from a single vendor to best of breed resulted in significant savings
Fabric 1.0 (The Past)
Standardized on one vendor across the campus and data center
Our cost to purchase & maintain was high
Fabric 2.0 (The Present)
Introduced PowerConnect at the campus and data center edge; resulted in $10M+ of savings and simplified deployment
Fabric 3.0 (The Future)
Further drive PowerConnect adoption
Introduce second vendor into the network core 14

15. Begin the efficient fabric journey today
Engage in a white boarding session around your network architecture
Leverage Dell Services through your Dell Partner to evaluate your network
Engage your Dell Partner for NDA discussions around Dell’s networking strategy and roadmap 15