1. The Efficient Data Center - Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Presenter Name Title

2. Non-strategic tasks burn most cycles Variable workloads = sub-optimized capacity We have more physical than virtual servers Provisioning infrastructure takes too much time Data center flexibility challenges VM deployment quality inconsistent 2

3. The efficient data center architecture Smart, virtual ready infrastructure for rapid deployment and optimized operations Intelligent Infrastructure +Intelligent, purpose built servers +Efficient I/O fabric +Optimized storage +Cloud-optimized infrastructure Tools for managing and deploying your physical, virtual and logical infrastructure Simplified Infrastructure Management +Policy-based updates & config +Manage network, storage, servers in a single pool +VMWare, Hyper-V, Xen, physical Streamlined Application & Workload Management Rapid delivery of strategic IT services with groundbreaking new capabilities +Compress the time-to-value for new applications +Self-service IT +Proactive, predictive monitoring Intelligent Data Management Optimization of data value throughout its lifecycle, placing it on the right tier and storage type +Disaster recovery / continuity +Object and unified storage +Automated tiering and de-duplication 3

4. +Discrete Server, Storage and Networking teams have to commit resources +Extremely people intensive processes +Lengthy time to deploy a resource set and then turn it into a solution +Organizational challenges limit optimization / utilization once it becomes a solution STORAGE Storage Team SERVERS Server Team NETWORKING Networking Team The need for Simplified Infrastructure Management 4

5. +Experimental workload resources often don’t get reclaimed +Hyper-growth workloads constantly require care and feeding +Cyclic workloads waste resources +All workloads are over resourced for safety When complete, solutions often inefficient Day 11 Year Business Cycle Workload Experimental workload Mail Workload 5

6. Dell Efficient Data Center in action Dell Virtual Integrated System Integration of the most common infrastructure activities into VMM Accelerate delivery of strategic IT services with groundbreaking new capabilities Rapid resource deployment, optimized operations, and planning VIS Infrastructure VIS Integration Suites VIS Delivery Center Dell Virtual Integrated System 6

7. VIS Infrastructure Approach: Manage a single resource pool with Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Efficiently manage the entire infrastructure and all it’s elements Servers, server network connections Storage, storage network connections Network infrastructure connecting the servers in the rack to the network backbone 7

8. Deploy, manage and maintain a single resource pool Server / Storage / Networking Virtualization Management Advanced Infrastructure Manager +Efficiently manage heterogeneous virtual and physical systems to reduce TCO +Drive data center ROI by integrating new and existing server / storage / networking into a single resource pool – no single vendor lock in +Rapidly and repeatably deploy your VMWare, HyperV, Xen and physical systems, Dell can help break through your Virtualization roadblocks Deployment and operation +Bring virtual-like functionality to physical servers Infrastructure optimization +Allocate resources to meet dynamic workload demands – no resource silos 8

9. Rack Once, Cable Once No manual changes to LAN/SAN switches, cabling, storage LUNs No manual changes to network addresses, storage addresses No reloading software on servers One moment servers are a Windows cluster, on an internal network, connected to LUN1… The next moment the servers are a Linux Web Grid, on an external network, connected to LUNs 2 & 3… Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Dynamic server re-provisioning 9

10. Pre-production Utilization – 60% Production Utilization – 50% QA / Test Utilization – 35% Standby Utilization – 0% Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Data center consolidation 10

11. Automate in-site failover across disparate hardware Instantly restore servers, network, and storage access Move back as needed Test DR easily, non-intrusively, frequently Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Improved availability – N+1 failover 11

12. Automate site-site failover across disparate hardware Instantly restore servers, network, and storage access Leverage storage synchronization Test DR easily, non-intrusively, frequently Storage Replication Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Simplified Disaster Recovery 12

13. Add additional servers with appropriate connectivity as-needed Move servers to higher or lower-CPU hardware as desired Move back as needed Power on / Power off for efficiency Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Workload balancing 13

14. Seamlessly move servers in to and out of physical or virtual machines Instantaneous process: no delay Move back as needed No “conversion” = no risk of different software on each platform Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Dynamically migrate workloads – Physical to virtual or virtual to physical 14

15. Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager advantages Server / Storage / Networking Virtualization Management Dell Advantage +Single tool management of heterogeneous virtual and physical systems + Open, multi-vendors and multi-connect + VMWare, HyperV, Xen (and physical) support Deployment and operation + Rapid, repeatable VM and physical deployment Infrastructure optimization +Automate dynamic workload variability +Reclaim / redeploy resources for strategic projects 15

16. Server / Storage / Networking Management Dell Others +Single tool management of heterogeneous virtual and physical systems + Open, multi-vendors and multi-connect - Replace w limited vendor and technology options -Islands of efficiency that must be individually managed Deployment and operation + Rapid, repeatable VM and physical deployment -Storage management?, Fabric management? -OS deployments -HW/FW upgrades? -Physical to virtual swap? Infrastructure optimization +Automate dynamic workload variability +Reclaim / redeploy resources - Single solution island In your data center Advanced Infrastructure Manager advantages 16

17. The efficient data center advantage Intelligent Infrastructure Simplified Infrastructure Management Streamlined Application & Workload Management Intelligent Data Management + Optimize the management of both physical and virtual servers + Incremental, open approach to protect your IT investments + Free-up 50% of your IT budget for innovation + Storage virtualization, efficient object storage, automated data tiering, and de-duplication can reduce storage costs > 50% + Leverage on-demand capacity scaling and cloud DR + Dynamically manage servers, networks, storage and workloads + Radically reduce the number of devices to cable, deploy, manage, power, cool and the tools required +Automate the day to day, from workload deployments to image creations + Design to use the best-of-breed technologies as they develop – no vendor lock-in… even Dell 17

18. Business ready configurations For an all-in-one data center purchase Software only Dell’s Business Ready Configurations for All-in-One Data Centers are high- performance, data center solutions that are tested and validated configurations combining: PowerEdge M-series blades and EqualLogic PS6000 SAN, with Brocade / PowerConnect Networking switches and Scalent Virtual Operating Environment (VOE) technology Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager software available as a media kit drop-in-the-box with one of the certified Dell platforms: PowerEdge M-series blades or PowerEdge Rack servers or EqualLogic storage Getting started with the Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Dell Services Advanced Infrastructure Manager Workshop 18

19. How to get started on the efficient data center journey Sign-up for a Dell Efficient Architecture Workshop Sign up for a Dell Data Center Assessment Standardize on 10Gb Ethernet technology (PowerConnect) Implement the Dell Advanced Infrastructure Manager Implement the Dell Lifecycle Controller Request a Dell Blade POD trial Engage Dell for Virtual Integrated System discussions / demonstrations Dell Virtualization Readiness Assessment Establish industry best practices based on hyper-scale cloud computing, performance & Dell IT metrics Sign up for a Dell Storage Optimization Workshop and Assessment Engage Dell for NDA planning on the Dell DX6000 Object Storage Platform Engage Dell in a Tiered Storage Assessment Intelligent Infrastructure Simplified Infrastructure Management Streamlined Application and Workload Management Intelligent Data Management 19

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