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REDEFINING STORAGE CONNECTIVITY BROCADE SPEAKER



THE TRENDS DRIVING STORAGE

SSD Changes

Everything

Storage Will Continue

To Grow

Is Your Storage Network

Ready?

Virtualization Continues to Drive Change


PURPOSE-BUILT FABRICS FOR STORAGE THE NETWORK MATTERS FOR STORAGE

Reliability and Availability

Top Performance

Seamless Scalability

Proven IP Storage Fibre Channel Storage


THE NETWORK MATTERS FOR STORAGE

Perf

orm

ance

Advanced Storage Services

Mission Critical Applications • Block

• Purpose-Built High Performance Storage

• ERP, CRM, OLTP, Database

• High Scale VDI & VM Farms

• On-Premise Private Cloud

Next-Gen Cloud Applications • Object/HDFS

• Software-Defined Storage

• Mobile, Social, Analytics

• SaaS, IaaS, PaaS

• Off-Premise

Business Critical Applications • File & Block

• Purpose-Built and Software-Defined Storage

• Email, Collaboration, Web

• Medium Scale VDI & VM Farms

• On-Premise Hybrid and Private Cloud

PURPOSE-BUILT FABRICS FOR STORAGE


REDEFINE NETWORKING FOR IP STORAGE


Growth of IP storage and business-critical workloads accelerating

THE NETWORK MATTERS FOR IP STORAGE SOLVING CUSTOMER PAIN POINTS

Manage Growth

Requirements for 100% availability and reliability are increasing

Mitigate Risk Reduce Costs

Infrastructure complexity and management costs are growing


Industry’s first purpose-built storage connectivity solutions for data center and disaster recovery

Achieve SLAs for business-critical applications

THE NETWORK MATTERS FOR IP STORAGE REDEFINE NETWORKING FOR IP STORAGE

Deploy Dedicated Networks

Deliver local replication performance over long distance

Implement DR Solutions

Unify Management

Unify IP and Fibre Channel storage networking management


• Deliver predictable performance and unmatched resiliency for business-critical applications

• Provision network capacity with minimal intervention and virtually no learning curve

• Configure and manage multiple switches in the fabric as a single logical element

• Provide storage-class resiliency with non-disruptive failover after a path or link failure

ADDRESS BUSINESS-CRITICAL SLA’S WITH A DEDICATED RESILIENT, HIGH PERFORMANCE FABRIC

EMC

DEDICATED NETWORKS FOR IP STORAGE


• Move up to 50X more data to meet recovery objectives

• Encrypt data flows over distance with no performance penalty

• Maximize utilization of WAN links through protocol optimization technology

• Minimize downtime and overcome disruptions due to WAN link failure

IP STORAGE EXTENSION FOR DISASTER RECOVERY LOCAL REPLICATION PERFORMANCE OVER LONG DISTANCE WITH STRONG ENCRYPTION


• Monitor IP and Fibre Channel health and performance from a single dashboard

• Simplify network monitoring and alerting with Fabric Vision Technology

• Integrate network data into VMware vRealize to maximize VM performance and availability

• Pre-validate and troubleshoot the physical infrastructure to streamline deployment

UNIFIED STORAGE NETWORK MANAGEMENT UNPRECEDENTED VISIBILITY AND INSIGHT ACROSS ALL STORAGE NETWORKS


MORE THAN JUST AN ETHERNET SWITCH EMC’S CONNECTRIX IP STORAGE PORTFOLIO

Connectrix Manager with Fabric Vision

IP Extension Switch IP Storage Switch

Fabric

Vision


• Tested, certified, delivered and supported by EMC as part of their storage solutions

• Integrated into EMC Connectrix Manager and EMC Storage Analytics

• Optimized for storage performance with 2x on-chip buffering and patented load-balancing and multipathing

• Simplified learning curve and ongoing operational expense with scale-out, plug-and-play and logical chassis management

• Integrated with MAPS technology for simplified monitoring and threshold-based management

• Native fabric automation and standards-based API’s for configuration and operational status

CONNECTRIX IP STORAGE SWITCH WHAT IS AN IP STORAGE SWITCH?

Connectrix VDX 6740B IP Storage Switch


• Increase performance and scalability with more than 30 Gbps application throughput per platform

• Provide dramatically higher throughput than native IP Storage replication

• Secure data flows over distance with 256-bit IPsec encryption without a performance penalty

• Improve load balancing and network resilience with Extension Trunking, Adaptive Rate Limiting, and Fabric Vision technology

• Extend proactive monitoring between data centers to automatically detect WAN anomalies and avoid unplanned downtime

• Pre-validate and troubleshoot the physical infrastructure with built-in traffic generator and WAN test tool to accelerate deployment

CONNECTRIX IP EXTENSION SWITCH PURPOSE-BUILT FOR IP STORAGE REPLICATION

Connectrix MP 7840-B Extension Switch


• Create dashboard views that display the most relevant and critical storage network metrics

• See real-time and historical event data, and quickly perform root-cause analysis

• Instantly view out-of-compliance conditions, congestion, and latency concerns on flows

• View status of a variety of port-level error statistics to locate intermittent issues

• View statistics on time-based graphs and use dashboard playback to correlate trends

EMC CONNECTRIX MANAGER UNIFIED MANAGEMENT OF IP AND FIBRE CHANNEL


REAL-TIME VISIBILITY AND ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS FABRIC VISION FOR IP STORAGE

Deploy 15 years of best practices in one click

• Deploy pre-defined policies, rules, and actions

• Increase instrumentation and granularity

• Visualize network health and performance

Simplify Monitoring

• Improve OpEx savings through automated actions

• Integrate management VMware vRealize

• Validate infrastructure prior to deployment

Eliminate administrative costs

Reduce Costs

• Automatically detect and recover from errors

• Provide early warning of potential problems

• Minimize downtime with faster troubleshooting

Reduce common network problems

Increase Availability


REDEFINE NETWORKING FOR FIBRE CHANNEL STORAGE


WHY THE NETWORK MATTERS FOR FLASH STORAGE?

Performance Scalability Availability

Unleash application

performance

Built for application and

workload consolidation

Increase availability for

high-density and critical workloads

Optimized performance, scalability, and availability require purpose-built networking for storage


EMC Connectrix B-Series with XtremIO

50% INCREASE IN APPLICATION

PERFORMANCE

GREATER

NETWORK UTILIZATION

2x

50% LOWER OPERATING

EXPENSE

BEST IN CLASS SOLUTION

AT LOWEST COST

3,500 VDI per X-Brick

1CLICK DEPLOY 15 YEARS OF BEST

PRACTICES IN ONE CLICK

48% ELIMINATE 48% OF

MAINTENANCE COSTS


Database & Business Apps

Virtual Desktops & DaaS

Cloud & Virtual Servers

Workload Consolidation

Predictable Performance

Provisioning Agility

Unmatched Availability

Scale-Out Simplicity

BETTER TOGETHER TARGETED WORKLOADS XTREMIO + CONNECTRIX B-SERIES


LATENCY MATTERS FOR XTREMIO STORAGE

CONNECTRIX B-SERIES PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE

Description Connectrix B-Series ED-8510

Connectrix VDX-6740B

Connectrix C-Series

MDS-9710

B-Series Advantage

Switching Mode

Cut-Through Cut-Through Store and Forward

Lowest latency, 100% reliable

Backplane Switching Latency

3 microsecond

N/A 7-10

microseconds 2-3X lower latency

Local Switching Latency

1 microsecond

850 nanoseconds

Feature not available

Up to 10X lower latency


FOUNDATION FOR VIRTUALIZED AND CLOUD-OPTIMIZED DATA CENTERS

EMC CONNECTRIX B PORTFOLIO

• Proven hardware and software reliability drives non-stop operations

• Purpose-built simplicity enables massive scale without complexity

• Unmatched performance powers critical and virtualized applications

• Unified Management of Fibre Channel and IP Storage Networking Infrastructure

• EMC Connectrix B-Series Extends Storage Networking

Complete Family of Gen 5 Fibre Channel and Dedicated IP Storage Products

Connectrix ED-DCX 8510 Directors

Connectirx DS- 6505/6510/6520

Switches

Connectrix Manager SAN Extension

Connectrix VDX-6740B Dedicated IP Storage Switch


EXTENDING CONNECTRIX B-SERIES GEN 5 FIBRE CHANNEL BROCADE FABRIC VISION TECHNOLOGY

•Automation that simplifies policy-based monitoring and alerting

MAPS

•Cable and optic diagnostics that simplify the deployment and support of large fabrics

ClearLink Diagnostics

•Customizable health and performance dashboard, with all critical information on one screen

Dashboards

•Identifies, monitors, and analyzes performance of specific flows or frame types

Flow Vision

•Quickly detects and clearly alerts high levels of latency, to help identify slow drain devices

Fabric Performance Impact Monitoring

•Automatically detects and recovers from bit errors, negating the need for retransmission

Forward Error Correction

•Automatically recovers flow control buffer credit loss at the VC level, improving availability

Buffer Credit Recovery

•Simplify SAN configuration and maintain consistency in operational behavior

COMPASS


THRESHOLD-BASED MONITORING AND ALERTING MADE SIMPLE

MONITORING AND ALERTING POLICY SUITE (MAPS)

Intuitive Reporting

Pre-defined Policies, Rules, and Actions

Pre-defined Groups

Based on Brocade’s 15 years of experience and best practices in one click


• Use Brocade ClearLink Diagnostic Port (D_Port) to validate configurations prior to deployment

• Performs complete optical, electrical, and link saturation testing to ensure reliable connections

– Ensures optical and signal integrity for Gen 5 Fibre Channel optics and cables

– Measures latency and distance across ISLs to ensure predictable application performance

• Avoids downstream problems

• Reduces fabric deployment time

SAVES TIME AND MONEY BROCADE CLEARLINK DIAGNOSTICS - SUPPORTED ON QLOGIC AND EMULEX


BROAD VISIBILITY AND INSIGHT ACROSS THE STORAGE NETWORK FLOW VISION

Flow Learning • Non-disruptively discover all flows that

go to or come from a specific host or storage port, or traverse ISLs

Flow Monitoring • Non-disruptively monitor any flow

across the fabric • Obtain statistics on specific flows or

frame types

Flow Generator • Full mesh flow generator for stress testing • Pre-defined flows to minimize

configuration


• Fabric Performance Impact (FPI) Monitoring:

– Provide separate, easy-to-understand notifications based on severity/impact of latency

– Simplifies configuration (zero user-configurable thresholds)

– Provide three simultaneous monitoring windows with different threshold levels for each window

– Detects both brief severe-latency conditions and sustained low-latency conditions

• Slow drain device detection and alerting unrivaled by any competitor or third-party tools

MONITORING FABRIC PERFORMANCE IMPACT (FPI) SIMPLIFIED, ADVANCED DETECTION OF SLOW DRAIN DEVICES IN A SAN


BROCADE + EMC CUSTOMER SUCCESSES

EMC Connectrix VDX-6740B switches and EMC IP Storage (VNX

and Isilon)

Insights:

• Customer sought improved performance of EMC NAS performance

• Needed independence from the network department

Success Factors:

• Fully supported by EMC

• Seamless integration of the dedicated IP network and IP storage

Major Argentina Telecom Company

Gains Control of IP Storage Network

Brocade VDX 6740, VDX, EMC VNX and EMC Isilon Storage

Insights:

• Shared network adversely impacting application performance and QoS

Success Factors:

• Control, simplicity and automation of the dedicated IP storage network with VCS Fabric

• Separating storage traffic eliminated contention on the LAN

• Excellent Brocade local support + quality EMC storage networking solutions and partnership

Title and Settlement Service Provider:

Dedicated IP Storage Network Meets SLAs

Brocade VDX/VCS Fabric Link and EMC VMAX, VNX, VPLEX, Isilon, XtremIO systems, PowerPath

Insights:

• Required automated, standardized, central core processes.

• Required agile, zero-downtime IT environment to enable application availability 24x7x365

Success Factors:

• Brocade Gen 5 FC fabrics provide a resilient, high performance foundation for EMC storage

Skilled Group Workforce Solutions

Provider Always-On IT Infrastructure


HISTORY OF INNOVATION

STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT

MARKET LEADERSHIP

• Storage Connectivity Experts

• Fibre Channel • IP Storage Networks • Software-Defined

• Significant install base of 50,000+ Joint Customers

• 7,000,000+ Ports Shipped Worldwide

• 16+ Year Partnership • Top market share leader • EMC is Brocade’s Largest

OEM Partner • Joint Engineering,

Roadmap, and Go-to-Market

• Advanced integration with core and emerging offerings

• Brocade technologies used in Big Data, Flash, Hybrid Cloud, & CI Solutions.

• Executive Sponsorship and Interlock

• Brocade OEM Solutions part of the EMC Connectrix Portfolio


• WIN AN APPLE WATCH!

• GET YOUR BADGE SCANNED AT THE BROCADE BOOTH!

SUMMARY

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