Driving Innovation Next Gen Data Center Portfolio

Driving Innovation Next Gen Data Center Portfolio

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Accelerating Convergence Disruptions Through Innovation IP Convergence Data Voice Video Virtualization Compute Network Storage +$3.5B annual run rate SDN Application Network Scale and Security +$2B in Next Gen DC+ACI Switching in 2yrs Hybrid Cloud Analytics HyperConvergence Cloud Scale 2005 2010 2014 2016+ Innovation Timeline 3

New Scale out and Scale Up Applications Support across Bare Metal, Virtualized and Containers Use Cases Distributed IP storage for cloud apps and traditional storage (FC/ FCoE) for existing apps Distributed apps via containerbased micro-services Inter-process communication across fabric Data Center Implications Embedded Security and Visibility Lossless Traffic Fabric Wide Intelligent Buffers 7X Increase in Density of Endpoints Increased I/O Traffic Drives 2.5X Bandwidth 4

Our Innovation in Action Cisco Hybrid Cloud Architecture Hybrid Cloud Orchestration Embedded Security and Telemetry

$68 Billion Opportunity in Calendar Year 2016 Enabling Policy Based Automation for a Hybrid Cloud Architecture Switching 1 > 10 > 25 > 40 > 50 > 100G Compute Best TCO Hyperconverged Agility & future-proofed Hybrid Cloud Management $9 Billion $45 Billion $2 Billion $10 Billion $$$ Opportunity: Additional = Value-Added Services Source: Dell Oro Ethernet Switch DC Market Forecast, January 2016; 451 Research 2016 Market Monitor Overview Report; IDC Worldwide Server Forecast, x86 Blade/Rack/Density-Optimized, December 2015; IDC Worldwide Converged Forecast, February 2016

Cisco Data Center 10G+ Worldwide Revenue Share HP 10% Arista 9% Huawei 5% Juniper 4% Dell 3% Brocade 2% Dell Oro L2+L3 Ethernet Switching Report February 2016 Includes DC Modular and DC Fixed Managed, excludes Unmanaged and SW 2015 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Cisco Confidential 7

Cloud Services at Cloud Scale with Cloud Economics Two Year Time to Market Advantage Using 16nm ASICs 25G at Price of 10G 100G at Price of 40G Lead the Transition: 1>10>25>40>50>100 Investment Protection: ACI Support for Nexus 7K/ ASR 9K Multi-speed Ethernet 100M-100G 50% lower system cost, better reliability and lower power Cloud Scale Endpoint density up to 10X and 12x IPv6 routes 25% more non-blocking 100G performance (36x100G) Cloud Services Pervasive line rate, network-wide visibility wire rate NetFlow Embedded security Multi-Tenancy at Scale Enhanced fabric performance 50% faster application completion time Lossless Storage Traffic IP storage, FCOE/FC ready

New: Cloud Scale Technology Across Entire Portfolio Speed, Visibility, Security, Reliability and Scale Built In N3100 Fixed Series Reflect shipped 10M ports on Merchant portfolio N9K Modular 9500 Series N9K Fixed 9200/9300 Series Cisco ASICs Merchant Silicon Embedded NetFlow/Security Enhanced Scale (Ports, Table Sizes) Industry First 36 port wire rate 40/50/100G Investment Protection Use existing chassis for new line cards Same Hardware For stand-alone and ACI Industry s Only Native 25G Consistent NX- OS Image Between Nexus 3K and Nexus 9K

Cisco NXOS Software Innovation Open, Secure, Programmable AUTOMATION Ignite/POAP REST API DevOps Tools(Puppet/Chef/ Ansible) INFRASTRUCTURE ISSU & NX-OS Patchability Graceful Insertion & Removal Unified Fabric & FCoE Enterprise SIMPLICITY Trends ARCHITECTURE VXLAN EVPN Segment Routing Intelligent Traffic Director SECURITY & VISIBILITY Nexus Data Broker Sflow, Netflow, Splunk Certifications FIP, DoD UCL OPEN READY FOR DEVOPS STANDARD-BASED

Broadcom Trident & Tomahawk Need to go beyond Merchant Capabilities Line Rate Performance with Cisco Silicon 36 vs 20 ports of 100G line rate routing (64 byte packets) 36 vs 10 ports of 100G line rate VXLAN bridging and routing 512K 288K MAC 2x 6x 750K LPM 4x 192K 15x Cisco Cloud Scale Technology > 3x Throughput 750K 120K 750K 84K Host Routes IPv6 Routes Cisco Broadcom Tomahawk

Merchant (Jericho) Modular versus Cisco Cloud Scale Modular Forwarding Scalability Cisco Cloud Scale Technology 30% - 50% Improvement in Power Consumption 6x improvement in line-rate ports per ASIC 1 M IPv4 LPM 1 M 192K 5x 15x 1 M 750K IPv4 Host Routes 384K 6x 1.3 x Cisco Broadcom Jericho 64K IPv6 /64 LPM 64K IPv6 Host Routes

Silicon Innovation Two Year Advantage Cloud Scale Performance and Economics 12X Routes 2.5X Bandwidth Same Cost Native 25G and VXLAN Competition (Arista, Juniper, HP, Huawei) Cisco Silicon Generation Ahead 16nm 50% Less Cost 50% Faster Application Flows Up to 50% Less Power Real Time Telemetry at 100G Every Packet, Every Flow, No Sampling Embedded Security Multi-Tenancy 8X Scale Network Segmentation

Broadcom Trident & Tomahawk Need to go beyond Merchant Capabilities Broadcom Tomahawk based switch was unable to meet mega-scale customer requirements Multiple no-drop traffic classes for 100G interfaces with 300m+ links Smart Buffer Spines Smart Buffer TOR/ Leaf Distributed IP Storage IP Storage Traffic Data Traffic 300m Cisco Silicon Improvements Cisco Cloud Scale Technology Increased Buffer capacity and enhanced queueing required to meet cloud scale requirements. Cisco Silicon with 2.5x buffer capacity Intelligent Buffer Management Enhanced Algorithms (Approximate Fair Distribution and Dynamic Packet Prioritization) based on years of research* Real Performance Gains Increased buffer capacity and algorithms provide up to 60% improvement in application flow completion times** * http://simula.stanford.edu/~alizade/papers/conga-sigcomm14.pdf ** http://miercom.com/pdf/reports/20160210.pdf

Designed for Reliability, Price & Performance Within the Data Center 8 slots 288p 100G Nexus 9500 4 Fabric Modules (2 ASICs each) 8 Line Cards (4 ASICs each), integrated right-sized buffers 40 ASICs - based on 16nm Non-blocking vs. Deep Buffer 6 Fabric Modules (2 ASICs each) 8 Line Cards (6 ASICs each), External oversized DRAM buffers creating bandwidth bottlenecks and reliability concerns 60 ASICs based on 28nm Blocking beyond 24 ports Cisco Cloud Scale Integrated Intelligent Buffers Minimize Components Minimize # Fabric Modules Non-Blocking Cisco Cloud Scale Technology Nexus 9500: High Density 40/100G Lower Cost 50% Fewer ASICs = Better Reliability, Lower Power One ASIC Generation & 2 Years Later Better Reliability http://lippisreport.com/2013/11/why-the-nexus-9000-switching-series-offers-the-highest-availability-and-reliability-measured-in-mtbf/

Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Growth Opportunity One Infrastructure Management Model Cisco UCS 2016 Cisco HyperFlex Systems X86 Computing Converged Infrastructure Hyperconverged Infrastructure $42B $7B+ 65% CAGR $2B Source: IDC Worldwide Server Forecast, x86 Blade/Rack/Density Optimized, December 2015; IDC Worldwide Converged Forecast, February

Introducing Cisco HyperFlex Systems Complete Hyperconvergence Software Defined Compute, Storage and Network Next Generation Software Defined Storage Always-on Optimization and Flexible Scaling Future Ready Architecture Built for Todays Workloads and Emerging Applications 18

Real Innovation Independent Scaling of Compute and Capacity Dynamic Data Distribution Continuous Data Optimization Integrated Management and Data Services 19

The Hyperconverged Game Changes Today SDx and Policy-Driven Infrastructure Software-Defined Infrastructure Common Policy Extension Multi-Cloud ACI Policy-Model Public UCS HyperFlex Security Automation Hybrid Private Common Platform 20

Next Generation HyperConvergence with Cisco HyperFlex Deploy in Minutes, Not Hours or Days 80% Data Reduction with 48% Higher Performance 30% Lower TCO Than Competition Future-Ready for Containers and Microservices

Working Together: End-to-end Orchestration

Hybrid Cloud Visibility & Control at Your Fingertips Single Integrated, Application-Centric Management Platform One-Click Provisioning of Infrastructure and Deployment of Application Portable and Manageable Across Any Datacenter, Private, Public Cloud Analytics driven, Closed-loop Resource Optimization Fast Time to Value

Why Cisco will win! Industry s Most Comprehensive Data Center Solution - Networking, HyperConverged, Orchestration Industry Leading Port Density / Power / Price / Performance - Leading 25/50/100G Transition Cisco SDN and ACI Most Complete SDN Solution Open APIs, Open Ecosystem, Embedded Security

For More Information IDC Technology Spotlight: Why Network Silicon Innovation is Critical to Next-Generation Datacenters - http://idcdocserv.com/us41022016 ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr1vrpwacyy Shutterfly Case Study: Digital Photos Come to Life with Software-Defined Networking http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/ Shutterfly_Cisco_Std_CS_FNL_02292016.pdf Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/index.html Infographic: Is Your Network Ready? http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/infographic-nexus-9k.pdf At-a-Glance: Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/at-a-glancec45-735765.pdf IDC ExpertROI Spotlight: Pulsant Delivers Agile and Cost-Effective Hybrid Cloud Services with Cisco ACI http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/data-center-virtualization/application-centric-infrastructure/idc-pulsant.pdf Video: Pulsant Delivers Agile Cloud Services with Cisco ACI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whu6rwdjgeo IDC ExpertROI Spotlight: Symantec Delivering on its Strategic Vision with Next-Generation Secure Datacenter Powered by Cisco ACI http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/data-center-virtualization/application-centric-infrastructure/benefits-aci.pdf

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