Presentation provides an overview of Dell Data Center Networking portfolio overview and product offerings. Content includes Discussion on Dell Open Networking strategy and Dell reference architectures for Data Center Networking.

1. Data Center Networking
Data Center Networking (Multi-rate 1-to-100GbE,
future of Ethernet and compute centric networking)

2. Agenda
The Dell Difference1
Converged Infrastructure powered by Dell3
Manageability & Automation Framework4
Summary5
Multi-Rate Switching for Next Generation Data Centers2

3. The Dell Difference

4. Dell Enabling The Future Ready Enterprise
Workload ready + virtual infrastructure ready + software-defined & cloud ready
Software-Defined Storage Software-Defined Networking
Software-Defined Computing

5. Dell Networking for the EnterpriseDell Networking for the EnterpriseDell Networking for the Enterprise
Campus
Carrier
Access
Cloud Services
Branch
Office
Remote
Office
Branch
VRTX
WAN
Internet
Data Center
N-Series, W-Series
OpenManage
Z-Series, S-Series
Active Fabric Manager
Active Fabric Controller
OpenManage
X-Series
N-Series, W-Series
OpenManage
New
1-100GbE
Multi-Rate
Switches

6. Dell Networking Innovation & Thought Leadership
2011 2012 2013 2014
Data center chassis
bottleneck
 Active Fabric
 Open Automation
Framework
East-west traffic optimization
 MXL/IOA for M1000e
Simplified fabric management
 Active Fabric Manager
Network programmability
 SDN – a choice
In-rack convergence
 S5000/S6000 ToRs
Enterprise mobility
 Modernized campus portfolio
Choice & Open
Networking
 Open Networking
 Z9500 Fabric
Switch
 Active Fabric
Controller
6
NEW!
Active Fabric
Controller
NEW!
Dell Goes All-in on
Software-Defined
Networking at
#VMworld
Dell N-Series
Switches Bring
OpenFlow to
Campus Networks
Dell Unlocks New
Era for Open
Networking
Dell Dives Deeper
into SDN with New
Hardware and
Software
2015
Multi-Rate
Switching
 100GE
Launch
 1-100GE
Refresh
 Unified
Campus

7. Gartner Rate for Dell Networking as “the world’s most
innovative, disruptive & visionary networking vendor”
“Dell has emerged as a top four
player in the data center
networking space measured by
port shipments. It has also been
the most-innovative and most-
disruptive mainstream data
center networking vendor in the
market over the past 12
months.”
Gartner “Vendor Rating: Dell”
April 2015
VisionaryFurthesttotheright
http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/uscorp1/analyst-relations-research-and-reports
#2 in 10G Blade
Switching – FOR
THE FIRST TIME!!
Continuing to beat
Cisco

8. Dell Networking Data Center Strategic Framework
Open Networking: choice & innovation
Disaggregated solutions
for large enterprise & carriers
Integrated solutions
for SMB & mid-market
Management &
Orchestration
Monitoring
Automation &
Programmability
NVO/Controller
software
Plus open ecosystem for
OS and L4-7 services
Merchant
silicon
Standards-based
hardware
Open system
software
Application/Cloud
environment
Other
Dell Networking
Software
Dell M-Series, FN-Series
S-Series, Z-Series
Plus partners
Dell PowerEdge servers
and converged systems
Plus partners
Plus partners

9. Dell Open Networking
Linux, server-like
programmability
Feature-rich L2/L3 Data
Center networking
WAN, MPLS/VPLS
functionality
Feature-rich L2/L3 Campus
networking
Controller-based network
tapping and monitoring
Plug-and-play
branch/SOHO networking
Fabric Switching
In Rack Switching
Distributed Fabric

10. Dell Active Fabric
High performance fabric for The Optimized Enterprise
I/O Diversity (10/25/40/50/100G)Diversity
Improved fabric economics
(Power/Port, Density/RU, 40/100G over 10G cabling)
Economics
SDN-ready devicesAgility
Low device latency and low
oversubscription ratesPerformance
Lossless and Lossy traffic over
single converged fabricConverged
Collapsed Spine
BladeServer
Top-of-Rack
Collapsed
Spine
Dell Active FabricTM
Leaf-Spine

11. Dell Active Fabric Innovations
Innovations to improve fabric economics
TOPOLOGIES
Collapsed Spine
Multi-layer Leaf-Spine
MANAGEMENT
DevOps
Fabric Management
INSTRUMENTATION
Flow Monitoring
Health Monitoring
CONVERGENCE
RDMA over Converged
Ethernet
Fiber Channel over
Ethernet
CONNECTIVITY
Enhanced Optics
Optical Breakouts
UPGRADES
Fast Boot
Bare Metal Provisioning
Active Fabric

12. Award-winning platforms across the data center
Z-Series Core and Fabric S-Series Fabric & ToR M-Series Blades
Automation, SDN & simplified management combine for highest performance
• Purpose-built fabric
switches for modern data
centers
• Integrated automation
and management built in
• Hybrid OpenFlow agent
for SDN environments
• 1/10/40/100GbE & 8G FC
options
• Designed for virtualized &
cloud environments
• Open Networking
enabled on select models
• First 10/40GbE switch for
blade environments
• Local switching for
highest performance
• Support for Dell Active
Fabric™ solutions and
today’s east-west traffic

13. Dell Top of Rack (ToR) Matrix
GE => 10GE
transition
40GE adoption
10GE => multi-rate
(10/25/40/50/100GE)
1GE market is
still dominant
Dell ToR Switch
LAN/SAN
Convergence
Benefits
Z9100-ON
S4048-ON
S3048-ON
S6000-ON
S5000
Investment protection with multi-rate switching
technology. Lower TCO
Compared to S4810: 1. Better performance 2. Lower
power and latency 3. Supports Network Virtualization
Cost-bandwidth-feature optimized 40GE platform for
Top of Rack, Middle of Row and End of Row
Cost-feature optimized 1GE platform
Modular feature-rich LAN/SAN converged platform.
Rich I/O (Fiber Channel, 10G Fiber & Copper)

14. Key Use Cases
Leaf
ToR
Spine
Large Scale 40G
Leaf-Spine Fabric (Web 2.0)
40GbE
Small Scale Data Center in Pay-
As-You-Go Model (Mid Market)
Aggregation
ToR
10/40G
Z-Series Core and
Aggregation
High Performance
Centralized Core (HPC)
10/40G
Z-Series Core and
Aggregation
ToR
Medium Scale 10G
Collapsed Spine Fabric (SaaS)
10G
10GbE Spine
High Performance RoCE Fabric
(Enterprise)
Cache
cluster # 1
10/40G Z-Series or
S-Series
Cache
cluster # 2
Cache
cluster # 3
Cache
cluster # n
End of Row & Middle of Row
(Enterprise)
Z-Series
Z-Series
40G
M1000
with
MXL &
FX2
FNIOA
S-Series
Middle-of-RowEnd-of-Row

15. Dell Solutions enabled by Dell Networking

16. Multi-Rate Switching
(1-100GbE)

17. 25/50/100GbE Ecosystem
Blade
Infrastructure
Rack
Infrastructure
Internet
Networking Fabrics
Campus
Networking
Ecosystem formation in 2015-2016
25/50GbE NICs
Allows 25/50GbE from server to switch
(Mellanox, Qlogic, Broadcom)
Commercial switching silicon
25Gb signaling lanes make 25/50/100GbE
devices possible
Connectivity
Connectors (SFP28, QSFP28), Optics and
Cabling solutions backwards compatible
Compute & Storage
Next generation compute and storage
architectures to enable emerging speeds

18. Ethernet RoadmapEthernet Roadmap

19. Dell Networking Z9100-ON
Next generation fixed-form factor 10/25/40/50/100GbE fabric switch
Dell Networking Z9100-ON
7X
Higher
density per
RU vs Cisco
Nexus 9504*
3X
Higher
density per
RU vs Juniper
QFX10002*
• Dell’s 1st 100GbE multi-rate 1RU fabric
switch
– Multi-rate switching
– 32 ports x 40GbE or 100GbE (QSFP28)
– 128 ports x 10GbE or 25GbE
– 64 ports x 50GbE.
– Additional 2 fixed 1/10 GbE SFP+ ports
– Support for Dell OS9.x & 3rd Party OS
• Built for peak performance
– Cloud/Web2.0 , HPC & Higher Ed, Government &
Enterprise/Campus/DC interconnects
– Optimized for high performance, ultra-low
latency Data Center requirements
• Dell Innovation
– Flexible & multi-rate (1 to 100GbE)
– QSFP28 100G form factor with low power, cost &
space
– Open Networking enabled with ONIE & choice of
3rd Party OS
* Source: Competitive Data Sheets

20. Dell Networking S6100-ON
Innovative multi-expansion module switch for high density cloud environments
Dell Networking S6100-ON
Dell’s 1st multi-expansion module 100GbE 2RU switch
– Fully customizable expansion module switch with 3 modules and 4
bays for optimal flexibility
– 16x40GbE QSFP+ I/O module
– 8x100GbE QSFP28 I/O module
– 4x100GbE CXP and 4x100GbE QSFP28 I/O module
– Both QSFP28 and CXP 100GbE options
– Provides up to 64 ports 40GbE or 32 ports 100GbE
Built for future-ready data centers
– Web 2.0, Enterprise, Mid-Market and Cloud service provider data
center networks where high density 40/100GbE switching, high
performance, and low latency are required for modern workloads.
– Built in virtualization features to scale virtual machine deployment
requiring energy-efficiency solutions.
Dell Innovation
– Flexible & multi-rate (10/25/40/50/100GbE)
– QSFP28 100G form factor with low power, cost & space
– CXP 100GbE ports for connectivity to legacy 100GbE interfaces
– Open Networking enabled with choice of Dell OS9 or 3rd Party OS’s
Modular
configuration vs
fixed on Cisco
Nexus 3264Q
10/25/40/50/100
GbE vs 40G only
on Cisco 3264Q
Investment
Protection
Multi-Rate
Capable

21. Next generation multi-rate switching enabled architectures
Multi-rate connectivity from 1 to 100GbE
across the data center
Enabling future-ready infrastructure with multi-expansion modularity
S6100
100GbE Active Fabric
Multi-rate switching for big data and high
performance workloads
End-to-end 40/100GbE ready infrastructure
• Interconnect existing fabric switches with legacy or
emerging 100GbE for future ready high-performance
backbone
• Customer choice for 40GbE/100GbE, and multi-rate top
of rack to support all server interconnect speeds.
Accelerate Data Center infrastructure
• High speed fabric interconnects up to 100GbE with ultra
low latency.
• Flexible support for multi-rate interfaces across the data
center for high performance/big data deployments.
S4048 S3048S6000
S6100
100GbE 2x50GbE
4x10GbE
40GbE
4x25GbE
25GbE
Breakout
Cable
100GbE QSFP28
Optics
100GbE
(10x10)
Optics
10GbE
Breakout
Cable
40GbE Active
Optical Cable
40GbE QSFP+
Optics
100GbE
(4x25)
Optics
S6100 100GbE
100GbE
(10x10)
Optics

22. C9010 and C1048P systems
Dell Networking C9010
Network Director
Dell Networking C1048P
Rapid Access Node
3x
More 10/40GbE
port density than
Catalyst 6807XL
25%
more ports per
RU than HP
10504
Intelligently designed systems
• Dense multi-rate ready chassis with ½ width line
cards in a compact 8RU (C9010)
• Tool-less mounting standard plus optional
ReadyRails™ (C9010)
• Up to 248 x 10GbE/ 60 x40GbE ports & 4.8Tbps
total throughput (C9010)
• 100GbE ready backplane with unique tool-less
upgrade to full-width line cards* (C9010)
• Up to 4,000 additional 1GbE POE+ capable virtual
ports via the C1048P rapid access node*
THE solution for unified campus and
data center networking
• Leverages existing access and aggregation
investments
• Evolves to simplified, plug-and-play when you’re
ready with C1048P or N-Series systems
*Future capability; 2,000 virtual port support at launch

23. Data Center Physical ConnectivityData Center Physical Connectivity
Interconnects spanning few meters to 1000s km
Z
…
…
TOR
Leaf
Leaf
Leaf
Leaf
EOR
CLUSTER / POD
Spine
Spine
Spine
Spine
Spine
Spine
Spine
Spine
Spine
Spine
Spine
Spine
CORE
BR
BR
BR
BR
EDGE METRO/LH
TOR / EOR To Core Campus Metro/LH
Cables
Cu / AOC
Transceivers
MMF, SMF
Transceivers
SMF
Transceivers
SMF
3m, 5m / 30m 100m, 300-500m 2 – 10km > 10km, up to
1000s of km
TOR

24. 100GbE Optical & Cabling Solutions
QSFP28 – is standardized, lowest cost, lowest power form factor
Use for Data Center switching supporting short and long reach optical solutions
100GbE Standard Transceiver Solutions (Use for uplinks to fabric or DC interconnect)
100GbE SR4 100m Multi Mode
100GbE PSM4 500m/2Km Parallel Single Mode
100GbE CWDM4 2Km Single Mode
100GbE LR4 Lite 2Km Single Mode
100GbE LR4 10Km Single Mode
100GbE Active Optical Cables
100G short reach multimode cable with integrated optics
Use for switch to switch interconnects
100GbE SM4 QSFP28 Optical Module (future)
100GbE over Duplex (Single Pair) Multimode Fiber
Use for ToR to Fabric interconnects
100GbE Cables and Breakout Cables
Copper and fiber breakout cables for 25/50GbE
Use for links to servers and storage

25. Converged Infrastructure
Powered by Dell

26. Architecture Advantage of Converged Switching
• Address more East-West traffic using local switching. Save ports & cost
Architecture applies to both M1000 and FX2

27. Dell MXL/IOA Blade Switch
• 10/40GbE switching in the chassis
• 32 x 10GbE internal ports
• 40GbE uplinks
• FlexIO modules provides flexible “pay
as you grow” capability:
• 10G fiber and copper
• Fiber Channel
• Integrated automation, scripting and
programmatic management
• ~30% lower cost versus the leading
networking competitor
• ~60% lower network latency at
Designed for end-to-end converged networks w/ m1000e chassis
Dell Networking MXL blade switch
~30% Faster VM migration time than Cisco
UCS
~60% Lower network latency than Cisco UCS
30-40%
CapEx
savings

28. Dell FN IO Module for FX System
• Built for the FX2 - simplifies network
deployment, offers cost-effective 10GbE
performance, while enabling and
simplifying LAN/SAN convergence in the
datacenter.
• Simplifying cabling complexity through
server port aggregation (up to 8:1).
• Automatic/Zero-touch mode and Full-
Switch mode
• Reduces CapEx/OpEx for the datacenter
Easy installation and simple network integration for FX
PowerEdge FN IO Module
• Simplify network integration
• Optimized for FX2 performance
• Multiple connectivity options
FX2 System

29. FNIOM Value Proposition
• Simplifies Cable
complexity
• Plug-n-play/Zero-touch
Simple
• Supports customizations
• Supports SFP+, 10G Base-
T, and FC ports
• Supports converged traffic
including LAN, iSCSI, FCoE
Versatile
High Performance
• Supports local Switching
(East-West)
• Supports Stacking up to 6
units
• Advanced Software
Features
• Requires fewer cables
• Requires fewer ToR ports
• Smaller footprint/RU
Lower TCO
FN410S: 4 port GE/10GE SFP+
FN410T: 4 port GE/10GE Base-T
FN2210S: 2 port FC2/4/8G + 2 port GE/10GE SFP+
USB Console
USB Storage
10GbE SFP+
10Gb Base-T
2/4/8G FC (convertible to 10GbE SFP+)

30. FX2 FNIOM Enables Converged Data Center
Example Topologies
TOR
S6000/S4810 S6000/S4810
LAN, iSCSI
TOR
S5000 S5000
LAN, iSCSI, FCoE
FN 410S
FX2 FX2
FN 410S
TOR
S4820 S4820
LAN, iSCSI, FCoE
TOR
S5000 S5000
LAN, iSCSI, FC
FN 410T
FX2 FX2
FN 2210S
NPG/FCFNPG/FCF
FCF FCF
S5000 offers gateway or full fabric services for FCoE
S4820 can be used as ToR for LAN/ISCSI (copper) S5000 offers fabric services connecting to FC storage
S6000/S4810 can be used as ToR for LAN/iSCSI
LAN
Deployment
FCOE
Deployment
LAN Copper
Deployment
FC
Deployment

31. Simplified Web GUI for MIOA and FNIOM
New Embedded Web GUI for FX2 FN IOM and
M1000e MIOA (not MXL)1
Embedded Web GUI offers rich provisioning and
monitoring unlike CMC
Today CMC has limited provisioning and monitoring capabilities such
as VLAN assignment. Embedded GUI offers a lot more functionalities.
• Changing the operational mode of the device
• Enable/Disable ports
• Provisioning TACACS+/RADIUS
• Monitoring health and details status, alerts and activities etc.
2
CMC link-n-launch button for Embedded Web GUI
Expectation is that customer will trigger embedded Web GUI from
CMC to provision features and monitor FN IOM and MIOA
3
CMC
Embedded
Web GUI
Link-n-
launch
button
Embedded
Web GUI
NEW

32. Manageability and
Automation Framework

33. Dell Networking Manageability Overview

34. Dell Networking Open Automation
Dell OS
Web
Server
CLI SNMP OF 1.x BMP
DevOps
Puppet
Scripting: Perl, Python, etc.
Libraries: SQL, SNMP
Unix tools
Element
Managers
app developer
VSN OMIREST
API
Open Flow
Controllers
network admin
Automation
Tools
infrastructure admin
E2E DC
Orchestrators
Active Fabric
Manager
REST
RPC
• OMNM
• OME
• 3rd-party
Web & DevOps
Applications
Delivers feature-rich programming and automation capabilities

35. Summary

36. Deploy your network with confidence
Optimized performance to keep your business running smoothly
Network Deployment
• Optimized configurations
• Efficient integration
• Maximize availability
ProSupport Plus
• Dedicated Technical Account Manager
• Elite ProSupport Plus engineers
• Monthly reporting and recommendations
• System maintenance
• Proactive notification
Experts Insights Ease
• 24,000+ support engineers
• 8,700 certifications
• 20% reduction in hardware issues
• 94% customer satisfaction
• Expert deployment engineers
• Proven processes

37. Why Dell Networking – Open and Innovative
Open Networking First vendor to offer disaggregated networking model
and leading the industry disruption in software defined compute, storage and networking
End-to-End Solutions Leading end-to-end solutions encompassing
best in class servers, storage and networking products with global services and reach
Leading Edge Innovation Rapid execution model with rich product
pipeline and industry first in delivering networking systems with state of art technology
The Power To Do More

38. Thank you