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Cisco Storage

Networking


Compares Cost of 10 Enterprises Migrating from Legacy DAS/SAN to

Cisco MDS Solution

Summary - Payback in 13.2 Months for a 3 year ROI of 499%

- Hard cost savings from the higher utilization rates and lower staffing costs totaled $7,143 annually/TB

- Reduced unplanned downtime from 0.3 hours/month to zero. Reduced planned downtime from 2.6 hours/month to 0.6 hours.

- Companies were able to provision their businesses with more reliable, flexible, storage resources, and reduce the provisioning cost per terabyte by 68%.

Reductions in IT Staff Time Spent on Storage Suport Tasks

0% 20% 40% 60%

Server setup and configuration

Network Troubleshooting and Repair

Storage network setup and config

Capacity Planning

Other storage activity

Storage Management

Backup

49.5%

31.9%

24.5%

22%

18%

7.1%

6%

Source: SAN Implementation Yields ROI for the Enterprise ( IDC Report November 2005)

IDC White Paper – Cisco MDS Saves You Money


Director Market Share: Cisco leads!

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

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CQ3-03

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Source: Dell’Oro Group – August 2006

McDATA 32.9%

Cisco 33.6%Brocade 33.3%


Gartner Magic Quadrant 2005

2004: Cisco Challenges 2005: Cisco Leads!


Platform Overview


MDS 9513MDS 9513

Supervisor Supervisor 1 and 21 and 2

MDS 9000 Modules

Mgmt.

OS

MDS 9120 MDS 9120 and 9140and 9140

MDS 9000

FamilySystems

Industry-Leading Investment Protection Across a Comprehensive Product Line

SSM SSM (Virtualization; (Virtualization;

Intelligent fabric Intelligent fabric Applications)Applications)

IP Storage IP Storage Services – iSCSI Services – iSCSI

and FCIPand FCIP

MDS 9216AMDS 9216A

14-Port, 16-Port, 14-Port, 16-Port, 32-Port 1 & 2 Gb 32-Port 1 & 2 Gb

FCFC

Cisco Fabric Manager

Cisco MDS 9000 Family SAN-OS

MDS 9509MDS 9509

4-Port 4-Port 10Gb FC10Gb FC

12-Port, 24-Port, 12-Port, 24-Port, 48-Port 1, 2 & 48-Port 1, 2 &

4Gb FC4Gb FC

MDS 9000 Family – Platform Overview

MDS 9216iMDS 9216i


Extensible Architecture for Ease of Migration

Switching modules are forward- and backward-compatibleCommon operating system with consistent features

New Switching Modules(1, 2, 4–10 Gb Fibre Channel

12, 24, or 48 4 GbFibre Channel ports

Four to 10 GbFibre Channel ports

Four IP ports

Existing Switching Blades(1–2 Gb Fibre Channel and IP)

14 2 Gb Fibre Channel ports and

two IP ports

16 or 32 2 GbFibre Channel ports

Storage ServicesModule

Eight IP ports

MDS-9500 Series Directors

MDS-9506 MDS-9509 MDS-9513

Now192 ports

Now336 ports

528 ports

Now64 portsNow

64 ports

MDS 9216A MDS 9216i

MDS 9200 Series Switches


Benefits of Larger Directors

• Ultra-Scalable Architecture Up To 528 Ports

Price Per Port Decreases As System Port Density IncreasesRedundant 2.2 TB Cross Bar BandwidthAdvanced, Integrated Feature Set And Management Tools Make MDS 9000 Ideal For Storage/SAN Consolidation

• Integrated MultiProtocol, MultiTransport

2-Gbps, 4-Gbps And 10-Gbps In Single PlatformSupport For FICON, FC, FCIP, ISCSIIdeal Platform For Business Continuance

• Intelligent Services Platform

Network-hosted Volume ManagementNetwork Accelerated Backup And Replication Data Migration

Scalable SAN Provides Savings Beyond The Network

Large Storage And Server Pools Drive High Storage ServerUtilization, But Require Large Fabrics That Are Typically Limited By Maximum Qualified Domains Per Fabric


MDS 4Gb Fibre Channel Blades

12-Port Module Line-rate 4Gbps performance for ISLs and highest performance server and tape applications

24-Port FC Module Line-rate 2Gbps performance for enterprise storage connect and high performance server applications

48-Port FC Module Shared Bandwidth 4Gbps performance for mainstream server applications

4-Port 10Gbps FC Module Line-rate 10Gbps performance for ISL consolidation and high bandwidth Metro connect

1 Gbps 2 Gbps 4 Gbps

10 Gbps

DS-X911212-Port

1:1 1:1 1:1 NA

DS-X912424-Port

1:1 1:1 2:1 NA

DS-X914848-Port

1:1 2:1 4:1 NA

DS-X97044-Port

NA NA NA 1:1

Maximum subscription ratio with all ports active


MDS 9216i – Multilayer Fabric Switch

FCIP, iSCSI capable fabric switch– 14 FC ports + 2 IP ports

– Expansion slot for MDS 9000 Family modules

Optimized for SAN extension– FCIP enhancements

• Compression – b/w optimized

• Encryption – IPsec

• FCIP Write and Tape Acceleration

– FC over DWDM/CWDM/SONET/SDH enhancements

• Extended distance capability

• 255 buffer credits per FC port

• Up to 3500 buffer credits on a single FC port

Low cost SANs via iSCSI– IP ports support both iSCSI and FCIP

– Line rate performance for server aggregation


Intelligent Network Services

Cisco MDS 9000Family with VSAN Service


Virtual SANs (VSANs) offers the ability to consolidate multiple SAN Islands onto a single host director as virtual fabrics (VSANs), where each VSAN is completed isolated with independent set of fabric services, quality of service (QoS), security, and management functions

Cisco MDS 9000Family with VSAN Service

Physical SAN islands are virtualized onto

common SAN infrastructure

Virtual SANs (VSANs) Technology Deliver Security and Scalability

Analogous To VLANs In Ethernet

Leverage VSANs In Replacement For Multiple Separate Physical Fabrics

Use Very High Port-Density Directors To Minimize Number Of Switches Required

Perfectly Position Your Company to Consolidate the Storage Environment to Launch an ILM Strategy


Inter-VSAN Routing Routed Connectivity

HRSAN

SalesSAN

Common Physical Fabric

MarketingSAN

Potentially separate Administrators per SAN

SAN Extension Services

IPorFC

HRSAN

SalesSAN

Common Physical Fabric

MarketingSAN

TapeSAN

MS

MS

MSMS

Tape Media Server

Sharing a common resource such as tape

Production & DRinterconnect without

merging fabrics


Intelligent SAN Security

Secure SAN ManagementVia Role-based Access

64 Customizable Roles

Roles Apply To Command-line Interface (CLI), SNMP, AndWeb Access

Full Accounting Support

Secure-management Protocols, Including Secure Shell, SFTP, And Snmpv3

Secure Switch-control Protocols, LeveragingIPsec ESP To Yield FC-SP

Port And Worldwide Name (WWN) Zoning

Full RADIUS Support For Switch And ISCSI Host Authentication

Device-/SAN-management security

via SSH, SFTP, SNMPv3, and user roles

SAN protocol security(FC-SP)

VSANs providesecure

isolation

iSCSI-attachedservers

Hardware-basedzoning via port

and WWN

RADIUS serverfor iSCSI

authentication

Shared physical storage


Business Continuity and DR Solutions


MDS IP Services Blades – 8 Port and 14/2 Port

Supported In All MDS 9500/9216x Series Platforms

Interfaces:Eight Ethernet Ports

Minimum Of One To Maximum Of Eight On The IP-only Models

14 Fibre Channel And Two IP Ports

Tri-mode SFP/LC Optical Interfaces, Supporting 1–2 Gb Fibre Channel And 1 Gigabit Ethernet

Protocol SupportISCSI Gateway – ISCSI Attached Servers To FC SAN Attached

Storage

FCIP— SAN Extension Over IP WAN For BC/DR Project

FCIP Support Requires Purchase Of A SAN Extension License

ISCSI And FCIP On Each Blade Concurrently— Software Configurable

Eight-portIP Services Blade

Eight-portIP Services Blade

14 Fibre Channelports and two IP ports

14 Fibre Channelports and two IP ports


Intelligent Storage Services


MDS 9000 Storage Services Module

Storage

Services Module

• High performance virtualization engine

• Flexible architecture

• SSM Features

• 32 x 2Gbps FC ports

• FC Write Acceleration

• Network-assisted backup

• SANTap functionality

• Kashya Application hosting

• NASB


MDS Supports Intelligent Fabric Applications

Standard FC protocolsSANTap ProtocolFAIS-based API (T11)

Network-AcceleratedNetwork-AssistedNetwork-Hosted

Serverless Backup, FC Write Acceleration

Async. Replication, CDPVolume Mgmt, Data Migration, Copy Services

MDS 9000 SSM 32P Module

Supported On All MDS-9500 And MDS 9216 Platforms

Supports Multiple 3rd Party Fabric Applications and Appliance Solutions

Supports Cisco Network Assisted BU

SAN Tap Solutions Requires Software Solutions Enabler (SSE) License

MDS 9000 32Port SSM Module


“Network-Assisted” Storage Applications: Backup

SAN

MediaServers Application

Servers

DiskTape

MediaServers

ApplicationServers

DiskTape

Customer Benefit Benefit Description

Lower TCO Offload I/O and CPU work from Media Servers to SSM

Reduce server admin & mgmt tasks

Higher Performance & Reliability Each SSM delivers up to 16 Gbps throughput

SSM integrated in a HA MDS platform

Investment Protection No changes to existing backup environment SSM Data Movement can be enabled w/ software

Instead of Media Servers,MDS (w/ SSM) Moves DataFrom Disk to Tape

Backup - Today “Network-Assisted” Backup

SSM


Network-Accelerated Backup

Offloads I/O And CPU Work From Media Servers To SSM Module Requires No Changes To Existing Backup Environment Reduces Server Administration And Management Tasks Each SSM Delivers Up To 16 Gb/S Throughput SSM Data Movements Can Be Enabled Through Software

Application servers

Media servers

StorageTape

Backup Today

Application servers

Media servers

StorageTape

SSM

Network-Accelerated Backup


NASB Summary and Development Partners

Lower TCO By Dramatically Decreasing The Number Of Media Servers

Integration With Existing Backup Software

Increased Performance Over Traditional Backup Methods Allowing Data Centers To Meet Backup Window Requirements

Integration With Other Performance Enhancing Technologies Such As VSANs, Tape And Write Acceleration, And The Robust Bandwidth Of The MDS Platform.


Management Overview


Cisco MDS Fabric Manager SuiteSimplified Management

Cisco Fabric Manager: GUI-based device configuration and fabric management

Cisco Protocol Analyzer (uses Ethereal):

Frame level analysis

Fibre Channel and SCSI decoders

Cisco Device Manager: Detailed real-time statistics

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Cisco Fabric Manager Server:Performance trending and analysis

Fibre Channel network performance analysis

SCSI statistics LUN, VSAN, protocol …


MDS Fabric Manager

Switch-embedded, Java-based application

Discovery and topology mapping

Multiple views:

Fabric View

Summary View

Physical View

Configuration

Monitoring and alerts

Network diagnostics

Security:

SNMPv3

SSH

RBAC

Simplifies Management of Multiple Switches and Fabrics


Advanced Diagnostic & Troubleshooting Tools

SPAN Provides The Ability To Intelligently Capture Traffic From Any Port and Send to Another Port

Cisco Fabric Analyzer Decode And Analyze Fibre Channel And SCSI Protocols And Send To Workstation Over IP

FC Traceroute Check Reachability & Logs Timestamps Of Each Hop

FC Ping

Full IOS-like Debugging

SPAN

Benefits – Instant Resolution Of Faults And Reduction In Down Time


Summary

Lower Total Cost Of Ownership

Simplified Management

Compliance With Data Management Regulations

IT Infrastructure Growth Without Business Interruption

GREATER VALUE

Proven Solutions ThatReduce Risk And TCOProven Solutions ThatReduce Risk And TCO

Cisco Datacenter Vision Consolidate, Virtualize, and Automate

Multi Protocol Support With Flexible Hardware Architecture

Layers of Network and Storage Intelligence

Open Platform for Future Intelligence

Long Term Leadership

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