The Future of Networking is OpenChanging the industry and encouraging innovation

John WroblewskiEnterprise Technologist - Networking

Powerful disruptors to “networking as usual”

Bandwidth needs continue to grow

Evolving workloads create east-westtraffic jams

Organizations are planning for software-defined networks

Multiple vendors’ chipsetsnow exceed proprietarydesigns

Networking functionalityis increasing in Linux

More devicesmeans more risk

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Virtualization BYOD , Mobility

Merchant Silicon Virtualization of Networks OpenFlow

Convergence

Then: Compute paradigm shiftThe disaggregated server model changed the landscape

Mainframe model X86 servers model

Proprietary CPUs(e.g., SPARC, PA-RISC, Alpha)

Proprietary OS (e.g., Solaris, HP-UX, Ultrix)

Limited apps

Proprietary architectures & mgmt tools

Application ecosystem

Orchestration/automation for distributed computing

Industry standard (X86 CPU)

Standard OS—hypervisors

Digital

Sun

HP | UX

IBM

Dell

HP

VMware | Windows Server System | RedHat Linux | Suse

Intel | AMD

Now: Networking paradigm shift

Traditional networking

Future of networking

Proprietary ASICs

Proprietary networking OS (e.g., Cisco IOS, Juniper OS)

Hundreds of protocols

Proprietary architectures & mgmt tools

Optional 3rd party SDN/NVO controller

Standard orchestration & automation tools

Any networking OS

Open standard hardware

Merchant silicon

Diverging paths for the data center

Any application

SDDC Platformdata center

virtualization

Any x86

Any storage

Any IP network

or

Software-defined

data center (SDDC) with

open networks

Cisco Hardware-defined

data center (HDDC) with proprietary

solutionsAny application

HDDC platform

Integrated x86

Integrated storage

Vendor- specific network

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• Slow innovation tied to HW cycles

• Locks you in to proprietary hardware-based solution

• Unproven approach

• Requires forklift upgrade of networking infrastructure

• Rapid innovation

• Open & Flexible: can run on any infrastructure

• Proven approach: Web/Cloud providers have been using this & extending to others

• Non-disruptive insertion into data center

Helping customers to: Enter the open networking era with best-of-breed

solutions Simplify network management, orchestration and

automation Leverage open-source, standards-based tools and

expertise

• Speed innovation through standards-based platforms

• Drive a new open ecosystem for all

• Offer best-of-breed solutions backed by global support

• Serve customers’ unique business needs

Open networking vision

Enterprise advantagesIndustry imperatives

Speed innovation through standards-based platforms

Drive a new open ecosystem for all

Serve customers’ unique business needs

Offer best-of-breed solutions backed by global support

Enter the open networking era with best-of-breed solutions

Simplify network management, orchestration and automation

Leverage open-source, standards-based tools and expertise

• Closed management stack

• Limited interoperability• Lock-in penalty

New proprietary solutions

• Complex and monolithic

• High cost-per-transaction

• Proprietary to one vendor

Legacy systems• Hardware with no value

added• Technology transition issues• Limited vendor support

Commodity systems

A scalable, end-to-end approach that delivers:

The Optimized Enterprise

• Rapid time to value• Superior ease of use• Unrivaled flexibility to

adapt

An approach that leads to better resultsEmpowering your agenda

Increasing operating

costs

Decreasing operating

costs

Decreasing

acquisition costs

Increasing acquisition

costs

Initial

costs

Ongoing

costs

Initial

costs

Ongoing

costs

Initial

costs

Ongoing

costs

Initial

costs

Ongoing

costs

Open Networking delivers choice Toward a software-defined data center

NVO with VMware & MicrosoftOpen Stack - SDN and NFV

Open Networking

Open automationTCL, Perl & Python scripting

REST-API, XML, OMI, Puppet, Chef

Programmable solutions

Overlay solutions

Open SDN controllers open standards, open source

open protocol: Open Flow

Software- defined networks

Controller solutions

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Unlocking networking in the optimized enterprise

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2011 2012 2013 2014Data center chassis bottleneck

Active Fabric Open Automation

Framework

East-west traffic optimization

MXL/IOA for M1000eSimplified 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

Software

Hardware

VirtualMachines

VirtualNetworks

VirtualStorage

Dell ComputeCapacity

Dell NetworkCapacity

Dell StorageCapacity

Applications

Location Independence

Data Center Virtualization

Automated Operational Model

Dell has beenselling switches since 2002

Controllers & Access Points

Outdoor

Indoor

Guest access

and BYOD

W-series ClearPass

Blade I/O

M8428-k

Z9000E600i/E1200i

M6220 M6348 M8024-k MXL

Campus & Data Center Chassis Switches

Instant access

Points w/ built-in

controller

S4810 / 20T

Dell Networking product portfolio

Wireless & BYOD

S5000 S6000

Fabric & Access Switches

C7004/7008

1G 10GbE

10GbE/FC

10/40GbE & FC

1G 10GbE

10GbE/FC

10/40GbE

S55/S60

N2000

N3000

N4000

Core Fabric Switches

Z9500

IOA

Scalable reference designsCampus networking Data center

networking

Z-Series Core and Fabric

S-Series Fabric & ToR

M-Series Blades

Award-winning platforms across the data centerAutomation, 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

• 1/10/40GbE & 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

Modern campus solutions for a modern enterpriseUnlock the network and empower productivity your way

WirelessW-Series

Ultimate mobility

Wireless access utilizing 802.11ac gigabit wireless for unprecedented performance and scale

802.11ac wireless

AccessN-Series

Ultimateefficiency

Energy-efficient 1/10GbE switches designed for modernizing and scaling campus networks

1/10GbE switches

ChassisC-Series

Ultimateversatility

Fully redundant, fully modular 1/10/40GbE switching system for high availability and resiliency

Space-optimized

chassis Scalable

Simple

Flexible

Up to 30% more performance*

TCO lowered by up to 60%**

*compared to Cisco Catalyst 6500-E series** www.miercom.com/2013//05/dell-networking-7000-8100-switch-series/

Familiar tools andpractices for easierdeployment &management

Dell enables the Open Networking EcosystemLeverage open, innovative and best-of-breed solutions

Optional 3rd party SDN/ NVO solutions

Standard orchestration & automation tools

Any networking OS

Open standard hardware

Merchant silicon

Others

Others

Others

OrchestrationAutomation Monitoring

Others

Dell World 2014

Thank you

The forces of cloud, big data, mobile and security are changing the way people live, businesses operate and the world works, just as the PC did. Now it’s time to do what Dell does best—make these innovations simpler, more affordable and more accessible…

Michael DellSeptember 2013

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