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Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Software-Defined InfrastructureEasily deploy software-defined infrastructure solutions that deliver confidence, performance and efficiency

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Overcome the limitations of traditional infrastructure 2

Are you facing any of these challenges? 3

Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Software-Defined Infrastructure 3Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes 4Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Virtualization 4Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes 5Dell EMC ScaleIO Ready Nodes 5

Enabling technologies 6

Why Dell EMC? 7Customer successes 7

Services and financing 8

Leverage software-defined infrastructure sooner than you think 9

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Overcome the limitations of traditional infrastructureEnterprises are dealing with more data than ever, and traditional infrastructure no longer provides the reliability, performance and efficiency that enterprise workloads require This reality is challenging IT to adopt simpler and more streamlined and cost-effective approaches, such as software-defined infrastructure (SDI) SDI enables enterprises to enjoy the power and efficiency of IT as a service by separating hardware and software and focusing on extensive automation and orchestration This allows IT to supply the business with scalable, agile resources for cloud- and web-based services and native cloud workloads

One of the biggest misconceptions about the software-defined paradigm is that the hardware doesn’t matter But both software performance and infrastructure efficiency depend heavily on the performance and reliability of the underlying hardware And not all hardware is created equal You need a partner you can trust to deliver reliable infrastructure in easily purchased and deployed building blocks that can deliver the performance required to keep pace with data growth

Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Software-Defined Infrastructure fit within your existing infrastructure and provide enhanced performance and enterprise-grade, no-compromise reliability in validated, configured and supported building blocks that are quick and easy to deploy

ConfidencePurpose-designed and preconfigured Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Software-Defined Infrastructure are specifically tailored to application requirements to help reduce deployment errors Trusted and proven Dell EMC PowerEdge servers offer many features that help protect uptime, and you’ll enjoy global support from a single vendor — Dell EMC — providing streamlined, collaborative support from the first call

Performance and efficiencyDell EMC Ready Solutions for Software-Defined Infrastructure are the perfect building blocks to achieve unprecedented performance with unmatched flexibility to grow and adapt to ever-changing business needs Certified components have been tuned and rigorously validated to optimize the performance of the target application They are based on next-generation Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, and built with design flexibility that caters to various business and technical requirements

Ease of deploymentDell EMC Ready Solutions for Software-Defined Infrastructure building blocks enable fast deployment with factory-installed, tested configurations for a range of needs Flexible choices and design guidance help eliminate guesswork and reduce the time it takes to procure, validate and integrate components Based on business requirements and customer preferences, Dell EMC sales teams and channel partners can quickly create a tailored — yet validated — solution that includes hardware, software and services

Confidence

Performance and efficiency

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Are you facing any of these challenges?“We can’t afford any downtime. We need solutions that are reliable and resilient.”When it comes to designing software-defined infrastructure, the hardware matters The wrong server configuration, incorrect settings or incompatible firmware can result in failures or data loss Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Software-Defined Infrastructure take the guesswork out of SDI These preconfigured building blocks are specifically designed, tested and certified for the demands of the software they’re running You also benefit from the peace of mind of having a single trusted source for installation, implementation and global support

“We need to be sure we’re getting optimum performance for our investment.”As IT demands accelerate, optimizing return on investment (ROI) requires solutions that deliver an optimized price/performance ratio while also simplifying IT Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Software-Defined Infrastructure include just the right amount of CPU, memory, network input/output (I/O) controllers and HDDs and SSDs that are well-suited to run the target workload Based on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers, they deliver the compute power and storage density to reduce bottlenecks and improve performance And once they are deployed, administrative work is reduced by fewer interfaces, fewer steps to complete tasks and reduced need for specialized knowledge

“It takes too long to plan and deploy software-defined infrastructure.”The current model of delivering IT services involves time-consuming design, procurement and deployment cycles IT typically has to make multiple complex design decisions, validate the various components, set up and configure the infrastructure, and manage the environment using multiple vendors Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Software-Defined Infrastructure are incredibly easy to order, making adoption very convenient Validated building blocks speed design and quoting while standardized deployment services further accelerate time to production Flexible design choices and configuration guidance vastly reduce the time it takes to quickly adopt or scale solutions as needed

Dell EMC Ready Solutions for Software-Defined InfrastructureDell EMC Ready SystemsDell EMC Ready Systems are rack-scale converged or hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) — including servers, data storage devices, networking functions, virtualization and management software — in configurations that have been tested and validated for specific applications, use cases or workloads

Dell EMC Ready BundlesDell EMC Ready Bundles are tested and validated multicomponent bundles — with servers, storage, networking, software and services — in optimized configurations for an application, workload or use case

Dell EMC Ready NodesDell EMC Ready Nodes are building blocks designed for you to start or scale workload-specific deployments These tested and validated solutions are built on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers configured for specific applications

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Dell EMC vSAN Ready NodesReduce project risk with a VMware vSAN building block that’s fast and easy to scaleDell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are built on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers that have been configured, tested and certified to run VMware vSAN™ Each includes just the right amount of CPU, memory, network I/O controllers, HDDs and SSDs well-suited for workloads on vSAN

Reduce riskJointly validated solutions come in tested, certified server configurations for accelerating vSAN deployment Dell EMC and VMware® have collaborated on vSAN for more than four years, putting the technology through thousands of hours of testing

Improve storage efficiencyReduce capital expense (CAPEX) with grow-as-you-go, on-demand, granular scaling of compute and storage that delivers predictable performance and costs Decrease operating expense (OPEX) by reducing the time and effort it takes to deploy compute and storage infrastructure

Scale quicklyTo scale up, simply add drives and/or flash devices for increased performance and capacity To scale out, just add more hosts

Dell EMC Ready Bundle for VirtualizationValidated solution provides new levels of flexibility, confidence and deployment speedThe Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Virtualization provides a scalable, validated, highly available and supported infrastructure with built-in monitoring for a general-purpose virtualized infrastructure Built with design flexibility that caters to various business and technical requirements, the Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Virtualization is designed to maintain required performance, and in accordance with the best practices and recommendations for virtualizing enterprise applications

FlexibilityProvides flexibility in form factors, technologies and building blocks for virtualization With thousands of configuration combinations to choose from, you can create a design based on very specific needs

ConfidenceRigorous validation by Dell EMC engineers eliminates the guesswork by providing recommended configurations specifically tailored for individual needs You get a single point of support including hardware and software through Dell EMC ProSupport Plus, which resolves issues faster and reduces the risk of severe issues and outages

Deployment speedBy offering flexible design choices and guidance on choosing the right components, the Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Virtualization helps take the guesswork out of solution design and reduces the time it takes to procure, validate and integrate components

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Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready NodesSoftware-defined storage building blocks provide confidence, convenience and customer supportTo keep up with data storage requirements, IT is challenged to find new storage solutions that are simpler and more streamlined and cost-effective than traditional approaches Microsoft is answering this need with Microsoft® Storage Spaces Direct, which allows you to use industry-standard Dell EMC PowerEdge servers with local-attached drives to create highly available, highly scalable storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional storage arrays

ConfidenceSolutions with certified components are configured, tuned and optimized to run Storage Spaces Direct They have been validated and tested, and are delivered with the complex steps completed and tested in a known-good configuration, including hardware compatibility list lookup and driver downloads

ConvenienceDell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes are incredibly convenient to procure and deploy Dell EMC tests beyond Microsoft Windows Server® Software-Defined (WSSD) certification requirements so you get a high-quality offering that minimizes downtime

Customer supportIn a virtualized environment, it can be hard to determine if the source of an issue is related to hardware or software With Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes, you don’t have to worry about that because Dell EMC supports the entire solution

Dell EMC ScaleIO Ready NodesSoftware-defined storage building blocks that are reliable, quick and easy to deployDell EMC’s ScaleIO software converges storage and compute resources into a single-layer architecture with the massive scalability, linear performance gains and resilience enterprises require But its performance relies on the underlying hardware Dell EMC ScaleIO Ready Nodes provide a building block for scale-out software-defined storage or hyper-converged infrastructure Both options fit within existing infrastructure and provide massive scalability with linear performance gains and enterprise-grade, no-compromise resilience, in a validated, configured and supported solution that’s quick and easy to deploy

Optimized for ScaleIODell EMC ScaleIO Ready Nodes deliver the benefits of ScaleIO software on an optimized building block to achieve unprecedented scale, elasticity and performance with unmatched flexibility to grow and adapt to ever-changing business needs

Enterprise-grade, no-compromise resilienceDesigned for extensive fault tolerance and availability, Dell EMC ScaleIO Ready Nodes leverage Dell EMC PowerEdge server automation and high-availability features

Quick and easy to deployDell EMC ScaleIO Ready Nodes are configured, validated, tested, tuned and optimized to run ScaleIO They are specifically designed to simplify deployment and ease scaling projects

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Enabling technologiesDell EMC PowerEdge 14G serversThe next generation of PowerEdge servers is set to accelerate key workloads Dell EMC PowerEdge 14G servers are engineered to deliver unmatched performance and versatile configurations to meet the demands of the business Flash storage, the latest processors, greater memory bandwidth and flexible local storage make Dell EMC PowerEdge servers a foundational choice for SDI

Dell EMC StorageFrom high-performance, all-flash arrays to hybrid flash and scale-out NAS storage, Dell EMC Storage solutions help you efficiently store, protect and manage information, so you can do more, move faster and perform better

Dell EMC NetworkingBased on open standards, future-ready Dell EMC Networking solutions help you improve network performance, lower networking costs and remain flexible to adopt new innovations Take control of your network and learn how Dell EMC’s strategy for open networking can dramatically transform the business

VMware vSANVMware vSAN delivers high-performance, flash-optimized hyper-converged storage for any application — at a fraction of the cost of traditional, purpose-built storage and other less efficient hyper-converged solutions 1

VMware vSphereThe industry-leading virtualization software, VMware vSphere® fuels digital transformation by delivering a simplified experience, built-in security and a universal application

Microsoft Storage Spaces DirectPart of Windows Server, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct uses the server’s local attached drives to create highly available, highly scalable storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional arrays

Dell EMC ScaleIODell EMC ScaleIO software converges storage and compute resources into a single-layer architecture, aggregating capacity and performance with simplified management, capable of scaling from three nodes to thousands

1 HCI powered by vSAN can lower total cost of ownership up to 50% due to hardware choice, server-side economics, and affordable flash “Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Powered by vSAN ”

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3 IDC WW Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker, Q1 2017, June 2017, Vendor Revenue

4 IDC WW Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, September 2017, Vendor Revenue — EMC Q2 2017

5 Dell EMC Annual Report, 2015

6 IDC WW Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker, April 2017, Vendor Revenue — EMC Q4 2016

7 IDC WW Virtual Machine and Cloud System Market Shares 2016, July 2017

8 Dell EMC Pulse, “Gartner Recognizes EMC as a Leader in the 2016 Data Center Backup and Recovery Software Magic Quadrant,” June 2016

9 IDC WW Semiannual Software Tracker, 2H2016, April 2017

10 Dell EMC case study: “A Simple Way to Boost Performance and Productivity,” December 2016

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12 IDC white paper, “Business Value of VxRack and ScaleIO,” September 2016

13 StorageReview Enterprise Lab, “EMC VxRack Node Powered by ScaleIO Review,” February 2016

Why Dell EMC?The combination of Dell and EMC brings together two industry-leading companies with strong reputations for value and innovation Dell EMC holds leadership positions in some of the biggest and largest-growth categories in the IT infrastructure business, and that means you can confidently source your IT needs from one provider — Dell EMC

• #1 in hyper-converged infrastructure2

• #1 converged infrastructure3

• #1 in traditional and all-flash storage4

• #1 virtualized data center infrastructure5

• #1 cloud IT infrastructure6

• #1 server virtualization and cloud systems management software (VMware)7

• #1 in data protection8

• #1 in software-defined storage9

Customer successesDell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes1

• First native HCI security reduces risk• 50% less for site protection improves storage efficiency• 50% higher flash performance enables quick scaling

Dell EMC Ready Bundle for Virtualization10

• 90% faster server calculations• 67% faster storage operations• 1 5 hours to ready-for-use virtual servers boosts productivity

Dell EMC Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct Ready Nodes11

• 150,000+ mixed 4K random IOPS per server with consistent, low latency• Up to 1 petabyte of storage per cluster with scalability up to 16 servers and over

400 drives

Dell EMC ScaleIO Ready Nodes12

• 505% five-year ROI• 8 months to payback• 50% lower five-year cost of operations• 83% faster storage deployments• 96% reduced unplanned downtime

• 32% faster application development lifecycle

“We’ve never seen any HA [high availability] shared storage perform as fast as ScaleIO has in our lab ScaleIO has shattered records in every situation so far, pushing our testing infrastructure to its limits ”13

— StorageReview Enterprise Lab

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Services and financingDell EMC “Try and Buy” programsDell EMC offers a variety of programs that allow you to try solutions and products in your own environment These programs streamline decision-making and reduce the risk associated with new technology investments

Dell EMC Customer Solution CentersExperience Dell EMC solutions in our global network of 21 dedicated facilities The Dell EMC Customer Solution Centers are trusted environments where world-class IT experts collaborate with you to share best practices, and facilitate in-depth discussions of effective business strategies using briefings, workshops or proofs-of-concept to help you become more successful and competitive Dell EMC Customer Solution Centers reduce the risk associated with new technology investments and can help improve speed of implementation

Solutions customized for your needsLeverage on-site integration or application implementation with Dell EMC Professional Services

Deployment assistance when you need itYou can trust Dell EMC to deploy the racked configuration in your data center, including network cabling, operating system, firmware and hypervisor with Dell EMC ProDeploy

Support is always on for youEnjoy unlimited access to 24x7 chat, email and phone support services with how-to assistance and disaster recovery from Dell EMC ProSupport

All-flash deployment and supportDell EMC Services helps you optimize returns from VMAX All-Flash technology by providing an optimally deployed and supported solution that delivers a trusted mission-critical architecture to deliver on business and technical needs VMAX Services include planning and design, implementation and installation, data migration and support

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