Brocade SAN Solutions Cookbook

A Technical Sales Guide for Hitachi Data Systems Global Sales, Systems Engineers and Channel Partners Brocade SAN Solutions Cookbook April 30 2014

Table Of Contents 8510 Backbone and 6520/6510/6505 Switch Features Slide 3 Fabric Vision Slide 10 Solutions: Hitachi NAS / All Flash StorageSlides 12-14 10 Gbps iSCSI Slides 15-16 Cloud Optimized SolutionsSlides 17-19 SAP Enabled SolutionsSlides 20-22 Microsoft SolutionsSlides 23-26 New Disk Footprint RecipesSlides 27-30 SAN Consolidation RecipesSlides 31-36 Business Continuity and Data Resilience Recipes Slides 37-56 Compliance RecipesSlides 57-59 External Volume Management RecipeSlides 60-61 FICON RecipesSlides 62-65 FCIP Extension RecipesSlides 66-71 Data Center Bridging (DCB)/ Fibre Channel over Ethernet Slides 72-75

8510 Backbone and 6510/6505 Switch Features

Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone family The Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone uses only 0.2 watts per Gbps at its maximum 16 Gbps 384-port configuration. The Brocade DCX 8510-4 uses only 0.3 watts per Gbps at its maximum 16 Gbps 192-port configuration. Both are more efficient than their predecessors and are up to 15 to 16 times more efficient than competitive products. Optical Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) enable scalable core-edge and active-active mesh chassis topologies. Up to ten chassis are supported in a core-edge configuration, and nine chassis in a full mesh configuration. New QSFP optics provide ICL support of 50 m between Backbone chassis. The Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone leverages a highly flexible multiprotocol architecture, supporting Fibre Channel, Fibre Connectivity (IBM “FICON”), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), and IP over Fibre Channel (IPFC) 8,192 buffer-to-buffer credits per 16-port group on 32-port blades, and per 24-port group on 48-port blades Integrated 10 Gbps Fibre Channel speed for seamless integration with dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) metro networking Integrated in-flight compression for link optimization integrated in-flight encryption for link security Diagnostic Ports are a new port type that enables administrators to quickly identify and isolate optics and cable problems, reducing fabric deployment and diagnostic times Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP) allows organizations to eliminate fabric reconfiguration when adding or replacing servers through the virtualization of host World Wide Names Brocade DCX 8510-8 8-slot chassis Brocade DCX 8510-4 4-slot chassis

DCX8510 CORE to EDGE FABRIC Edge Core Value Proposition: The DCX8510 with FOS 7.0.1 supports up to 10 chassis in core to edge (CE) configuration for extremely high port count core fabrics. CE designs have dominated Storage Area Network (SAN) architecture for many reasons, including the fact that they are well tested, well balanced, and economical. This example shows how a customer could deploy two Brocade DCX 8510s at the core and six at the edge for a highly scalable, cost-effective topology. In most environments, servers are attached to the edge chassis, with storage being attached to the core. By connecting each edge chassis to each core, all hosts/targets are separated by a maximum of one hop, regardless of where they are attached to the Brocade DCX 8510s. (A variety of different CE designs can be implemented, with varying ratios of core versus edge chassis being used to meet the needs of any environment.) ICL POD kits and Enterprise ICL license (When 5 or more DCX8510 are interconnected) are required for each chassis. ICL POD kits are required for each chassis and Enterprise ICL license is required for each chassis when 5 or more chassis are interconnected.

DCX8510 FULL MESH CORE FABRIC DCX8510 #1 DCX8510 #2 DCX8510 #1 DCX8510 #9 DCX8510 #2 DCX8510 #8 DCX8510 #3 …… DCX8510 #4 Each of the above ICL connections provides 64 Gbps of bandwidth through the QSFP optics, resulting in 256 Gbps bandwidth between every chassis in the mesh DCX8510 #7 DCX8510 #5 DCX8510 #6 Value Proposition: The DCX8510 with FOS 7.0.1 and above supports up to 9 chassis in a full mesh configuration for extremely high port count core fabrics. The optical ICL capability in the DCX8510 supports distances up to 50 meters between chassis. In a 9 switch core, every chassis has redundant connections from each CR blade to every other chassis and CR blades, creating a highly redundant and resilient fabric while allowing customers to use every single FC port for host and server connections. Using FC16-48 port blades, there will be 3456 customer usable ports in this configuration. ICL POD kits are required for each chassis and Enterprise ICL license is required for each chassis when 5 or more chassis are interconnected.

Brocade 6520 Switch Base Switch (with 48-ports active) 2x24 Ports On Demand Unmatched Scalability Highest port density and performance in 2U rack unit at a cost-effective price point Supports growth and enables maximum consolidation 96x 16G Gbps FC front end ports that support 2G/4G/8G/10G/16G speeds 48-port base switch with two 24-port Ports-On-Demand (POD) licenses Unmatched Simplicity EZ Switch setup for zero-touch provisioning Supports Brocade’s datacenter infrastructure monitoring and diagnostic tools Flexibility, Investment Protection Flesible bandwidth options of 16/10/8/4/2 Gbps Reversible airflow options On-demand port upgrades via licensing Optimized for SAN Cloud Application Infrastructure Dual power supplies, redundant fans

Brocade 6510 switch Delivers 16 Gbps performance with up to 48 ports in an energy-efficient, 1U form factor, providing maximum flexibility for diverse deployment and cooling strategies Features Ports on Demand capabilities for fast, easy, and cost-effective scaling from 24 to 48 ports in 12-port increments Offers best-in-class port density and scalability for midrange enterprise SAN switches, along with redundant, hot-pluggable components and non-disruptive software upgrades 8,192 dynamically allocated frame buffer-to-buffer credits Integrated 10 Gbps Fibre Channel speed for seamless integration with dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) metro networking Integrated in-flight compression for link optimization integrated in-flight encryption for link security Diagnostic Ports are a new port type that enables administrators to quickly identify and isolate optics and cable problems, reducing fabric deployment and diagnostic times Dynamic Fabric Provisioning (DFP) allows organizations to eliminate fabric reconfiguration when adding or replacing servers through the virtualization of host World Wide Names Brocade 6510 switch

Brocade 6505 16 GbpsFibre Channel Switch Servers Brocade 6505 Hitachi Universal Storage Hitachi Universal Storage Value Proposition: Entry level Brocade 6505 Fibre Channel switches provide a base of 12 ports, with an additional 12 ports available with POD upgrade for 24 ports at 16 gig speeds. The new Condor3 ASIC also provides advanced functionality including D_Port (supported with 16G SFP+), VC level credit recovery, APM, E-port, and Top Talkers. The 6505 also supports an optional hot swappable redundant power supply. As an entry level switch, there is no support for in-flight Encryption/Compression, 10G, or Integrated Routing.

Fabric Vision Technology Brocade Fabric Vision technology, an extension of Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel, provides a breakthrough hardware and software solution that maximizes uptime, simplifies SAN management, and provides unprecedented visibility and insight across the storage network. Offering innovative diagnostic, monitoring, and management capabilities, Fabric Vision technology helps administrators avoid problems, maximize application performance, and reduce operational costs. Fabric Vision technology includes: Flow Vision: Identifies, monitors, and analyzes specific applicationand data flows to maximize performance, avoid congestion, and optimize resources. Flow Vision includes Flow Monitor, Flow Mirror, and Flow Generator. Monitoring and Alerting Policy Suite (MAPS): Simplifies fabric-wide threshold configuration and monitoring by leveraging pre-built rule/policy-based templates. ClearLink Diagnostics: Helps ensure optical and signal integrity for Gen 5 Fibre Channel optics and cables, simplifying the deployment and support of high-performance fabrics. Bottleneck Detection: Identifies and alerts administrators about device or ISL congestion, as well as abnormal levels of latency in the fabric. Integration into Brocade Network Advisor: Provides customizable health and performance dashboard views to pinpoint problems faster, simplify SAN configuration and management, and reduce operational costs. Critical diagnostic and monitoring capabilities: Help ensure early problem detection and recovery. Non-intrusive and non-disruptive monitoring on every port: Provides a comprehensive, end-to-end view of the fabric using capabilities integrated into hardware. Forward Error Correction (FEC): Enables recovery from bit errors in ISLs, enhancing transmission reliability and performance. Credit Loss Recovery: Helps overcome performance degradation and congestion due to buffer credit loss. Real-time bandwidth consumption by hosts/applications on ISLs: Helps identify hot spots and potential network congestion.

Solutions with Brocade: Hitachi NAS 10 GbpsiSCSI Cloud Optimized Solutions SAP Enabled Solutions Microsoft Soultions

HNAS Solutions

Hitachi NAS Platforms with Brocade Hitachi Unified Storage and Hitachi NAS Platform 4000 Series Hitachi storage systems powered by Brocade are designed to deliver performance at scale, capacity efficiencies and superior economics. As your file share requirements evolve, Hitachi Unified Storage and Hitachi NAS Platform family products will scale to your business and technology needs to improve productivity, drive revenue, increase quality and speed time-to-market. Hitachi Unified Storage and Hitachi NAS Platform use a hardware-accelerated hybrid-core architecture that efficiently consolidates capacity across multiple applications and simplifies storage management for enterprise environments, without compromising performance and scalability. At the same time, multiple levels of virtualization overcome the complexities of large-scale file system management and support popular commercial applications like Oracle and SAP, especially within VMware and Citrix environments. The Brocade VDX 6740 delivers the high performance, low latency and reliability needed to keep up with the demands of a virtualized data center and reduce network congestion, improve application performance, and meet the capacity required by 10 GE servers and storage. Brocade 6740 VDX 10GE IP switch Hitachi NAS Platform 4000 Series Brocade 6510 Gen 5 Fibre Channel switches Hitachi Unified Storage Platform

Hitachi Clustered NAS Platforms with All Flash Storage and Brocade Networking Unstructured data, such as files and objects, is growing at exponential rates in the enterprise today. The Hitachi Unified Storage (HUS) and Hitachi NAS (HNAS) Platform family of products provide the capabilities and features to help IT managers consolidate many, if not all, of their server-based filers and NAS appliances into fewer Hitachi systems. This leads to not only immediate capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operating expense (OPEX) savings, but also delivers power, cooling and space savings in the data center. Hitachi Unified Storage and Hitachi NAS Platform models 4060, 4080, and 4100 deliver best-in-class performance and scalability. They provide smart primary deduplication, active-active clustering with automated failover, 99.999% availability, non-disruptive upgrades, intelligent file tiering, automated migration and integration with the Hitachi Command Suite of management and data protection software. This clustered HNAS solution is powered by Brocade LAN and SAN products that deliver the high performance, low latency and reliability needed to keep up with the demands of a virtualized data center and reduce network congestion, improve application performance, and meet the capacity required by 10 GE servers and storage. Hitachi NAS Platform 4100 Brocade 6740 VDX 10GE IP switches Hitachi NAS Platform 4100 Brocade 6510 Gen 5 Fibre Channel switches Hitachi Unified StorageVM with Hitachi Accelerated FLASH module drives

10Gbps iSCSI Solution

LAN / NAS Lossless 10 Gbps iSCSI Fabric The lossless iSCSI capability delivered by Brocade’s VDX 6740 Data Center Switches, combined with Hitachi’s Unified Storage (HUS), provides a complete, highly scalable, 10 Gbps iSCSI SAN solution with fully-automated, hardware-based I/O balancing and dynamic reconfiguration. The iSCSI solution delivers industry leading storage and switch performance. The iSCSI solution provides improved utilization, throughput, and resiliency with non-disruptive integration into existing LAN environments. It offers pay-as-you grow scalability and reduces power and cooling costs. iSCSI Servers Brocade VDX 6740 Hitachi Unified Storage with iSCSI

Cloud Optimized Solutions

Metro Cloud Connectivity FC over DWDM Fibre Channel Integrated Metro SAN Connectivity in 16 Gbps Switches TrueCopy Synchronous Replication over Fibre Channel and Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) 8510-8 Backbone 8510-4 Backbone DWDM * 10G FC 10G FC Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform “TrueCopy Synchronous Replication over FC & DWDM” * DWDM – Dense Wave Division Multiplexing Value Proposition Powered by the seventh generation of the Brocade engineered FC ASIC, the DCX 8510 backbone and 6510 switch supports a number of new features that will allow IT architects to build larger, more reliable, wide-area “stretched” SAN storage clouds. With this new class of switches, Brocade has introduced a number of ASIC integrated extension capabilities that will allow IT architects to design and implement a variety of metro-area SAN extension solutions without requiring additional hardware. The metro area being defined as the distance from site to site of no more than 100 km, (62 miles), and with a round-trip time (RTT) latency of no more than 5 milliseconds. In the event that SAN extension solutions are required over greater distances, with longer RTT times, Brocade provides dedicated SAN extension solutions that will satisfy the most rigorous of these long distance requirements. The new 8510-8, 8510-4 Backbones and 6510 switch metro connectivity features include 16 Gbps Native Fibre Channel Long Distance Support. In addition to doubling the overall throughput, the new generation switches will be able to utilize a buffer credit pool 4 times that of previous FC products . they also support a variety of distance extension architectures, utilizing native Fibre Channel connectivity. The new FC switches support port operating speeds of not only 16, 8, 4, and 2 Gbps, but they also support a port operating speed of 10 Gbps for Fibre Channel (by changing out port optics). In addition to native Fibre Channel, operating the port at 10 Gbps is also supported over Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) solutions, such as Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) in the initial release of FOS 7.0.0 and Coarse Wave Division Multiplexing (CWDM) in a future Brocade Fabric OS (FOS) update.

Building Private Cloud Storage Infrastructure With The Brocade DCX 8510 Backbone A best-in-class hardware architecture enables highly virtualized and private cloud storage data center networks The Brocade 8510 Backbone is the most powerful Fibre Channel switching infrastructure in the industry. It provides the most reliable, scalable, high-performance foundation for private cloud storage and highly virtualized environments. With its intelligent 7th-generation ASICs and new hardware and software capabilities, the Brocade DCX 8510 is designed to increase business agility while providing nonstop access to information and reduction of infrastructure and administrative costs. Networks are evolving in order to adapt to rapid growth and change in the server and storage infrastructure. New optical Inter Chassis Links (ICLs) can connect up to six Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones (up to 2,304 x 16 Gbps ports), enabling flatter, faster, and simpler fabrics that increase consolidation while reducing network complexity and costs. These high-density chassis topologies reduce inter-switch cabling by 75 percent and free up to 33 percent of ports for server and storage connectivity. This maximizes overall port density in the lowest amount of rack space. Optical ICLs enable large-scale, highly available, high-performance core-edge chassis SANs. Ports and bandwidth can be added to the core or edge to optimize overall fabric performance. ICLs enable practical active-active mesh topologies for simple any-to-any fabric connectivity. This innovative chassis connectivity technology eliminates the cabling complexity and port consumption cost of connecting multiple chassis together through traditional ISLs. Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones that are connected by ICLs are treated as a single hop in a Fibre Channel and IBM “FICON” network. With aggregate chassis bandwidth far greater than competitive offerings, Brocade DCX 8510 Backbones are architected to deliver highly virtualized and private cloud storage environments.

SAP Enabled Solutions

SAP Enabled SolutionsDeploying SAP in Oracle and Linux Environments SAP’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software integrates business process and information technology and people associated with the business that implement these systems. The mission-critical nature of SAP deployments requires an IT infrastructure that delivers high performance and is highly available. The infrastructure must be easy to deploy, manage and scale. The Brocade Gen 5 DCX 8510 backbones meets and exceeds those high performance, high availability, scaleability, managability, and ease of use requirements.

SAP Enabled SolutionsSAP HANA Disaster Recovery Disaster Recovery Solution for Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for the SAP HANA Platform in a Scale-Out Configuration using Hitachi TrueCopy Remote Replication Bundle with Brocade 6505 Fibre Channel SAN If a computing site is lost, you can avoid the time and expense required to rebuild the entire SAP HANA database. To protect your data and maintain production, implement a secondary site that is a replica of the primary site. This solution performs synchronous replication of SAP HANA data volumes, log volumes, and shared binaries. The replication is from Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform at the primary site to Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform at the secondary site using Hitachi True Copy remote replication. The SAP HANA instance at the secondary site is not active when the primary site is the production site in this solution. The secondary site acts as a cold standby site.

Microsoft Solutions

Microsoft Exchange 2010 on Hitachi Compute Rack This reference architecture is an active/active mailbox distribution environment using two Hitachi Compute Rack 220 servers and one Hitachi Unified Storage 130. This solution has 2,000 mailboxes. Each server houses 1,000 mailboxes using three active databases and three passive databases. Each database has 333 mailboxes. In the event of a failure in an active/active model, the passive copy activates on the secondary server. Brocade 6510 or 6520 switches provide two networks connected to two separate network adapters in each server for cost effective higher availability and redundancy, and enables Exchange to distinguish between a server failure and a network failure. Each member of a database availability group must have the same number of networks and at least one MAPI network.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Deploying 20,000 users using Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 on a Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform with Hitachi Dynamic Tiering and Brocade Fibre Channel SAN IT administrators need email solutions that provide data protection and simple management in environmentally friendly data centers. Using Microsoft® Exchange Server® 2010 with Brocade storage area network (SAN) and Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform customers can accomplish those business-critical objectives. This reference architecture uses Brocade 6520 Fibre Channel switches and changes in Exchange Server 2010 plus the advantages of the Virtual Storage Platform to lower administration costs, improve system efficiency, and enable virtualization.

Microsoft SQL server 2012 Hitachi Unified Compute Platform Select for Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 for Enterprise Level Data Warehousing on Hitachi Compute Blade 2000 and Hitachi Unified Storage 150 with Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel SAN A complete SQL server database management system (DBMS) configuration, also known as a “stack,” is a collection of components that work together to support the database application and workload. Hitachi enterprise-level hardware with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 provides a high performance DBMS solution for a data warehousing system. This extremely reliable configuration is scalable to meet your needs for a demanding enterprise-scale solution. This solution is powered by easy to use, enterprise class Brocade 6510 Fibre Channel switches. The Brocade 6510 provides high availability with 16 Gb/sec to support the high throughput requirement of this reference architecture.

New Disk Footprint Recipes

Fibre Channel Recipe - Additional Disk FootprintHeterogeneous Fabric Interconnect Environment: Open Systems, Enterprise Class & Mid-Tier Accounts EMC sold Fabric Compute Blade 2000 blade server New HDS Fabric “FC Routing” Hitachi HUS “FC Routing” Backbone IBM sold Fabric VSP Value Proposition Enables you to sell HDS storage & SAN into an account owned by the competition in a way that is non-disruptive for your customer. Customers frequently avoid changing storage or SAN vendors simply due to the complexity involved with migrating data from one vendor’s arrays to another, or the difficulties with interoperable SAN devices. However today you have a better option: by utilizing Brocade Integrated Routing, that complexity has been drastically reduced. Local routing between disparate vendor’s SAN(s) allows the customer to realize ‘any-to-any’ connectivity without ‘merging’ the fabrics. This non-disruptive connectivity will allow heterogeneous SAN(s) (network/storage) to remain connected in their native mode long-term, or only for the migration period, as desired by the customer. Note: Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone Note: The Integrated Routing feature (optional IR license) is available on the 8510 Backbone, 6510 switch, and 7800 switches. With the IR option, no additional routing hardware is required.

IP WAN New Disk/Tape Footprint RecipeRouting + Replication Environment:Open Systems Enterprise or Mid Tier Account Replication over IP With Routing FX8-24 Blade (s) VSP Backbone VSP New HDS Fabric Compute Blade 2000 blade server 7800 Integrated FC Routing Compute Blade 2000 blade server IP Fibre Channel New HDS Fabric (remote side) EMC Fabric w/Classic McDATA Value Proposition Fibre Channel Routing and Replication can help you sell VSP arrays and modular storage as well as additional SAN infrastructure into an account owned by the competition. Using FC Routing to interconnect the old and new can provide a non-disruptive implementation for the customer. Local FC routing between disparate vendor’s SAN(s) provides the ability for any device in one fabric to see any device in the other fabric(s) without ‘merging’ the fabrics. This approach allows the customer to keep the heterogeneous SAN(s) network/disks connected in their native mode long-term, or only for the migration period, as desired by the customer. Brocade also support replication and routing over distance providing the ability for your customers to not only interconnect heterogeneous fabrics, but also to interconnect local and remote fabrics in support of replication for business continuity, compliance, archiving, etc. Brocade’s Extension products include Fast-Write and data compression (Greater than 2:1 compression) allowing for unprecedented utilization of bandwidth and support of replication over long distance, thereby helping to lower Telco costs. If the customer currently has no FC routing, propose the Integrated Routing feature (option supported on the 6510, 6520, 8510-8, 8510-4, DCX, DCX-4S, or 7800 with optional IR license). Extension products include the 7800 Extension switch or FX8-24 Extension blade for the Backbone family. Note: Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone

New Disk Footprint Recipe - High Density Edge SwitchesEnterprise or Mid-tier customers with large number or servers Environment: Open Systems, Enterprise Class & Mid-Tier Accounts Brocade 6520 (96 port 16Gb switch) Backbone 50+ Server connections per Switch VSP 384 Edge ports in 8U Value Proposition As customers’ SAN environments continue to grow, the number of switching devices (Directors/Switches) increase and create management complexity. In very large fabrics the limit on the number of domains can be a problem. Sometimes customers don’t need or even want the high availability and associated cost of high port density directors on the edge. The Brocade 6520 16Gb FC switch with 96 ports in 2U can be the answer to this problem. It has the same capabilities found in other FC switches with lower port count. Adding Brocade 6520 switches on the edge can help reduce the number of edge switches in the fabric while avoiding the cost of a director on the edge. Note: Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone

SAN Consolidation Recipes

Server and Storage ConsolidationHigh Port Density Switch for Inexpensive Fabric Core Environment: Open Systems Mid Tier Accounts Compute Blade 2000 blade servers Brocade 6520 HUS family Value Proposition For customers that can’t afford or don’t want a director, the Gen 5 Brocade 6520 switch has the highest density port count of any switch in the industry. With up to 96 non-blocking 16Gb ports in a 2U rack size it provides a lower cost solution*. While the 6520 is not a director class product, it does have redundant power supplies and fans. Additionally, the 6520 is 16Gb/s non-blocking on all 96-ports*. The 6520 simplifies the environment, often eliminating the need for a core/edge design as an entry point and reduces the complexity introduced with managing multiple switches in a fabric. This solution is idea for connectivity to the Hitachi storage family. The 16 Gbit/sec ports on the 6520 enable even an entry level customer to take advantage of next-generation storage systems allowing them to support more servers and applications with an entry level SAN. *The customer can use the Ports-on-Demand feature which allows the customer to add ports when required and saves the initial cost of all 96 ports. i.e., allows increase from 48 to 72 to 96 ports.

Recipe - SAN ConsolidationPartitioning the HDS VSP with Brocade Virtual Fabrics Environment: Open Systems Enterprise Class Account Backbone VSP Consolidate Isolated SANs onto Partitions of larger Storage Arrays and FC Backbones/Switches Value Proposition Enables customers to migrate from multiple fabrics on physically separate devices with multiple HW footprints to logical partitions on larger storage arrays and FC Directors reducing the footprint, and number of devices to manage. This can be the final configuration for customers that need or want to keep their fabrics logically separate or it could be the first stage of consolidation into a single larger fabric sharing the storage array. With Brocade Virtual Fabrics the physical switches can be partitioned into independently managed logical switches, each with their own data, control, and management paths. Note: Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone

Fibre Channel Recipe – SAN Consolidation via RoutingHeterogeneous SAN Interconnect Environment: Open Systems, Enterprise Class & Mid-Tier Accounts Compute Blade 2000 blade servers Backbone “FC Routing” Hitachi HUS Brocade EMC SAN HDS SAN VSP Value Proposition Customers often avoid consolidating their SAN islands because the combined SAN may be too large, it may combine switches/directors from different vendors or they may be concerned about security if everything is combined into a single SAN. Fibre Channel Routing between fabrics provides the ability for any device in one fabric to see any device in the other fabric(s) without ‘merging’ the fabrics. This approach allows the customer to keep the heterogeneous SAN(s) network/disks connected in their native mode long-term, or only while they are consolidating onto a single fabric, as desired by the customer. Additionally, the devices in one fabric cannot see the devices in the other fabric(s) unless specifically included in the definition. In this example, the Brocade Integrated Routing feature on the Brocade Backbone or Switch provides connectivity between the existing EMC SAN and the new HDS SAN for select devices but the fabrics don’t merge, each stands alone and the size of each fabric is only increased by the number of devices in the routed fabric to which they are given access. Note: Backbone in the picture can be the DCX, DCX-4s, 8510-8 Backbone ,or 8510-4 Backbone

Storage SAN ConsolidationConsolidate Multiple SAN Islands into a Single SAN Environment: Open Systems Mid Tier Accounts 300 Compute Blade 2000 blade servers Hitachi HUS Thunder 9500 BEFORE 6520* 300 AFTER AMS200 Value Proposition Small and mid-tier customers have SANs that are growing. Their existing entry SAN with 16 or 32 ports that met their requirements last year may not be adequate any more. The Gen 5 Brocade 6520, a 16Gb Fibre Channel switch with up to 96* non-blocking ports, may be the solution they seek. It is fully compatible with their older Brocade switches so they can add it to their existing SAN and use it for growth and higher speed connectivity; or customers could choose to just swap out the old switches and replace them with this higher density, Gen 5 technology. And because it is fully compatible with the older Brocade switches, connecting them together while they migrate to the new device is not problem. *The customer can use the Ports-on-Demand feature with Brocade 6520 switches that allow the customer to add ports when required and save the initial cost of all 96 ports. i.e., allows increase from 48 to 72 to 96 ports.

Fibre Channel SCSI DAS to SAN Storage Consolidation Servers Value Proposition The primary benefit of moving from Direct Attached Storage (DAS) to a SAN environment is the ability to decouple storage resources from servers, placing them on a shared network to leverage maximum asset utilization. This results in significantly higher disk utilization rates while also often improving storage availability and performance. Server Servers Gen 5 FC Switch(es) Server All Servers Can Access All Storage Hitachi HUS

Business Continuity and Data Resilience Recipes

Data Resilience for Virtualized Environments

When your primary site goes down. Your shadow VMs are activated at your recovery site. Utilizing TiZ for SRM traffic enables site to site SLA prioritization. VMware SRM Disaster Recovery Solution VMware Site Recovery Manager VMware Site Recovery Manager Hitachi SRA 2.0 Hitachi SRA 2.0 HBA HBA WAN X Fabric-wide 8Gb End-2-End QoS Fabric-wide 8Gb End-2-End QoS Backbone 7800 Extension switch or FX8-24 Extension blade Backbone FX8-24 Extension blade or 7800 Extension switch Replication over IP with True Copy - synchronous or Hitachi Universal Replicator - asynchronous (USP-V/VM) VSP Note: Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone

Data Resilience for Open Systems Environments

Active-Active Datacenters with VSP G1000 Global Storage Virtualization Environment:Enterprise Class Account with Active/Active Datacenters Active Datacenter Active Datacenter Metro Distance FCIP (or dark fiber) DCX8510 Backbone with FX8-24 FCIP Blade DCX8510 Backbone with FX8-24 FCIP Blade Servers with Critical Applications Servers with Critical Applications WA WAN Virtual Storage Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G1000 Physical Storage Value Proposition Customers are looking to provide continuous operations with non-stop data access without interruptions and eliminate, or vastly reduce, their dependency and costs for traditional backups. Protecting these critical assets and insuring non-stop access to information is a core value of any I.T. infrastructure, so deploying advanced data protection capabilities is a central requirement. With the VSP G1000, customers can now have Active/Active datacenters where data from both sites is written to a “virtual” disk, which then simultaneously writes to the physical drives in both datacenters. Reads are processed by the local image. This high performance and high availability storage and data solution requires a high performance and high availability SAN. Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel technology and FCIP solutions address all of those customer requirements.

Nondisruptive Migration Through Global Storage Virtualization DCX8510 Backbone Value PropositionAnother critical element to maintaining high availability is to remove the downtime associated with data migration and storage system upgrades. VSP G1000 advanced storage virtualization capabilities vastly simplify and speed this operation, ensuring no application downtime is required. Brocade Gen 5 Fibre Channel with purpose-built, data center-proven network infrastructure for storage delivers unmatched reliability and resiliency. Brocade Gen 5 FibreChannel leverages data center-proven performance and reliability to minimize the risk for these highly virtualized environments Global Storage Virtualization Servers Storage Identity Virtual Storage Identity VSP G1000

High Availability – Remote ConnectivityRedundant Devices with Redundant Telco Links High Availability Primary Data Center Secondary Data Center Server Compute Blade 2000 blade servers Extension Product ** Hitachi HUS WAN Hitachi HUS Extension Product ** Backbone* Backbone* Value Proposition High availability is critical in some customer environments. There are several options on how to interconnect the primary site and remote site, depending on the level of availability required. The options include full redundancy (devices, links, connections), fail over and highly available devices. Redundant Brocade Backbones/Switches and Brocade Extension Switches at both the primary and remote sites with redundant Telco links between sites provides for very high availability. With each backbone/switch connected to a single extension device in its location, using path failover, the server can failover to the alternate link. However, this depends on alternate path capability being available in the server. Without alternate path, the connection is limited to the single link from the server. The Network can be designed with various degrees of availability. See next example for highest availability. *Backbone can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX, or DCX-4s **Brocade Extension product: 7800 Extension switch or FX8-24 Extension blade in a Backbone

WAN A WAN B High Availability – Remote ConnectivityRedundant Devices with Dual Data Replication Networks Highest Availability Primary Site Secondary Site 7800 7800 7800 7800 FCIP Trunks with separate circuits over separate WAN connections, with Adaptive Rate Limiting configured Production Fabric Production Fabric Fabric 1B Fabric 2A Fabric 2B Fabric 1A Any device, any cable, any connection can fail, and the Remote Data Replication (RDR) network will continue to operate Hitachi HUS Hitachi HUS Hosts Hosts Note: The FX8-24 Extension blade can be used in Backbone chassis as well

IP Fibre Channel Remote Small SAN with ReplicationCopy Data to DR site with TrueCopy Environment: SME Class Account Hitachi HUS 7800 Extension Switch 7800 Extension Switch Compute Blade 2000 blade servers IP WAN Gen 5 Switch Switch Hitachi HUS Value Proposition Losing critical information or access to critical information such as customer lists, orders and inventory, financial records, personnel data, product specs or a multitude of other types of data can be catastrophic As a result, Data Resilience is increasing in importance for all size companies. The disastrous events of the past few years have highlighted the risk all companies take if they don’t protect key information related to their business. If the information is lost or destroyed and is not recoverable, it could result in a business going under as well as to their being subject to legal proceedings. It is not only the disastrous events but it could also be user error, malicious vandalism or anyone of a number of events that can cause the loss of data. This need for Data Resilience solutions enables you to sell Hitachi Data Systems Storage and Brocade FC Switches to small and medium size customers that have realized the need to protect critical information by replicating that data to a remote location. The 7800 4/2 allows cost effective entry level solutions that can be upgraded to the 7800 16/6 when required. Many SME customers are considering consolidating their storage to provide higher availability and utilization and/or the ability to backup all their storage from a central repository to a remote location. This solution provides a new Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi Unified Storage footprint and a Brocade FC Switch at the remote location to create a SAN and, in addition, Brocade Extension devices to provide replication of critical data to the remote site.

IP WAN IP Fibre Channel Protect Data on HUS Synchronously or AsynchronouslyReplicate Data to Local or Remote Location with TrueCopy Compute Blade 2000 blade servers Environment: Open Systems Mid-Tier Account Backbone with FX8-24 Extension blade 7800 Extension Switch Backbone Hitachi Unified Storage 3 4 “Replication over IP with Hitachi TrueCopy” Hitachi Unified Storage Value Proposition Data Resilience is increasing in importance for companies of all sizes. The catastrophic events of the past few years have highlighted the risk all companies take if they don’t protect key information related to their business. Losing critical information or access to critical information such as customer records, orders and inventory, financial records, personnel data, product specs or a multitude of other types of data can be catastrophic. If the information is not recoverable, it could result in a business going under and could have significant legal penalties. It is not only the catastrophic events but also events such as user error, malicious vandalism or anyone of a number of other events that can cause the loss of data. This need for Data Resilience solutions enables you to sell Hitachi Data Systems Storage and Brocade FC Switches. Data Replication to a remote data center enables Business Resilience in the event of an outage at the primary computing location. In the case of Hitachi Universal Storage with TrueCopy, the Disk Controller offloads the Server from the computing power required to schedule and control replication. The storage at the remote location can simply hold a point in time archive copy or a dynamically updated replication copy of the data from the primary data center. The Brocade extension product supports TrueCopy DR Replication and maximizes replication, backup, and migration throughput over distance using advanced Fibre Channel frame compression, disk and tape protocol acceleration, and QoS-aware FCIP networking technology . The Brocade 7800 Extension switch and FX8-24 Extension blade leverages next-generation Fibre Channel and FCIP technology to enable fast, reliable, and cost-effective remote data replication, backup, and migration. Note: Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX, or DCX-4s

IP WAN IP Fibre Channel Protect Data on HUS Synchronously or AsynchronouslyReplicate Data to Local or Remote Location with TrueCopy Environment: Open Systems Enterprise Class Account Backbone “Replication over IP using Hitachi TrueCopy” Compute Blade 2000 blade servers Hitachi HUS 3 Backbone with FX8-24 Extension Blade 4 7800 Extension Switch Hitachi HUS Value Proposition Data Resilience is increasing in importance for companies of all sizes. The catastrophic events of the past few years have highlighted the risk all companies take if they don’t protect key information related to their business. Losing critical information or access to critical information such as customer lists, orders and inventory, financial records, personnel data, product specs or a multitude of other types of data can be catastrophic . If the information is lost or destroyed and is not recoverable, it could result in a business going under as well as to their being subject to legal proceedings. It is not only the catastrophic events but also events such as user error, malicious vandalism or anyone of a number of other events that can cause the loss of data. This need for Data Resilience solutions enables you to sell Hitachi Data Systems Storage and Brocade FC Switches. Data Replication to a remote data center enables Business Resilience in the event of an outage at the primary computing location. In the case of the Hitachi Unified Storage with TrueCopy the impact of scheduling and controlling replication is removed from the server and is handled by the Disk Controller. With a new Hitachi Unified Storage and a Brocade switch or Backbone, the remote location can function as an archive facility or with the right configuration, can function as a complete backup for the primary data center. The Brocade Extension products support TrueCopy DR Replication and maximizes replication, backup, and migration throughput over distance using advanced Fibre Channel frame compression, disk and tape protocol acceleration, and QoS-aware FCIP networking technology . The Brocade Extension products leverages next-generation Fibre Channel and FCIP technology to enable fast, reliable, and cost-effective remote data replication, backup, and migration. Brocade Extension products include the 7800 Extension switch and the FX8-24 Extension blade for the Backbone chassis. Note: Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX, DCX-4s

Replicate Data to Remote Sites with TrueCopy Extended DistanceHUS with TrueCopy Extended Distance Environment: Mid-Tier or Enterprise Class Account Primary Site Backbone with FX8-24 Extension Blade WAN 7800 Extension Switch Hitachi HUS Compute Blade 2000 blade servers Replication over IP with Hitachi TrueCopy Extended Distance WAN Hitachi HUS Value Proposition The catastrophic events of the past few years have highlighted the risk all companies take if they don’t protect key information related to their business. If the information is lost or destroyed and is not recoverable, it could result in a business going under as well as to their being subject to legal proceedings. It is not only the catastrophic events but also events such as user error, malicious vandalism or anyone of a number of other events that can cause the loss of data. This need for Data Resilience solutions enables you to sell solutions based on Hitachi Data Systems Storage and Brocade FC Switches. Data Replication to a remote data center enables Business Resilience in the event of an outage at the primary computing location. Hitachi TrueCopy Extended Distance enables replication to a remote site that could be thousands of miles away. Through it’s unique technology of pulling the data from the primary site, it provides a more efficient method of replication that can be restarted from the point of interruption in the event that replication is stopped for some reason. In the case of the Hitachi Unified Storage with Hitachi TrueCopy Extended Distance, the impact of scheduling and controlling replication is removed from the server and is handled by the Disk Controller. With Brocade FC Extension products the fabrics of the primary and remote site are not merged so there is no risk of problems at one location impacting the fabric at the other location. Brocade Extension products include the 7800 Extension switch and the FX8-24 Extension blade for the Backbone chassis. Note: The Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8, 8510-4, DCX, or DCX-4s

Data Resilience for Mainframe Environments

Replicate Mainframe Data with TrueCopySynchronous Replication with TrueCopy over FC Fibre Channel Environment: Mainframe Enterprise Customer Director Z Series Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform “TrueCopy Synchronous Replication Over FC” Value Proposition The disastrous events of the past few years have highlighted the risk all companies take if they don’t protect key information related to their business. Losing critical information or access to critical information such as customer lists, orders and inventory, financial records, personnel data, product specs or a multitude of other types of data can be catastrophic . If the information is lost or destroyed and is not recoverable, it could result in a business going under as well as to their being subject to legal proceedings. It is not only the catastrophic events but also events such as user error, malicious vandalism or anyone of a number of other events that can cause the loss of data. This need for Data Resilience solutions enables you to sell solutions based on Hitachi Data Systems Storage and Brocade FC Switches. Data Replication within a data center, or between data centers located within 10 to 15 miles of each other and using dark fibre connections, can provide a synchronous copy of critical data with an RPO of 0. The replicated copy could be used with other applications or could be replicated to a remote location outside the disaster risk zone using TrueCopy asynchronous or Hitachi Universal Replicator for Data Resilience. In the case of the Virtual Storage Platform with TrueCopy the impact of scheduling and controlling replication is removed from the server and is handled by the Disk Controller. For replication within the datacenter or between two locally connected datacenters. Mainframe data replicated with TrueCopy actually uses the FC protocol to move the data. As a result, the single instance of TrueCopy could replicate both Mainframe data and Open Systems data to the remote site. Note: FICON has been qualified on the DCX, DCX-4s, 8510-8 and 8510-4 Directors, and 6510. Note: Fibre Channel Routing is not supported in a Mainframe environment.

Replicate Mainframe Data with TrueCopySynchronous Replication with TrueCopy over FC using DWDM FC over DWDM Fibre Channel Environment: Mainframe Enterprise Customer Director * Director Z Series DWDM Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform “TrueCopy Synchronous Replication over FC & DWDM” * DWDM – Dense Wave Division Multiplexing Value Proposition The catastrophic events of the past few years have highlighted the risk all companies take if they don’t protect key information related to their business. Losing critical information or access to critical information such as customer lists, orders and inventory, financial records, personnel data, product specs or a multitude of other types of data can be catastrophic . If the information is lost or destroyed and is not recoverable, it could result in a business going under as well as to their being subject to legal proceedings. It is not only the catastrophic events but also events such as user error, malicious vandalism or anyone of a number of other events that can cause the loss of data. This need for Data Resilience solutions enables you to sell solutions based on Hitachi Data Systems Storage and Brocade FC Directors and switches. Data Replication to a remote data center enables Business Continuityin the event of an outage at the primary computing location. The remote location could be thousands of miles away or within a metro area. TrueCopy over a DWDM link provides the ability to synchronously replicate the data to the remote site. This results in an RPO of zero since the remote site has all of the same updates/changes to the data as the primary site. In the case of the Virtual Storage Platform with TrueCopy the impact of scheduling and controlling replication is removed from the server and is handled by the Disk Controller. Mainframe data replicated with TrueCopy actually uses the FC protocol to move the data. As a result, the single instance of TrueCopy could replicate both Mainframe data and Open Systems data to the remote site. Note:FICON has been qualified on the DCX, DCX-4s, 8510-8 and 8510-4 Directors, and 6510. Both 16G and 10G Fibre Channel speeds are supported on the 8510 and 6510 products by just changing out optics on a port by port basis. Note: Fibre Channel Routing is not supported in a Mainframe environment.

Replicate Mainframe Data with TrueCopySynchronous Replication with TrueCopy & FC Router IP WAN IP Fibre Channel Environment: Mainframe Enterprise Customer Z Series Director with FX8-24 Extension Blade Director with FX8-24 Extension Blade Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform “TrueCopy Replication over IP” (< 20 KM) Value Proposition The catastrophic events of the past few years have highlighted the risk all companies take if they don’t protect key information related to their business. Losing critical information or access to critical information such as customer lists, orders and inventory, financial records, personnel data, product specs or a multitude of other types of data can be catastrophic . If the information is lost or destroyed and is not recoverable, it could result in a business going under as well as to their being subject to legal proceedings. It is not only the catastrophic events but also events such as user error, malicious vandalism or anyone of a number of other events that can cause the loss of data. This need for Data Resilience solutions enables you to sell solutions based on Hitachi Data Systems Storage and Brocade FC Switches. Data Replication to a remote data center enables Business Continuity in the event of an outage at the primary computing location. Synchronous TrueCopy over a relatively short distance (<20KM) provides the ability to replicate the data to the remote site with an RPO of zero. The remote site has all of the same updates/changes to the data as the primary site. In the case of the Virtual Storage Platform with TrueCopy the impact of scheduling and controlling replication is removed from the server and is handled by the Disk Controller. Mainframe data replicated with TrueCopy actually uses the FC protocol to move the data. As a result, the single instance of TrueCopy could replicate both Mainframe data and Open Systems data to the remote site. Note:FICON has been qualified on the DCX, DCX-4s, 8510-8 and 8510-4 Directors, and 6510. Note: Fibre Channel Routing is not supported in a Mainframe environment.

IP WAN IP Fibre Channel Replicate Mainframe Data with HURAsynchronous Replication with TrueCopy or HUR & FC Routing Environment: Mid-Tier or Enterprise Class Account Z Series Director with FX8-24 Extension Blade Director Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 7800 Extension switch Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform “TrueCopy or HUR Asynchronous Replication over IP” Value Proposition The catastrophic events of the past few years have highlighted the risk all companies take if they don’t protect key information related to their business. If the information is lost or destroyed and is not recoverable, it could result in a business going under as well as to their being subject to legal proceedings. It is not only the catastrophic events but also events such as user error, malicious vandalism or anyone of a number of other events that can cause the loss of data. This need for Data Resilience solutions enables you to sell solutions based on Hitachi Data Systems Storage and Brocade FC Directors and Switches. Data Replication to a remote data center enables Business Resilience in the event of an outage at the primary computing location. Asynchronous TrueCopy or Hitachi Universal Replicator (HUR) to a remote site that could be thousands of miles away provides the ability to replicate the data to the remote site. The RPO is dependent on the speed of the link and the distance the remote site is from the primary site. In the case of the Virtual Storage Platform with TrueCopy the impact of scheduling and controlling replication is removed from the server and is handled by the Disk Controller. Mainframe data replicated with TrueCopy actually uses the FC protocol to move the data. As a result, the single instance of TrueCopy could replicate both Mainframe data and Open Systems data to the remote site. Note: FICON has been qualified on the DCX, DCX-4s, 8510-8 and 8510-4 Directors, and 6510. Note: Fibre Channel Routing is not supported in a Mainframe environment.

Data Resilience for Mixed Environments - 3 Data Center Data Replication

Replicate Data to Multiple Remote SitesVSP with TrueCopy & HUR: 3-Data Center DR Environment: Mid-Tier or Enterprise Class Account zEnterprise Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Remote Disaster Recovery Site (i.e., Safe Site) PrimarySite 7800 DCX8510 FICON Director with FX8-24 Extension Blade Hitachi Universal Replicator Asynchronous WAN WAN Open Systems Servers 7800 Hitachi TrueCopy Synchronous 7800 Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Local Disaster Recovery Site Value Proposition The Virtual Storage Platform in conjunction with TrueCopy and Hitachi Universal Replicator (HUR) enables Financial (and other) customers to meet and exceed Federal Business Continuity requirements. In the example above, Synchronous replication of critical Mainframe and Open Systems data to a secondary data center is accomplished using TrueCopy. From the Local Disaster Recovery Site, Hitachi Universal Replicator is used to replicate the data to the Remote Disaster Recovery Site. This provides a point in time copy at a distant site outside the disaster zone. With Hitachi Universal Replicator’s ability to restart the transfer in the case of an interruption, the customer can be more confident that they will have a consistent usable copy at the distant remote site. Note: Fibre Channel Routing is not supported in a Mainframe environment.

Replicate Data to Multiple Remote Sites with HURUSP-V with HUR: 3-Data Center DR with DCX Environment: Mid-Tier or Enterprise Class Account ESX Backbone Backbones Backbones Virtual Server 6510 WAN Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Hitachi Universal Replicator 3DC Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Backbones Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 6510 Value Proposition Brocade's 8510 Backbone with FX8-24 blades, utilizing the Hitachi Data Systems Universal Replicator 3DC, provides the capability to configure the Virtual Storage Platform storage units as a core connecting multiple virtual servers, traditional servers and IBM Mainframes to multiple storage platforms. Brocade Backbone products enables Data Center Fabrics with enhanced scalability, performance, manageability, and investment protection. Existing switches and directors remain a viable part of the overall fabric makeup. Note:Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX, DCX-4s

Compliance Recipes

IP WAN IP Fibre Channel Recipe – Compliance Solution for Small Medium EnterpriseUSP VM Replication Environment: Open Systems Small Medium Customer Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Backbone with FX8-24 blade Backbone with FX8-24 blade 4 “Replication with TrueCopy over IP” Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Value Proposition Many customers, particularly financial institutions, are being impacted by government regulation such as Sarbanes-Oxley which requires them to maintain copies of key information for extended periods of time. In addition, the information must be recoverable in the case of a disaster and must, therefore, be maintained in remote locations that are outside of the primary disaster risk area. HDS TrueCopy Replication software enables real-time synchronous or asynchronous volume replication between the Hitachi VSP or legacy storage.The replication of local volumes to a remote location helps protect against data loss from a system, building, site, or even regional disaster. HDS supports the use of Fibre Channel connectivity within the data center, Dark Fiber with or without DWDM between local (<20Km) data centers or TCP/IP over public or private telecommunications infrastructures. The storage array at the remote location can simply hold an archive copy or a complete replication copy of data from the primary data center. The FC Router supports TrueCopy replication utilizing hardware data compression techniques, and fast-write over a GE transport. Note:Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX, DCX-4s

IP WAN IP Fibre Channel Recipe – Compliance Solution for Enterprise Customer USP V to USP VM Replication Environment: Enterprise Class Customer Z Series Backbone Backbone 7800 Hitachi VSP 7800 “TrueCopy or HUR Asynchronous Replication over IP” Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Value Proposition Many customers, particularly financial institutions, are being impacted by government regulation such as Sarbanes-Oxley which requires them to maintain copies of key information for extended periods of time. In addition, the information must be recoverable in the case of a disaster and must, therefore, be maintained in remote locations that are outside of the primary disaster risk area. Hitachi TrueCopy and Hitachi Universal Replicator enable real-time synchronous and/or asynchronous volume replication between the Hitachi VSP or legacy storage. The replication of local volumes to a remote location helps protect against data loss from a system, building, site, or even regional disaster. HDS supports the use of Fibre Channel connectivity within the data center, Dark Fiber with or without DWDM between local (<20Km) data centers or TCP/IP over public or private telecommunications infrastructures.. The storage array at the remote location can simply hold an archive copy or a complete replication copy of data from the primary data center. The FC Router supports TrueCopy and HUR replication utilizing hardware data compression techniques, and fast-write over a GigE transport. Note: Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX, DCX-4s

External Volume Management Recipe

Recipe - External Volume ManagementLocal Volumes Environment: Open Systems and Mainframe Enterprise Accounts Hitachi Universal Volume Manager Hitachi Universal Volume Manager EMC Storage Brocade Backbone Hitachi Storage IBM Storage Value Proposition Hitachi Universal Volume Manager virtualizes multi-tiered storage systems of heterogeneous devices into a common storage pool and provides common storage management, data migration, and lifecycle management tools on the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. Brocades FC Directors and Switches enable connectivity through the SAN infrastructure, eliminating the need for additional connections or disruptive re-cabling. The existing connections between the external storage arrays and the Brocade directors/switches can be used by HDS Universal Volume Manager. Note: Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone *, 8510-4 Backbone*, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone. * FICON is qualified on DCX, DCX-4s, 8510-8, 8510-4 and 6510

FICON Recipes

FICON Switched ImplementationImprove utilization of storage ports Environment: Mainframe Enterprise Accounts Storage Ports CUP license installed on the Backbone 1, 2 , 4 or 8Gb CHPids VSP 1, 2, 4 or 8Gb 1, 2, 4 or 8Gb DCX8510 FICON Director Storage Ports VSP zEnterprise Value Proposition Brocade FICON Directors fully support FICON attachment to one or more Storage Arrays via CHPids on the mainframe. Switched attachment of FICON CHPids to storage provides the ability to achieve better utilization of the storage channels as well as higher levels of connectivity through the sharing of connections. Switched FICON provides greater scalability with the ability to add additional storage ports and/or arrays without the need to add additional CHPids. CUP (Control Unit Processor) on the Backbone or switch provides an interface to Z/OS for performance reporting (via RMF Type 74 records) and management. Note: FICON is supported on the DCX, DCX-4s, 8510-8, 8510-4, 6510, and 7800 switches

FICON Switched ImplementationImprove utilization of storage ports Virtual Storage Storage Ports DCX8510 FICON Director with CUP license 2 , 4 or 8Gb CHPids VSP 2, 4 or 8Gb 2, 4 or 8Gb Storage Ports VSP 2, 4, 8, or 16Gb zEnterprise Open Systems Servers Value Proposition Virtualization of Mainframe storage will make use of 16Gbps technology on the OPEN side until FICON devices have the same capability. HDS is the only provider of a virtual storage implementation for Mainframe users. The virtualized storage can either be directly attached to the VSP, or it can be attached to the Brocade FICON Director. The VSP is a storage controller based implementation and server is not required. Full virtualization of any storage product from almost any vendor is supported. Partitioning in the DCX8510 FICON Director allows the isolation of FICON and OPEN Systems traffic. The DCX8510 FICON Director is designed for the enterprise data center with no single points of failure, true local switching and cut-through routing meeting the enterprise strategic requirements for Reliability, Availability, Serviceabiltiy, and Scalability.

FICON Intermixed with Open Systems using Brocade Virtual Fabrics Environment: Mainframe Enterprise Accounts zEnterprise Open Systems Partition FICON Partition CHPids LS 2 LS1 LS 2 LS 1 Storage Ports DCX8510 FICON Director VSP Value Proposition When your customer combines FICON and Open Systems on the same FICON Director or switch, they can more efficiently utilize the resources of the storage network providing a much better ROI. They can maximize the use of the hardware platform (Brocade DCX and DCX 8510 FICON Directors, and 6510 switch) by sharing the resources on a logical partition basis. Using Virtual Fabrics Virtual Fabrics provides separate logical partitions (logical switches) creating independently managed switches in the same chassis. This allows FICON and Open Systems to be physically and logically separated in the same chassis in intermixed environments. This, combined with HDS partitioning on the VSP, provides a unique opportunity to consolidate the physical infrastructure while maintaining logically separate environments. With Brocade Virtual Fabrics the physical switches can be partitioned into independently managed logical switches, each with their own data, control, and management paths.

FCIP Extension Recipes

High Availability – Remote ConnectivityRedundant Devices with Dual Telco Links for Failover Highest Availability WAN VSP Extension Product** Extension Product** Backbone* Backbone* Value Proposition High availability is critical in some customer environments. There are several options on how to interconnect the primary site and remote site, depending on the level of availability required. The options include full redundancy (devices, links, connections), fail over and highly available devices. Redundant Brocade directors/switches and Brocade routers (extension devices) at both the primary and remote sites with redundant Telco links between sites with failover to the redundant link in case of link failure provides the highest availability. If each director is connected to both routers in its location, they can fail over to the redundant path if their primary path fails. *Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone **Brocade Extension products are the 7800 Extension switch and the FX8-24 Extension blade (for the backbone chassis)

High Availability – Remote ConnectivityRedundant Devices with Dual Telco Links – no Failover High Availability Primary Data Center WAN VSP Extension Product** Extension Product** Backbone* Backbone* Value Proposition High availability is critical in some customer environments. There are several options on how to interconnect the primary site and remote site, depending on the level of availability required. The options include full redundancy (devices, links, connections), fail over and highly available devices. Redundant Brocade directors/switches and Brocade Routers (extension devices) at both the primary and remote sites with redundant Telco links between sites provides for very high availability. With each director/switch connected to a single router in its location, using path failover, the server can failover to the alternate link. However, this depends on alternate path capability being available in the server. Without alternate path, the connection is limited to the single link from the server. *Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone **Brocade Extension products are the 7800 Extension switch and the FX8-24 Extension blade (for the backbone chassis)

High Availability – Remote ConnectivityRedundant Extension Devices with Dual Telco Links - no Failover Good Availability Primary Data Center WAN VSP Backbone* Backbone* Extension Product** Extension Product** Value Proposition High availability is critical in some customer environments. There are several options on how to interconnect the primary site and remote site, depending on the level of availability required. The options include full redundancy (devices, links, connections), fail over and highly available devices. A single director with redundant Brocade Routers (extension devices) at both the primary and remote sites with redundant Telco links between sites provides for good availability because the Telco links are typically the least reliable element of the path between the server and storage. With the server and storage having redundant connections to the director/switch which has a connection to both routers, using alternate path failover, the server can failover to the alternate link if the HBA or Director port fails. If a Telco link fails, the director/switch can failover to the alternate Telco link through the second router. *Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone **Brocade Extension products are the 7800 Extension switch and the FX8-24 Extension blade (for the backbone chassis)

High Availability – Remote ConnectivityDual Telco Links - no Failover Low Availability Primary Data Center VSP WAN Extension Product** Extension Product** Backbone* Backbone* Value Proposition High availability is critical in some customer environments. There are several options on how to interconnect the primary site and remote site, depending on the level of availability required. The options include full redundancy (devices, links, connections), fail over and highly available devices. Dual Telco links between sites provides for some level of redundancy as the Telco link is typically the least reliable element of the path between the server and storage. With the servers and storage having redundant connections (multiple HBAs and Storage Ports connected) to the Brocade director/switch which has redundant connections to the single router, using alternate path failover, the server can failover to the alternate link if the HBA or Director port fails. *Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone **Brocade Extension products are the 7800 Extension switch and the FX8-24 Extension blade (for the backbone chassis)

High Availability – Remote ConnectivitySingle Telco Link - no Failover Lowest Availability Primary Data Center VSP WAN Extension Product** Extension Product** Backbone* Backbone* Value Proposition Single Brocade Switch/ Director and Extension Devices at the Primary Data Center and Remote data Center. This configuration utilizes two Telco Links. For HA application, Brocade can procure these form different providers to maximize route diversity and minimize single points of failure High availability is critical in some customer environments. There are several options on how to interconnect the primary site and remote site, depending on the level of availability required. The options include full redundancy (devices, links, connections), fail over and highly available devices. A single Telco links between sites without redundant devices (Director/Switch and Router) provides the lowest level of availability. If the Telco Link or a Director/Switch or a Router fails, the link is lost and connectivity stops.If the server and storage have redundant connections (i.e., multiple HBAs and Storage Ports connected) to the director/switch with redundant connections to the single router and using alternate path failover, the server can failover to the alternate link if the HBA or Director port fails. However, if the customer has not invested in redundant fabrics or routers, it is doubtful they will have dual HBAs in the server. Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone **Brocade Extension products are the 7800 Extension switch and the FX8-24 Extension blade (for the backbone chassis)

Data Center Bridging (DCB)/ Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Recipies

Server I/O Consolidation (Switch)Data Center Bridging / Fibre Channel over Ethernet Before Unified I/O Before Unified I/O After Unified I/O Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform LAN SAN A SAN B SAN Corporate LAN Brocade Fibre Channel switches Brocade 6730 FCoE switches Fibre Channel DCB / FCoE Ethernet FC HBAs (FC Traffic) NICs (Ethernet Traffic) Converged CNAs (DCB/FCoE Traffic) Value Proposition:The primary benefit of I/O consolidation at the server edge is that it simplifies server to switch infrastructure. Consolidation translates into less adapters and less cabling to worry about. Simpler configurations also translate into easier to manage and maintain environments. With less components, it can also reduce physical hardware costs and cooling costs at the server edge*. This assists enterprises in reaching their goals for greener, simpler, and more virtualized data centers. * Depends upon the specific configurations involved. Please verify your environment prior to making any claims.

FCoE/DCB Solutions with the Brocade FCoE10-24 Blade Brocade Network Advisor LAN CNA’s DCB Brocade FCoE10-24 blade IP Traffic Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform FC Traffic DCX 8510 or DCX/DCX-4S Backbone Fibre Channel SAN Value Proposition:The primary benefit of I/O consolidation at the server edge is that it simplifies server to switch infrastructure. Consolidation translates into less adapters and less cabling. Simpler configurations also translate into easier to manage and maintain environments. With less components, it can also reduce physical hardware costs and cooling costs at the server edge. This assists enterprises in reaching their goals for greener, simpler, and more virtualized data centers. The Brocade DCX FCoE10-24 blade extends the reach of FCoE to the backbone and enhances the value of Brocade DCX Backbone family investments. Reliable Brocade SAN management application (Brocade Network Advisor) extends to FCoE/DCB switches and CNAs. Brocade Network Advisor manages all Brocade SAN resources. I/O consolidation at the server edge delivers a stream of consolidated storage and networking traffic to the FCoE10-24 blade. The FCoE10-24 blade inspects the incoming consolidated traffic and separates it based on its type, then forwards it to its appropriate destination. FC traffic gets sent over FC ports to storage SANs, while IP traffic gets forwarded to LANs over DCB ports

Server I/O Consolidation (Director)Data Center Bridging / Fibre Channel over Ethernet Before Unified I/O After Unified I/O Before Unified I/O Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform LAN SAN A SAN B Corporate LAN SAN in previous recipe has been consolidated into the DCX Backbone Separate Fibre Channel SAN and Ethernet LAN Ethernet Switches Consolodated Brocade Backbone with FCOE10-24 blades Fibre Channel switches DCX or DCX-4S Backbone Fibre Channel DCB/FCoE Ethernet FC HBAs (FC Traffic) NICs (Ethernet Traffic) Converged CNAs (DCB/FCoE Traffic) Value Proposition:The primary benefit of I/O consolidation at the server edge is that it simplifies server to switch infrastructure. Consolidation translates into less adapters and less cabling to worry about. Simpler configurations also translate into easier to manage and maintain environments. With less components, it can also reduce physical hardware costs and cooling costs at the server edge*. This assists enterprises in reaching their goals for greener, simpler, and more virtualized data centers. Note: Backbone in the picture can be the 8510-8 Backbone, 8510-4 Backbone, DCX Backbone or DCX-4S Backbone * Depends upon the specific configurations involved. Please verify your environment prior to making any claims.

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