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2. Who is Virtensys?Company information:Founded in 2006 Headcount total ~55 employees :Hardware Engineering/Component Design in Manchester, UKSoftware Engineering/Systems Group in Beaverton, ORCompany value:Patented switching technology acquired through spinout from Xyratex, value of ~$50M Including an extensive IP portfolio: 25 patents (half granted/half pending)OEM Relationship with NEC Corporation for a “blade” version of the VIO product family, shipping over 170 units per quarter© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential 2

4. Virtensys’ FocusSimplifying the way server administrators provision I/O connectivity to a “standard”rack mount based server making it – easy, efficient and affordableTurning rack mount servers into “blades”,where the rack become the “blade chassis”© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential 4

6. Reliance on brittle infrastructureTypical Effects:Over 70% of IT budgets just “maintaining” status quo

7. Less than 30% of IT budgets go to innovation and competitive advantageWhere IT Money Goes5%Infrastructure Investment23%Application Investment42%Infrastructure Maintenance30%Application MaintenanceBusiness Agility Depends on IT Agility Source: VMware Fortune 100 Customers5

8. IT Cost/Efficiency Drivers?© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential Which of these best describes how much time the IT department spends on routine tasks vs. strategic initiatives (i.e. delivering new capabilities that enablebusiness growth)?89% of IT Departments spend at least half of their time on“Routine Tasks”…and 57% spend over 70%Typical tasks include:Physical cabling servers

9. Installing I/O adapters

10. Switch port configuration

11. HBA firmware updatesN = 300Source: VMware / Bredin Business Information, Inc., 12/096

12. I/O Virtualization (IOV)?Physical adapter appears as a virtual adapter:NIC ► vNICsHBA ►vHBAs Disk ►vDisksvNICs/vHBAs function as conventional I/O adapters:Compatible with existing operating systems, hypervisors, and applicationsAppear as physical cards to the network layer (LAN/SAN)I/O Virtualization (IOV) is used to:Dramatically improve IT’s server operational agilitySimplify server managementReduce server connectivity/peripheral TCO© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential Create virtual I/Oin servers7

14. Corporate NetworkLAN / WAN/ SANAccess SwitchesTypical Traditional Deployment:Multiple I/O adapters / servers

15. Multiple network and storage cables per server

16. Multiple network and storage switches per rack

19. Corporate NetworkLAN / WAN / SANIOV ApplianceVirtensys IOV Appliance Deployment Process:Physical traditional I/O adapters are removed

20. A fewer number of high powered interfaces are virtualized within the Virtensys IOV Appliance

21. A simple, low power, low profile PCIe extender card is inserted into the servers

22. A PCI extension cable connects the server to the appliance, allowing you to “Wire Once” for all future 10 GbE & FC ports (provides a typical 4:1 cable consolidation and at least a 2:1 card reduction)

23. Access the Virtensys Management Consoleto create/present hardware-virtualized I/O (vNICs, vHBAs), appear to servers as local PCIe interfacesVirtensys: I/O Virtualization – In action© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential 11

24. © Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential Virtualized I/O: Non-disruptive to servers and OSWired once– Provisioned at willVirtualize and share I/O adapters across all serversServer-native PCIe LinksRe-provision virtual I/Oresources acrossservers – on demandUtilize existing Ethernet and FC connectionsCorporate NetworkLAN / WAN/ SANIOV ApplianceVirtual I/O emulates physical adapter – No changes to servers or networksVirtensys: I/O Virtualization – In action12

26. 10 Gigabit Ethernet

27. SAS/SATA Disk adapters

28. Creates identical Virtualized I/O adapters in servers – no SW driver, server, I/O adapter modification required FC HBA10 GbE NICSAS/SATASupports Industry standard servers:Up to 16 connections per appliance

29. PCIe cable connect

30. PCIe Gen 2Selection of I/O adapters

31. What’s under the hood?© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential Front PanelLAN / SAN connectivity:4 to 8 ports 10 GbE (SFP+)4 ports 8 Gb Fibre ChannelSupports standard & virtualized O/S’s:Windows, Linux, VMwareManageability:SNMP/CIM/IPMILAN mgmt portTop / Inside ViewRedundantfansVirtensys VIO proxy engines16 server ports4 ports 10 GbitEthernet4 ports 8Gb Fibre ChannelRedundantPSU and fansManagementportRear Panel14

33. What does a vNIC or vHBA look like?Virtensys allows admins to leverage the native I/O adapter drivers within the OS/HypervisorStandard hardware virtualized adapters© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential 16

43. Problem: Not Enough Network…As VMware admins drive up the utilization of physical server, by increasing VM density, a given virtualized application’s I/O requirements/needs become more evident.The classic approach has been to add multiple 1 Gigabit Ethernet NICs, causing additional management complexity, cabling issues and problems with not enough PCI slots to meet the I/O needs of the application.1GigE pNICsiSCSIFTvMotionNFSTCP/IPvSwitch1GigENICs dedicated for some traffic types e.g. vMotion, IP Storage

45. Solution: Virtualized I/O for vSphereVirtualized 10 GigE vNICsWith Virtensys -- a vSphere host can have access to greater amounts of bandwidth, with fewer cable/complexity, added non-disruptively -- with dedicated and reserved resource allocated per vNIC.Additional 10 GbE interfaces can be added effortlessly and leveraged for IP storage traffic, busy vMotion networks, Fault Tolerance (FT) logging and “mission critical” application traffic.iSCSIFTvMotionNFSTCP/IPvSwitch10 GigETraffic types compete. Who gets what share of the vmnic?Traffic now converged over two virtualized 10 GbE vNICs

48. Industry/Vertical: Manufacturing

49. Description: Synopsys is a world leader in Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

50. Headquartered: Mountain View, California, and has more than 60 offices located throughout the world“Virtensys I/O virtualization systems show good capabilities as we upgrade our infrastructure” HasmukhRanjan, VP of IT for Synopsys“We were impressed to see that deploying the VIO-4001 did not require any changes to our existing environment.”28

51. Award-Winning VIO-4000 Series© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential VIO-4001Ethernet and FC I/O Virtualization:10Gbit Ethernet (10GbE) – up to 4 ports8Gbit Fibre Channel (FC) – up to 4 portsVIO-4004Ethernet I/O Virtualization:10Gbit Ethernet (10GbE) – up to 8 portsVIO-400810GbE and virtualized DirectAttached Storage (vDAS):Through 6Gbit SAS/SATA RAID controllers 29

52. Virtensys Management Console© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential Wire once, provision at will:Create & assign virtual adapters from standard physical adapters, assign network and storage adapters to serversDynamically allocate bandwidth to virtual adaptersCreate LUNs from consolidated disks and assign to connected servers View virtual to physical relationships for virtual I/O connectivityIntegrates seamlessly with standard data center management interfaces:Scriptable command line interface for automationSNMP support for data center integrationHealth monitoring:IPMI for active system health monitoring SNMP traps & alerts, events for monitored components30

54. Why Deploy VIO-4000 I/O Appliances© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential Virtualizes a server’s I/O:Ethernet, Fibre Channel, and DAS (direct attached storage)No changes needed:…to I/O adapters, servers, O/S’s, applications, device drivers or networksNon-disruptive:No new network/fabric in the data centerUses server-native PCIe interconnectPreserve previous investments in people, process and technologyVIO-4001/4004VIO-400832

55. SummaryBusiness is demanding greater IT AgilityServer and storage virtualization are part of the solution, but not the whole solutionI/O Virtualization breaks the barriers of static server I/O configuration/provisioningVirtensys’ PCIe I/O Virtualization products are the simplest way to deliver IOV and the IT Agility businesses demand© Copyright 2005-2011 - Virtensys Proprietary and Confidential Come see ___________ @ Booth # 102333

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