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The Evolution of NetworkingThe next step in products & solutions

Jan Hof

EMEA Product Marketing Manager

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Switch market overviewLayer-3 Switching is on the move…..

The Western European LAN switch Forecast by Layers, 2000-2006

Source: IDC, 2002

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1.0

2.0

3.0

4.0

5.0

6.0

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Total 2006 = $5.3B

$B

Layer 4-7

Layer 3

Layer 2

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….. requiring continuous enhancements

WANPublic Services

Your IT

Infrastructure

10 GbE

MPLS

IPv6

Higher Density

SNMPv3Wireless

Security

VoIP

Storage

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Extreme’s Technology Strategy

Closet

Replace

a router

with a switch

Summit4 or 8 Channel GE1xGE / 8xFE MAC16 Gbps, 12 Mpps

Wire-speed L2/L3QoS - 802.1p

Campus

Inferno8, 16, or 32 Channel GE

4xGE / 16xFE MAC64 Gbps, 48 Mpps

Wire-speed L2/L3QoS- 802.1p + Diffserv

Enhanced Classification/Filtering/Shaping

Accounting

Extend

application

infrastructure

across

the campus

& metroNext Gen

8 Channel 10GE10x1GE / 1x10GE MAC

200 Gbps, 120 Mpps

Hardware MPLS, IPv6LPM for 512K routes

Virtual router supportNext Gen OS

Extend the

application

infrastructure

everywhere CloudGlobal Infrastructure

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Product overview (1)

EquipmentPx1 24e2 24e3 48i 48Si 1i 5i 7i

GbE port 1 2 2 2 2 8 16 32

10/100 ports N/A 24 24 48 48 N/A N/A N/A

Switch Fabric 2Gbps 8.8Gbps 8.8Gbps 17.5Gbps 17.5Gbps 17.5Gbps 32Gbps 64Gbps

Heigth 1RU 1RU 1RU 2RU 1RU 2RU 2RU 4RU

Summit

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Equipment3802 3804 3808 6804 6808 6816

Number of Blades 2 (3) 4 8 4 8 16

GbE port 8 (32) 16 (64) 32 (128) 48 (96) 96 ( 192) 192 (384)

10/100 ports 64 128 256 384 768 1536

Switch Fabric 16 Gbps 32 Gbps 64 Gbps 64 Gbps 128 Gbps 256 Gbps

Heigth 4RU 6RU 12RU 11RU 15RU 35RU

Alpine Black Diamond

Product overview (2)

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Product & Technology Strategy

Corporate Data Center

24

Summit24e3

Summit24e2

Desktop Applications

48i

Advanced Applications

Access

Distribution

Core

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Stackable Objectives

24

Summit24e3

Summit24e2

Desktop Applications

48i

Advanced Applications

Stackables

• End-to-end LAN solution

• Increase leverage

• Single consistent feature set

• New technology

Access

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Modular Chassis Objectives

Advanced Applications

Distribution

Core

Access

BlackDiamond

• Offer the greatest investment protection of all industry core chassis

• Continued application of improved core technology

• Rebuild product with stability, quality and high availability

Alpine

• Market leading modular chassis to serve Enterprise and Metro advanced edge and distribution layers

• Eases the deployment of wireless and voice-over-IP

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Software Objectives

Corporate Data Center

24

Summit24e3

Summit24e2

Desktop Applications

48i

Advanced Applications

Access

Distribution

Core

Embedded Software

• Become significant core intellectual property

• To build a reputation for performance, reliability and innovation

• To lead the industry in core chosen metrics

• To provide a core platform on which value added functionality can be quickly and reliably implemented

Management

• Manage Extreme Networks products directly through dedicated applications

• Enabling management by industry leading third party management applications

• Simplest, easiest, single vendor management capabilities in the industry

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Product & Technology Strategy

Corporate Data Center

Content Networking

• “Trojan horse” platform into large enterprise data centers

• Platform for deep packet inspection applications

• To continue to develop and cost reduce the technology

New Technologies

• The “R” in “R&D”

• To allow new and innovative technologies to be developed

• Streaming Media Accelerator

• Storage Networking

• Security

• To dedicate x% of R&D to new technology investment that has no defined payback in FY03

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New Technology InvestigationIm

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Competitive necessity Potential Growth Driver

Powered line

Supports VOIP, WAP

Wireless Services

Security & Mobility

10GE – LAN/WAN

MPLS-Metro & Enterprise

Streaming Media

Storage Networking

WAN Routing Market

IPv6

Content NetworkingOSS/NMS

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Roadmap Summary

Q2CY03Q1CY03Q4CY02 Q3CY03 Q4CY03

Powered Line 10/100

In line power

Alpine

Summit

32 pt powered line (6-10 pts in current chassis)

L3 powered line stackable

Strategic

Initiatives

MSM64Si

G24Ti

G16Xi

GM16X

GM16T

BD

Alpine

16xGE aggregation blade

24x100/1000 access blade

CPU Perf./Failover

16x10/100/1000 access blade

16xGE aggregation blade

Increased

Competitiveness

Rate Shaping/Counters

Rate Shaping/Counters

BD 10GXi 10GE modular I/f (XENPAK)

BD PXM Content/AppSwitching Blade

BD IPv6 on NP NP based IPv6 (will be shipped) Further Investment

Next Generation &

Future Investigation Alpine ASM Alpine MPLS Blade

Mariner Next Gen very high density GE + 10GE

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Conclusion

• The objective of Extreme Networks:– Be the clear alternative in the large enterprise market

– Be the leader in the emerging Metro Ethernet Market

Fueled by our Vision:– Ethernet Everywhere– IP over Ethernet everywhere

– Complete and consistent feature set at wire-rate speed–Total value solutions;

– To remain the world technology leader in Ethernet

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Thank You