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F5’s BIG-IP Blade Controller - The Essential Software for Blade Server Systems. John Bigelow Vice President & General Manager, Software Business. May 2002. Company Overview. Leading provider of intelligent Internet Traffic and Content Management solutions that Increase availability
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F5’s BIG-IP Blade Controller -The Essential Software for Blade Server Systems John Bigelow Vice President & General Manager, Software Business May 2002
Company Overview • Leading provider of intelligent Internet Traffic and Content Management solutions that • Increase availability • Reduce cost • Improve efficiency • Boost performance • Founded 1996, public 1999 • HQ in Seattle (WA), offices throughout Europe and Asia • Approx. 500 employees • FY2001 Revenue: $107.4 M • Nasdaq listed (FFIV)
Market Position • Worldwide #1 for ITM appliances (68%) • Worldwide #3 for total ITM market, incl. both appliances and L7 switches (15.6%) • Worldwide #1 for multipurpose ITM devices with SSL HW acceleration (74%) • Regional #1 market share in Japan ITM = Internet Traffic Management SSL = Secure Sockets Layer
Web Server Application Server Routers & Switches Microsoft Oracle BEA Systems Tivoli DynamicSoft Data Server • Lower cost • Improved efficiency • Increased business security • Higher availability • Better overall performance The Integration Point Between Users, Servers Applications and the Network
Today’s Web Application Architecture Internet Routers 3-DNS BIG-IP Link Controller 2000s Firewalls BIG-IP 5000s for load balancing, VLANs, and IP traffic management EDGE-FX Applications Hardware Redundant Web Servers, Terminal Servers, Application Servers, CRM, ERP, & Database Servers Rack Mount or Pedestal Servers
Tomorrow’s Web Application Architecture Internet Option 1 Routers 3-DNS BIG-IP Link Controller 2000s Firewalls BIG-IP 5000s EDGE-FX Applications Hardware Redundant Web Servers, Terminal Servers, Application Servers, CRM, ERP, & Database Servers Blade Server Systems
Tomorrow’s Web Application Architecture -Possible only with F5 Networks Internet Option 2 Applications System Software F5 EDGE-FX Cache and Content Controller, Redundant Web Servers, Terminal Servers, Firewalls, Application Servers, CRM, ERP, & Database Servers F5 BIG-IP Blade Controller F5 BIG-IP Link Controller F5 3-DNS Hardware HP ProLiant BL Blade Servers
BIG-IP intercepts, inspects, transforms, and directs all IP based traffic to the most appropriate application or resource depending on: BIG-IP: Harnessing the Power of Blade Servers and Applications • High Availability • Security • Performance • • Reliability of the server blades or applications Blade Controller HP ProLiant BL line Load Balancing and IP Traffic Management
HP Blade Servers withBIG-IP Creating a powerful, secure and unified computing platform • High availability • - Stateful failover, application health monitoring. • Performance • Dynamically direct traffic to best performing server and OS through advanced load-balancing. • Application (solutions view). • - Increase I/O through F5’s OneConnect Technology. • Scale • Easily add servers and applications to scale services. • “Pool” unlimited resources within BIG-IP according to application, customer, department or business unit. • - Increase I/O through F5’s OneConnect Technology. • Security • Hardened system only allows specific traffic through. • - SSL and TLS decryption/encryption. • - Certificate management and authentication. • - DOS, SynFlood, NIMBDA, CODERED prevention. Blade Controller Load Balancing and IP Traffic Management