Brocade 1008 SI-1008-1-DC Data Sheet
Product codes
SI-1008-1-DC
HIGH-PERFORMANCE
APPLICATION DELIVERY
The Brocade ADX Series enables efficient
distribution of traffic among application and
infrastructure servers using load-balancing
methods that monitor server connection
load, server resources such as CPU and
memory, application response time, and
pre-assigned server weights for an optimal
application experience.
distribution of traffic among application and
infrastructure servers using load-balancing
methods that monitor server connection
load, server resources such as CPU and
memory, application response time, and
pre-assigned server weights for an optimal
application experience.
Web and Application Server
Load Balancing
The Brocade ADX Series provides uninterrupted,
high-performance, and low-latency delivery
of popular applications—including Microsoft
Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft
Lync, SAP, Oracle, BEA WebLogic, IBM
WebSphere, and Siebel—and financial
services applications based on the Financial
Information eXchange (FIX) protocol. The
Brocade ADX Series also provides high-
performance Layer 7 features, including
health checking, content switching, content
transformation, and application scripting.
high-performance, and low-latency delivery
of popular applications—including Microsoft
Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft
Lync, SAP, Oracle, BEA WebLogic, IBM
WebSphere, and Siebel—and financial
services applications based on the Financial
Information eXchange (FIX) protocol. The
Brocade ADX Series also provides high-
performance Layer 7 features, including
health checking, content switching, content
transformation, and application scripting.
Infrastructure Load Balancing
The Brocade ADX Series increases availability
and scalability of infrastructure components
that are critical for service delivery,
including Domain Name Server (DNS),
firewalls, caching devices, authentication
services such as RADIUS and LDAP, and
secure IPv4 and IPv6 DNS as well as DNS
Security Extension (DNSSEC) servers.
and scalability of infrastructure components
that are critical for service delivery,
including Domain Name Server (DNS),
firewalls, caching devices, authentication
services such as RADIUS and LDAP, and
secure IPv4 and IPv6 DNS as well as DNS
Security Extension (DNSSEC) servers.
MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY AND
CONTROL OF SERVICE DELIVERY
The Brocade ADX Series provides a highly
scalable and flexible way to accelerate the
creation and delivery of new, innovative
cloud service offerings while maintaining
predictable performance.
scalable and flexible way to accelerate the
creation and delivery of new, innovative
cloud service offerings while maintaining
predictable performance.
Brocade OpenScript Engine
The Brocade OpenScript
®
engine
(see Figure 2) is a carrier-grade application
scripting engine for real-time application
services that offers:
scripting engine for real-time application
services that offers:
• Distributed architecture: Provides better
scale and stability compared to shared
memory architectures. The memory
footprint of the OpenScript engine is
extremely small, increasing the number of
scripts that can run simultaneously. Data
traffic is isolated in a separate “script
memory,” localizing the impact of a
defective script and making it well suited
for multitenant environments.
memory architectures. The memory
footprint of the OpenScript engine is
extremely small, increasing the number of
scripts that can run simultaneously. Data
traffic is isolated in a separate “script
memory,” localizing the impact of a
defective script and making it well suited
for multitenant environments.
• Patent-pending Brocade OpenScript
Performance Estimator:
Provides
deterministic network performance
estimates of custom scripts without
running live traffic.
estimates of custom scripts without
running live traffic.
• Perl-based scripts: Enable faster
execution because they run byte code
and objects are passed as handles—in
contrast to other implementations that
use TCL, which are interpreted at run
time, thus slowing performance.
and objects are passed as handles—in
contrast to other implementations that
use TCL, which are interpreted at run
time, thus slowing performance.
• Objects-based flow inspection: Allows
manipulation of a response based on
information in the request and vice versa,
and improves intelligent traffic-handling
capabilities.
information in the request and vice versa,
and improves intelligent traffic-handling
capabilities.
• Open architecture framework:
Allows the addition of select third-party
Perl modules and OpenSource libraries
(such as
Perl modules and OpenSource libraries
(such as
APPLICATION SECURITY
AND PROTECTION
Today’s organizations need strong protection
against increasingly sophisticated
infrastructure attacks and application
threats. Brocade solutions provide a single
security strategy to safeguard systems
against rapidly evolving threats. These
solutions offer network-based Access Control
Lists (ACLs), scalable DDoS/SYN protection,
and accelerated SSL proxy and offload.
against increasingly sophisticated
infrastructure attacks and application
threats. Brocade solutions provide a single
security strategy to safeguard systems
against rapidly evolving threats. These
solutions offer network-based Access Control
Lists (ACLs), scalable DDoS/SYN protection,
and accelerated SSL proxy and offload.
Enhanced Application Security
The Brocade ADX Series stops attacks from
illegitimate connections and denies service
to unauthorized users through hardware-
based ACLs. Moreover, the Brocade ADX
Series can proactively mitigate attacks by
limiting concurrent connections and the rate
of new connections.
illegitimate connections and denies service
to unauthorized users through hardware-
based ACLs. Moreover, the Brocade ADX
Series can proactively mitigate attacks by
limiting concurrent connections and the rate
of new connections.
Infrastructure Protection
The Brocade ADX Series provides protection
against DNS amplification attacks by
inspecting DNS packets for query names,
query types, and other DNS flags, and then
enforcing security policies. The Brocade ADX
Series drops or rate-limits these packets
without sacrificing overall DNS delivery
performance. Moreover, the Brocade ADX
Series provides simple and hassle-free
integration with DNSSEC service without
disturbing the provider’s pre-existing
certificate management policy framework.
against DNS amplification attacks by
inspecting DNS packets for query names,
query types, and other DNS flags, and then
enforcing security policies. The Brocade ADX
Series drops or rate-limits these packets
without sacrificing overall DNS delivery
performance. Moreover, the Brocade ADX
Series provides simple and hassle-free
integration with DNSSEC service without
disturbing the provider’s pre-existing
certificate management policy framework.
SSL Offload and Acceleration
The Brocade ADX Series offloads CPU-intensive
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) negotiation and
connection management tasks from
application servers, thereby freeing up CPU
cycles for application delivery and improving
application response time. With the new
SSL acceleration module, the Brocade ADX
chassis-based system supports the advanced
2048-bit SSL acceleration, providing a
70 percent performance gain in new SSL
sessions per second.
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) negotiation and
connection management tasks from
application servers, thereby freeing up CPU
cycles for application delivery and improving
application response time. With the new
SSL acceleration module, the Brocade ADX
chassis-based system supports the advanced
2048-bit SSL acceleration, providing a
70 percent performance gain in new SSL
sessions per second.
High-Speed Attack Prevention
DDoS/SYN attacks are becoming
increasingly severe, with attackers
launching sophisticated attacks and even
building botnets in the cloud. The Brocade
ADX Series leverages its distributed
hardware architecture to offer maximum
protection against several forms of DDoS
attacks, preventing up to 120 million
attacks per second while ensuring the
undisrupted flow of legitimate traffic.
increasingly severe, with attackers
launching sophisticated attacks and even
building botnets in the cloud. The Brocade
ADX Series leverages its distributed
hardware architecture to offer maximum
protection against several forms of DDoS
attacks, preventing up to 120 million
attacks per second while ensuring the
undisrupted flow of legitimate traffic.
Deep Packet Inspection
The Brocade ADX Series OpenScript
programming toolkit enables administrators
to create customized security policies to
respond to unknown attacks. In addition,
programming toolkit enables administrators
to create customized security policies to
respond to unknown attacks. In addition,
Figure 2.
The Brocade OpenScript engine.
The Brocade OpenScript engine.
Monitoring
Acceleration
Security
Infrastructure
Customers
S1
S2
S3
Servers and
Applications
CONTENT
HOSTING/CLOUD
CARRIERS
MOBILE
Data
Manipulation
API
OpenScript Engine
SERVICES
User-Provided Custom Scripts
Protocol
Events
API
Data
Inspection
API