Cisco Cisco ACE Application Control Engine Module 产品宣传册
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vendor sponsoring the review. Miercom assured their fair and accurate application. These are not the only results that should guide a product selection.
vendor sponsoring the review. Miercom assured their fair and accurate application. These are not the only results that should guide a product selection.
isco Systems engaged Miercom to independently verify the
performance and various unique features of the new Application
Control Engine (ACE) hardware module running software release
performance and various unique features of the new Application
Control Engine (ACE) hardware module running software release
A.1.3 against F5 Networks BIG-IP 8400 running software v9.2.3.
Designed for the Catalyst 6500 Series switch, the Cisco ACE was
evaluated in key areas: Layer 4 and Layer 7 Load Balancing
performance, SSL performance, device scalability, availability, and
security. The Cisco ACE showed itself to be superior in all performance
tests conducted compared to F5 BIG-IP 8400. Targeted for enterprise
and service provider customers, the Cisco ACE offers data center owners
the potential to lower overall capital and operating expenses based on
features, performance, and measured power consumption under load.
The Cisco ACE demonstrated features and scalability not available in
other solutions including the ability to create virtual partitions (up to 250
per module), separate administrative logins per virtual partition combined
with customizable Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for granular
administrative and user access, hierarchical domains to further enhance
security control and maintenance access; and architectural scalability.
Designed for the Catalyst 6500 Series switch, the Cisco ACE was
evaluated in key areas: Layer 4 and Layer 7 Load Balancing
performance, SSL performance, device scalability, availability, and
security. The Cisco ACE showed itself to be superior in all performance
tests conducted compared to F5 BIG-IP 8400. Targeted for enterprise
and service provider customers, the Cisco ACE offers data center owners
the potential to lower overall capital and operating expenses based on
features, performance, and measured power consumption under load.
The Cisco ACE demonstrated features and scalability not available in
other solutions including the ability to create virtual partitions (up to 250
per module), separate administrative logins per virtual partition combined
with customizable Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for granular
administrative and user access, hierarchical domains to further enhance
security control and maintenance access; and architectural scalability.
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January 2007
Report 070117
Product Category:
Data Center Switch
Vendors Tested:
Cisco Systems
F5 Networks
Product Tested:
Cisco 6500 Application
Control Engine Module
Control Engine Module
v A.1.3
F5 8400 BIG-IP v9.2.3
Lab Testing
Summary
Report
Key findings and conclusions:
• The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Application Control Engine
(ACE) module demonstrated superior speed, throughput
and scalability compared to the F5 BIG-IP 8400 switch in
comprehensive performance tests
and scalability compared to the F5 BIG-IP 8400 switch in
comprehensive performance tests
• The Cisco ACE provided linear scalability for throughput
and connections with multiple modules in a single
Catalyst 6500 switch
Catalyst 6500 switch
• The Cisco ACE provides improved data center efficiency
through lower power consumption and heat output
• The Cisco ACE eases and accelerates provisioning and
management with unique features including, Hierarchy
Domain, RBAC, Virtualization, and Configuration
Rollback
Domain, RBAC, Virtualization, and Configuration
Rollback
Chart 1: Results of Layer 4 Throughput for Cisco ACE and F5 BIG-IP 8400 w/
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