Integrated Internet Traffic Management

Products and Services

F5 Networks is a leading
F5 has an integrated suite of high-
provider of products that performance products that
deliver web site integrity for automatically and intelligently

Traffic and Content manage user traffic and content to

deliver web site integrity for e-

Management for e-Business.
Business
Server Network

Content Management
Network Control
High availability and intelligent load
balancing controller for distributed networks
 User

Internet Servers Internet Servers

The 3DNS controller

Intelligently distributes traffic to
multiple Internet sites based
on site availability and network
health
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Internet Servers Internet Servers

3DNS Controller
The 3DNS controller is a wide area high
availability and intelligent load
balancing product that insures the
greatest level of availability by
automatically distributing user requests
across geographically distributed web
sites.
Risks Without Web Site Integrity
Losing business in record time
Zona Research found that 8 seconds is the maximum wait users will accept to
receive a page before clicking to a competitor
If at any time users receive an error message will they will immediately click to
the competition
Losing a sale is only part of the problem
Lost brand reputation
Lost customer confidence
Lost market capitalization
What causes your customers to go to the competition?
Site failure
Software failure
Content failure
Network Traffic overload
3DNS
Control over your wide-area Internet Traffic
Delivers high availability
Network infrastructure integrity ensures customer satisfaction
Scalable solution for multiple distributes sites
Simplified management for global resources
Secure to safeguard you and your customers
3DNS High Availability and
Reliability
Network infrastructure integrity
Check the status of any load balancing product and any other IP
based server that may be installed at your site including FTP, E-
mail, LDAP and others.
Reliability
Provides fault-tolerance by eliminating single points of failure
Disaster Recovery
Set policy that allows back-up sites to be used in the event of a
disaster
3DNS Intelligent Load Balancing
Intelligent Load Balancing
The 3DNS Controller can be configured to make traffic distribution
decisions to meet the dynamic needs of your customers.
Production Rules
Dynamically changes your 3DNS Controller configuration
based on time of day or network health
Dynamically change the load balancing method to best
match the needs of your e-business users
Dynamic Ratio (patent pending)
Dynamic Ratio sends a portion of traffic to the best performing site,
second best performing site, and so on according to percentages pre-
defined by the administrator.
3DNS Intelligent Load Balancing
Intelligent Load Balancing
QoS Load Balancing
Quality of Service load balancing is the ability to select apply different
load balancing methods for different users or request types
Modes of Load Balancing
Round Robin Ratio
Least Connections Random
User-defined Quality-of-Service Round Trip Time
Completion Rate (Packet Loss) BIG/ip Packet Rate
Global Availability HOPS
Topology Distribution Access Control
LDNS Round Robin Dynamic Ratio
E-Commerce
3DNS Scalability
Extend your reach
Use your current web sites to reach remote workers, vendors,
partners, and customers
Protects your investment
Use with multiple heterogeneous hardware platforms, protects
legacy hardware and any future investments
Grow without pain
Add new applications, servers, and sites without interruption to
service
3DNS Manageability
Simplify your e-Business management
3DNS simplifies the management of your e-business with the
following tools and features
Autosync
Secure automated setup and synchronization of redundant
3DNS Controllers anywhere on the Internet
3DNS Web Administration
Local and remote browser-based utility for configuring 3DNS
features including wide IPs, virtual servers, data centers,
and production rules
3DNS Manageability
Simplify your e-Business management
Web-Based DNS Administration
3DNS contains NameSurfer, a web-based interface for
remote DNS administration and for editing DNS zone files
SNMP Probing
3DNS supports UCD snmpd, Solstice Enterprise, and NT/4.0
SNMP agents that provide metrics on CPU utilization,
memory, and other server statistics that assist in managing
your total e-business solution
Data Centers and Sync Groups
3DNS lets you create logical groups of network equipment
that reside in the same location. This allows for an efficient
use of probing, resulting in a highly scalable solution.
3DNS Security
Protecting your e-business and customers
The 3DNS Controller has a number of inherent security features
designed to protect against common attacks and provide added
protection for your sites
Packet Filtering
Limit or deny access to and from web sites based on monitoring the
traffic source, destination or port
Deny Ports
Tight control for allowing or denying access based on ports on Virtual
IPs
Secure Administration
SSH and SSL for secure local and remote administration
3DNS Works Standalone or With
BIG/ip & see/IT
3DNS works with existing DNS servers or can be
used as an industry leading standalone DNS server
for your e-Business
3DNS works with BIG/ip to provide the highest
availability for local and wide area applications but
can also operate without BIG/ip present
3DNS works with see/IT by providing real-time
server traffic monitoring and network capacity
forecasting and planning.
Integrated Internet Traffic Management
Products and Services