Brocade Communications Systems Brocade Serveiron 1000 - Manual (Page 7)

Q How do ServerIron ADX switches improve ROI?
A The ServerIron ADX switches simplify server farm management and application upgrades
by enabling organizations to easily add resources and remove them into the pool—
helping to minimize TCO. The switches uniquely provide a single platform that can reduce
network load and extend server farm design and scalability.
They accomplish this by combining a high-performance Layer 4-7 packet processing
architecture with the highest available throughput via 1 GbE and 10 GbE connectivity.
ServerIron ADX switches provide hardware-assisted, standards-based network
monitoring for all application traffic flows—improving manageability and security for
network and server resources. Extensive and customizable service health check
capabilities monitor Layer 2, 3, 4, and 7 connectivity—along with service availability and
server response time—to enable real-time problem detection. If a problem arises, client
requests are automatically redistributed to other servers capable of delivering optimized
service. This approach helps keep applications running smoothly with the maximum
availability.
ServerIron ADX switches also support many high-availability mode options, with real-time
session synchronization between two ServerIron ADX switches available to protect
against session loss during outages. As one device shuts down, the second device
transparently resumes control of client traffic with no loss to existing sessions or
connectivity. Organizations can use advanced synchronization capabilities to simplify the
management of two ServerIron ADX switches deployed in high-availability mode,
minimizing network downtime caused by configuration errors.
The intuitive browser-based GUI is easy to operate and can be used to rapidly deploy
ServerIron ADX switches and reliably set up basic configuration functions such as:
• Real server creation
• Virtual server creation
• Real-to-virtual server binding management
• Virtual/real server and port management
• L4 server load balancing
• L7 server load balancing (CSW)
• SSL key and certificate management and acceleration
• VLAN management and port assignment
• IP address configuration
• Standard Access Control List (ACL)
• Front panel view
• Live charts and statistics for real and virtual servers and ports
• Simplified software image upgrade
• Generic http application template
With intelligent application-aware load balancing and content switching capabilities,
ServerIron ADX switches significantly improve application and server farm performance
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