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Directing Traffic Over the Best ISP Link Client Server 1 2 Internet 2 1 ISP1 ISP3 ISP2 BIG-IP Link Controller Inbound Client Request Corporate Server Response Outbound Corporate User Request 2) Internet Server Response Firewalls Corporate Network Corporate Servers Corporate Users

ISP Links are Stretched Thin Contention Latency Oracle Oracle ISP Link VoIP ISP Link VoIP SAP SAP Bandwidth oversubscription New Application & Contention One thought: Bandwidth oversubscription, application contention, ISP routing issues and since everything runs on IP now,. Organizations are being challenged with problems such as Bandwidth oversubscription where the application don’t get the bandwidth they need to run because the ISP link is overstaurared Application Contention where mission critical applications get starved out of the bandwidth they need because other low priority applications and abusing bandwidth usage Lack of peering agreements between ISPs causes traffic from one ISP to be dropped by the other resulting in loss of information. TCP inefficiencies that cause higher recovery times on packet loss, poor utilization of link bandwidth over longer distances and higher latencies for dial-up and broadband clients. How do organizations cope with this problem today? Keep adding more bandwidth. Why doesn’t it work? Because applications continue to suck more bandwidth when available. Its not how much but how well do you use your bandwidth….next slide TCP ISP / routing failures TCP inefficiencies Outages, Poor Performance, Higher Cost

New BIG-IP Link Controller Only solution delivering link high availability and optimization on a unified platform Dial-up BIG-IP LC Broadband Oracle Oracle VoIP VoIP SAP SAP BIG-IP LC v4 BIG-IP LC v9 ISP Availability  Bandwidth Optimization Rate Shaping Compression Application Performance TCP Express iRules Topology F5 approached the ISP link problem by combining a set of optimization capabilities designed specifically for the ISP links in one integrated platform. We dramatically improve ISP link performance by: Prioritizing applications by setting up policies to make sure that those mission critical apps like VoIP are given priority over less critical applications like HTTP. Provide an instantaneous boost in bandwidth savings and eliminate the need to add more bandwidth with Powerful compression iRules provides organizations the flexibility to create custom traffic policies to work around ISP routing issues and choose the link with the best QoS for a specific application. Improve end use response times and remove TCP inefficiencies – For all types of clients – Dial-up, Broadband – irrespective of where the end users are. Could be next door or half way around the world - over longer distances Let us put this in play and look at some real world scenarios….next slide Remote TMOS

Application Prioritization ISP 2 Web, and email Web Portal T1 Line ISP 1 BIG-IP Link Controller ISP LB Rate Shaping iRules OC-3 Line Email Web and email Customer here is a large ecommerce business. Challenge they were facing was that their web portal was hogging all the bandwidth on the secondary link and causing the email application to starve. When the primary link was up, there was no problem but when it failed, the secondary link was not big enough. Since about 70% of their business was done via email, this was causing a big loss in revenue and orders were being lost….. Their initial approach was add more bandwidth but realized that the more bandwidth they had, the more bandwidth the web application was going to use…next slide.. With LC, they were able to solve this challenge by ensuring that the Web application didn’t take all the bandwidth on the secondary link. With the combination of Rate Shaping and iRules, they were able to create a custom policy provide a certain amount of bandwidth to the email. There were no more lost orders, increased profitability and dramatic cost savings from not having to add more bandwidth. Challenges Email gets starved during ISP outages 80% of business done via email Adding bandwidth won’t solve the problem Web applications burst to fill the pipe Benefits Increased profitability Improved scalability of links Bandwidth savings ~ $1,000/month Reduced management overhead

BIG-IP Link Controller ISP Link Performance Compression TCP optimization Topology based routing iRules Integrated Bandwidth management Link High Availability Composite monitors Security Management New user interface Support for IPv6 networks iSNAT $14,990 - Standalone system (1500 platform) $ 6,990 - Add-on module to BIG-IP Optional modules: Compression, IPv6, routing (OSPF, BGP, RIP) compression (up to 100 Mbps)

BIG-IP LC Platform Transitions BIG-IP 51X0 BIG-IP 1000 BIG-IP 2400 BIG-IP 520/540 BIG-IP 1500 BIG-IP 3400 BIG-IP 6400 BIG-IP 6800 LC v9.x Standalone * * * *  LC v9.x Module         * Requires memory upgrade. See Internal FAQ for trade-in promotion.

BIG-IP Link Controller – Top Benefits Automated management of ISP links reduces overhead and improves availability Aggregates inexpensive links to maximize ROI Lower monthly ISP bills - compression Ensure bandwidth for mission-critical apps Reduce multi-homing cost (compared to BGP) Accelerate applications – TCP Express, etc. Future proof – upgradeable to BIG-IP LTM

Link Controller Delivers Unmatched Services F5 Radware Foundry Nortel Composite Monitors Advanced LB Basic LB IPv6 gateway iSNAT iRules Link Stats Reporting Secure Web Admin Compression TCP Express Rate Shaping  Availability         Management        Limited  Performance   

Why Should You Buy BIG-IP LC? Have you considered multiple ISPs for high availability? Is your ISP not meeting the desired bandwidth and reliability Service Level Agreements (SLAs)? Is your business losing money from ISP downtime? Are you considering BGP as an multi-homing option? Are you always looking to add extra ISP lines or bandwidth to solve your business problems? Are some of your mission critical applications getting starved out of bandwidth?