Nortel ACEdirector 3

Nortel ACEdirector 3 ... innovative distributed processing architecture, ACEdirector products support all Web OS Internet traffic application and control services. Alteon AD products series provide a broad range of high-speed traffic management and control functions.

The AD series delivers simultaneous support for Layer 2, 3 and 4 through 7 switching. Unlike traditional packet switches, the Alteon AD series combines a unique collection of traffic management services and applications support within a high-performance Ethernet switch - optimized for switching hundreds of thousands of Web sessions every second. Local and global server load balancing, application redirection, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) load balancing, URL-based redirection and load balancing, Streaming Media load balancing, Wireless Internet load balancing and Intrusion Detection load balancing and advanced TCP/IP filtering functions are all performed in one Web switch.