Technical Details for Cabletron Internet Appliance

Cabletron Internet Appliance ... and traffic policing. The IA family ensures that visitors to an Internet site can complete their transactions seamlessly, whether downloading information, buying products, or upgrading account status. The IA family of Web switches offers service providers a unique combination of performance, control, security, and reliability.

By distributing session requests across multiple content servers, the IA guarantees timely responses to queries. Through Comprehensive Server Checking (CSC), the IA guarantees that the requests are sent to servers that are working properly. Using Intrinsic Persistence Checking (IPC) techniques, the IA is able to ensure that the customer is sent to the correct server regardless of where the customer is coming from, such as a mega-proxy. The IA is able to maintain high-speed performance even with IPC features enabled. Utilizing standards-based VRRP redundancy protocols, the IA is able to maintain connections to the servers. IA Web switches provide secure and limit access to the servers without reducing performance with complete, detailed network management information.