F5 BIG-IP 5100 IP Application Switch

F5 BIG-IP 5100 IP Application Switch ... IP-centric traffic management. The BIG-IP 5000 series provides all-in-one Internet Traffic Management (ITM) into a single device that dramatically lowers total cost of ownership and reduces management complexities for enterprises and service providers. This solution provides flexibility and speed to directly connect servers, caches, firewalls, databases, and VPN endpoints. It eliminates the need to buy additional switches; supports fully meshed network deployments, provides significant cost savings and flexibility for SSL acceleration and capacity.

ITM products must support large and ever increasing traffic volumes as new enterprise and service provider applications become available. No other ITM solution offers as much processing power to allow deep inspection of traffic required by current and new enterprise applications. Unlike distributed architectures, BIG-IP 5000 can apply all of its processing power to any port at any time - where decisions need to be made. BIG-IP 5000 series is the only ITM solution with an architecture optimized for IP traffic, thanks to its centralized processing and switch fabric design. BIG-IP is an "all-in-one" solution that eliminates the need to deploy multiple devices, reducing administration duties and lowering your total cost of ownership.