F5 Networks Scaling Mobile Infrastructures with BIG-IP

Scaling Mobile InfrastructuresWith BIG-IP

F5 Highlights of November 16 News
New F5 BIG-IP release enables service providers to transparently scale and grow mobile services

Support for DIAMETER and RADIUS protocols – New traffic profiles and monitors for RADIUS and Diameter

Fast Failover – When combined with new monitors and carrier-grade hardware can significantly reduce downtime

IPv6 Gateway – Gives carriers the ability to leverage the scalability of IPv6 for all their mobile devices, while still connecting to legacy IPv4 networks

Total traffic control with iRules – Allows system integrators to integrate BIG-IP into the rest of their total solution; providing advanced, customized traffic management, such as policy-based traffic steering
PB 200 Blades for VIPRION system –To help carriers manage their massive, revenue-generating traffic, F5 offers new blades for VIPRION that provide the throughput needed today and tomorrow

Data Growth Creates New Challenges
4G and LTE development
IPv4 address depletion
Traffic volumes stressing network hardware
Uptime is even more critical

Mobile Scaling Issues3G growth is causing AAA infrastructure to be overloaded
AAA Server
Single TCP connection with Diameter traffic
GGSN
Problem
AAA servers are overloaded
Replacing with larger server or segmenting the network is expensive
Downtime to billing systems = revenue loss. Single point of failure
Traditional HTTP load balancers can’t manage RADIUS/Diameter traffic
GGSN – Gateway GPRS Support Node

BIG-IP Offers Unique Scaling for AAAMessage switching allows L7 decisions
AAA Servers
BIG-IP splits single TCP connection
BIG-IP
GGSN
Solution
Scaling and HA for Diameter and RADIUS
Add servers to pool without disruption
Improve uptime with advanced, in-band health monitoring
Only single-box, high performance solution for AAA scaling
GGSN – Gateway GPRS Support Node

Traditional Firewalls Do Not ScaleIPv4 address depletion is driving NAT solutions
Private IPs
Public IPs
NAT
Limited to 100,000 concurrent connections
Problem
Need carrier-grade NAT solution
Replacing with larger firewall is expensive and time consuming
Doesn’t require advanced firewall rules
No path to scale in the future

NAT at Carrier Speeds with VIPRIONAt 1/5 the cost of traditional firewalls
Private IPs
Public IPs
NAT
Solution
Handles 8 million connections per blade
Scalable NAT solution
Add blades as needed, up to 32 million concurrent connections
Simple iRule on BIG-IP
Implemented at 1/5 the cost of comparable firewall
Provides IPv6 Gateway

Why do Mobile Operators Need BIG-IP?
BIG-IP helps service providers
Deploy and scale new services
Manage large traffic volumes
Reduce downtime
Control traffic according to business demands

F5 Networks Scaling Mobile Infrastructures with BIG-IP

by DSorensenCPR on Nov 12, 2009

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