F5 announces the new VIPRION 2400 platform and enhanced BIG-IP 8950S, designed to provide high-performance application delivery with energy efficiency and competitive pricing. The introduction of Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing (VCMP) allows for on-demand scaling and multi-tenancy capabilities on a single ADC platform. These offerings will be formally announced at Interop Las Vegas and extend F5's product line to a broader range of enterprises.

1. F5 Delivers New Platforms, Architecture Technology

2. New F5 OfferingsAvailable in June

3. VIPRION 2400

4. BIG-IP 8950S

5. Expanded Hypervisor Support for VE

6. Available in CY Q3

7. Virtual Cluster Multiprocessing (vCMP)(Offerings will be formally announced at Interop Las Vegas)

8. VIPRION 2400New Midrange, High Performance Application Delivery Controller

9. VIPRION 2400Designed for excellenceePVA Layer 4 offload + High Speed Bridge Increases throughput by offloading L4 processing to this specially designed chip.Hardware CompressionFront to back cooling10G ports (SFP+)80 Plus-certifiedLowers TCO Mid-size (4U) 4 slot blade chassisMulti-Level RedundancyBlade failure will not cause chassis failureRedundant and hot swappable componentsAlways Available

10. Introducing vCMP F5 Delivers innovative new virtual clustering architecture that delivers on-demand scale, higher fault tolerance and increased security for consolidation of Application Delivery Services.

11. Introducing vCMPThe Best of Both Worlds - BIG-IP Tomorrow (v11.x)RD 1 \ Partition 1RD 2 \ Partition 2RD 1 \ Partition 1RD 1 \ Partition 1All multi-tenancy benefits

12. Resource management

13. VLANs / Route Domains

14. Admin Partitions

15. Rate Shaping

16. All virtualization benefits

17. Isolated BIG-IP guests

18. Performance guarantees

19. Independent versioning

20. Increased utilization

21. Simplified Licensing

22. Streamlined DeploymentNo other virtual infrastructure required!RD 1 \ Partition 2RD 1 \ Partition 1ASMASMGTMLTMLTMLTMLTMTMOSTMOSTMOSTMOSHardware

23. Problem: Can’t Please All GroupsI don’t want to upgrade nowNo maintenance during fiscal resultsNo maintenance during end of quarterI want to run the latest version of BIG-IPFinanceWebHRSales

24. FinanceWebSalesFinanceHRRunning different departments, customers, subsidiaries as separate instances HRSalesWebSolution: vCMP

25. FinanceManage Maintenance WindowsRun different versions of BIG-IPWebSalesFinanceHRBIG-IP v11Sat7pmBIG-IP v11.1Sat7pmBIG-IP v11BIG-IP v11.1Friday3amFriday3amBIG-IP v11BIG-IP v11.1BIG-IP v11Sat7pmFriday3amBIG-IP v11.1Sat7pmFriday3amRunning different departments, customers, subsidiaries as separate instances HRSalesWebSolution: vCMP

26. vCMP + VIPRIONWhat makes the VIPRION and vCMP unique is the ability to support capacity on demand by simply adding an additional blade to the chassis. =+

27. On-Demand ScaleResources—CPU, SSL Offload, Compression automatically added to instanceAdditional Resources available for useExchangeeCommerceSharePointHR AppOracle

28. Announcement SummaryF5 extends VIPRION product line with new VIPRION 2400 platformF5’s chassis-based architecture now available to a broader range of enterprisesHigh Performance, Energy Efficient Footprint for Lower TCO The VIPRION 2400 offers leading Layer 4 performance of 160 Gbps at a highly competitive price. First ADC to achieve 80 PLUS Gold Certification for energy efficiency. Ability to Run Multiple ADC Instances on a Single Device F5 enhances hardware and ‘virtual edition’ solutionsNew BIG-IP 8950S provides enhanced capabilities for organizations that require extensive SSL processing.Expanding hypervisor support available in F5’s virtual appliancesIntroducing support for Citrix XenServer 5.6 (production & lab versions); Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V (lab version)F5 introduces new virtual clustering architecture (vCMP)vCMPcombines true virtualization and multi-tenancy capabilities on a single ADC platformAffords exceptional scale, control, and reliabilityVIPRION platforms will leverage F5’s forthcoming vCMP technology

29. For More Information: Alane Moran, F5 (press inquires) a.moran@f5.comHolly Hagerman, Connect PR hollyh@connectmarketing.comMelissa Ruby, F5 (analyst inquires)m.ruby@f5.comVisit F5 @ Interop booth# 2027