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Customer Driven Innovation
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A10 Thunder 5430S, 6430 and 6430S
Hardware Platforms
May 2013

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Intelligent Services Convergence
 On-demand premium
Cloud services
 Eliminates point
solutions and
licenses
 Reduced points of
management and
support

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Large-scale Virtualization and Consolidation
Tenant 1 Tenant 2 Tenant 3
 High-capacity, high-
performance multi-
tenancy (up to 1024)
 Enables more
applications and
more services
 Reduce deployment
time and cost

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Thunder 6430S – 150 Gbps, 1 RU

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Thunder 6430/6430S – Smart, Green Design for Maximum Uptime
 Key Metrics
 5.3 M Layer 4 connections per second
(CPS)
 150 Gbps throughput
 680/780 W max power
 130,000 SSL CPS 2048-bit (6430S
only)
 7794/6795 L4 performance per Watt
(PPW)
 Hardware
 Includes SSD, 128 GB ECC RAM, 2 x
Octo-core Intel Xeon CPU, 4 x FTA-
3, L2/3 S+R ASIC, smart
fans, LOM, tamper detection, 1/10 Gb
and 40 Gb ports, 80 Plus ‘Platinum’
RPS

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Inside Thunder 5430S

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Thunder 5430S – Smart, Green Design for Maximum Uptime
 Key Metrics
 2.8 M Layer 4 connections per second
(CPS)
 77 Gbps throughput
 550 W max power
 67,000 SSL CPS 2048-bit
 5091 L4 performance per Watt (PPW)
 Hardware
 Includes SSD, 64 GB ECC RAM, 1 x
Octo-core Intel Xeon CPU, 2 x FTA-
3, L2/3 S+R ASIC, smart
fans, LOM, tamper detection, 1/10 Gb
and 40 Gb ports, 80 Plus ‘Platinum’
RPS

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Thunder Advantage: 5430S, 6430 and 6430S
Smart design for
optimal performance
Delivering maximum
uptime
Green, data center
friendly design
• FPGA and ASIC
technology coupled
with fast Intel Xeon
CPUs
• Fastest
CPS, Throughput, DD
oS SYN Flood
protection and SSL
CPS per RU
• aVCS for 8x scale
• No moving
parts, except hot
swap smart fans
• No inaccessible fans
or HDDs
• Lights out
management/IPMI
• Highly compact, 1 RU
design
• 80 Plus “Platinum”
efficiency RPS
• Highest performance
per Watt

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A10 Thunder Summary
 Thunder is continued innovation
 ACOS scalability is the unique foundation
 Advanced modules
 Most flexible deployment
 Drive down costs and reduce complexity
 Deliver competitive business advantages for your Cloud