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ServerIron 350/450/850 Series

ServerIron 350/450/850 Series
  • High performance application switch series with highly customizable connectivity, including future-proof scalability to 10 GbE
  • Choice of three form factors for a range of size, scalability and port density up to 112 GbE ports for large server farms
  • Superior performance for Web acceleration and optimization, including hardware-based SSL support

Overview

The ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 Series features Foundry's high performance application switches in a choice of three form factors. These switches can be customized for performance, port density and SSL acceleration to meet a range of application and data center infrastructure needs. All three switches are purpose-built with a modular architecture for superior performance and scalability, and can be expanded to meet growing traffic demands with ultimate investment protection, including 10 GbE application delivery.

Featuring Foundry's 3rd generation application processor technology, the ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 Series switches are equipped with one WSM6 application management module that delivers scalable performance up to 140,000 L4 cps and DoS protection against syn-flood attacks up to 3.6 million SYN requests per second. The WSM7 module features a dedicated device control processor subsystem for reliable and guaranteed device management and control, independent of the application traffic volume. A second WSM6 module may be added for doubling of application performance and added redundancy.

ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 Series Configurations:

  • ServerIron 350: Modular 3-slot 2U high (compact form factor) switch with one WSM6 management module and customizable port connectivity up to 4 x 10 GbE, 32 x GbE or 24 x 10/100 Ethernet ports
  • ServerIron 450: Modular 4-slot 5RU high (fully front serviceable) switch with one WSM6 management module and customizable port connectivity up to 6 x 10 GbE, 48 x GbE or 48 x 10/100 Ethernet ports
  • ServerIron 850: Modular 8-slot 12RU high (fully front serviceable and highly scalable) switch with one WSM6 management module and customizable port connectivity up to 14 x 10 GbE, 112 x GbE or 144 x 10/100 Ethernet ports

The ServerIron switches are built with business-critical resiliency features, including redundant AC & DC power supply options and fully hot swappable and front serviceable modules. The compact 2RU high ServerIron 350 switch features a removable fan whereas the 450 and 850 switches feature front serviceable power supplies. Management and line modules are fully interchangeable across the three products for reduced cost of sparing and scalability with full investment protection.

The ServerIron 350, 450, and 850 Series switches combine a rich set of features including load balancing, content switching, Web acceleration & optimization, VoIP/SIP traffic management and global load balancing to deliver maximum performance, availability, security and scalability for applications across geographically distributed data centers. Using a highly innovative suite of security features and the ultra high performance architecture, these switches protect mission-critical applications and server farms from multi-gigabit wire-speed Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

A choice of two hardware-based SSL acceleration service modules may be added to the ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 Series systems to optimize the performance of secure Web and mail transactions. Up to two of these service modules may be added into a system for maximum SSL performance and capacity:

  • SRVC-SSL6-1 – Web acceleration service module featuring hardware-based SSL acceleration and Web traffic optimization at 1,600 new SSL connections per second and 16,000 concurrent SSL connections.
  • SRVC-SSL6-2 – Web acceleration service module featuring hardware-based SSL acceleration and Web traffic optimization with twice the performance of the SRVC-SSL6-1 at 3,200 new SSL connections per second and 32,000 concurrent SSL connections.

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Features

ServerIron 350/450/850 Series Platform Features

  • High Density Gigabit Connectivity: Industry's highest density gigabit (fiber and copper) connectivity in its form factor to enable highly scalable server farms for high throughput applications with support for up to 32 Gigabit ports in a ServerIron 350 chassis and up to 48 and 112 Gigabit ports in a ServerIron 450 and 850 chassis respectively. Line modules with 10/100 Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet are also supported on day one for added flexibility and future migration.
  • Highest Connection Performance: ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 switches deliver unprecedented application transaction performance by processing up to 300,000+ Layer 4 connections per second including application data transfer in a single chassis. The switches can process up to 50,000 L7 application requests per second, maximizing the performance for IP and Web applications.
  • Flexible, Upgradeable and Resilient Design: With three modular chassis options, flexibility of deployment in an upgradeable form factor has never been greater. The ServerIron 350/450/850 platforms are simple to expand and scale according to future requirements and all line cards and modules are interchangeable between all three chassis
  • Datacenter Class Redundancy: Delivering high availability and non-stop networking is of utmost importance in network application delivery. Hardware redundancy features such as support for dual hot-swappable management modules, redundant and removable power supplies and line cards are critical for maximum uptime
  • Investment Protection with Expandability and Upgradeability: ServerIron products are designed for a long service life and the ability to add additional or replacement modules in the future to take advantage of new technologies and services.
  • Integrated SSL Acceleration with Service Module Upgrade: The systems can be equipped with an SSL service module that offers support for integrated full-feature SSL acceleration in the network. Choice of one- and two-processor SSL service modules is available for different performance demands.

ServerIron 350/450/850 Series Product Features

Traffic Management

  • Extensive Layer 7 Features: Rich application intelligence, including URL, cookies, HTTP headers, XML tags, SSL session IDs, request type, and SIP/VoIP traffic, to deliver application scalability, security and acceleration.
  • Superior Connection Performance: ServerIron switches deliver unprecedented application transaction performance scalable up to 350,000 connections per second.
  • Advanced Load Balancing: A rich set of methods to load balance client traffic to multiple servers to increase availability and scalability of critical applications.
  • Sophisticated Health Monitoring from Layer 2 through 7: Customizable server and application health monitoring permits rapid failure detection and service recovery to maintain maximum uptime
  • Hardware and Software Based Hitless Failover: High availability features such as Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol, multi-switch session mirroring and redundant management modules with session synchronization maximize uptime in the most critical environments.

Web Acceleration

  • Integrated Hardware SSL Acceleration: With a choice of management and service modules with embedded SSL acceleration, the ServerIron platform delivers superior performance for secure Web transactions and other SSL-enabled applications. Modules can be on-demand to minimize up front capital cost.
  • HTTP Connection Multiplexing for Server Optimization: ServerIron's HTTP connection multiplexing eliminates the need for servers to sustain large connection load. Server connection load reduction increases service performance and ultimately the cost of server upgrades.
  • Clientless Bandwidth Optimization with Compression: Using standards-based clientless browser compression to transparently condense content provided by the server on return, the ServerIron reduces bandwidth utilization and increases download times.
  • End-to-End SSL Support: For high security applications, the Web accelerators can terminate SSL, process content in the Layer 4-7 engine, and re-encrypt traffic to the back-end servers for total security and confidentiality.
  • Centralized Certificate Management: Provides added security, easy manageability and investment savings from multiple certificates. Client side certificates and revocation lists prevent illegal use and abuse of SSL applications.

Security

  • Superior DoS/DDoS Protection: Wire-speed multi-gigabit rate DDoS/DoS attack protection, including protection against SYN/ACK flood attacks up to 3.6 million TCP SYN packets per second for uncompromising application performance with robust protection.
  • Granular Application Level Rate Limiting: ServerIron switches can control amount of traffic a particular client is sending to a server, which prevents abuse and attacks while increasing the availability of applications without blocking legitimate traffic.
  • E-Mail Spam Mitigation: The switches feature advanced policy-based SPAM mitigation with. E-mail SPAM can be blocked, permitted or redirected based upon millions of good, bad or unknown IP reputation policies.
  • Advanced Web Firewall: The Web Firewall features fully inspect Web transactions to protect Web servers from buffer overflow, cross-site scripting, cookie poisoning, forceful browsing and other attacks. Server cloaking hides server and application identity to prevent targeted attacks.

Global Load Balancing

  • Global Server Load Balancing (Multi-Site Redundancy): The ServerIron switches can be enabled for this application with the premium TrafficWorks OS version to offer multi-site redundancy and scalability for IP and Web applications using standards-based DNS and IP routing.
  • Total Transparency to Existing DNS Solution: Works with the existing DNS servers left in place with standards-based interoperability to protect the investment of the current infrastructure. The ServerIron offers increased and independent scaling of the global DNS performance.
  • Intelligent Traffic Distribution and Persistence: With advanced site load distribution features such as weighted and proximity metrics, and adaptable site specific configurations can be created to provide content localization and efficient traffic delivery.
  • Secure Communication between Sites: The ServerIron utilizes a secure GLSB protocol with authentication and encryption to prevent attacks against the infrastructure global data center infrastructure.

Voice Over IP / SIP Load Balancing

  • Advanced SIP/VoIP Intelligence and Protocol Support: As more voice services become standardized on SIP, the importance of high availability increases. The ServerIron software is “SIP Aware” for maximum voice availability.
  • SIP Proxy/Registrar Load Balancing and Persistence: The ServerIron protects the SIP servers from unwanted traffic and load balances REGISTER and INVITE messages to multiple registrar servers while keeping persistence via the Call ID.
  • SIP Specific L7 Health Monitoring: The ServerIron has SIP aware health monitoring and will sends periodic SIP messages to the servers to ensure that only servers with responsive application are used for client traffic

Advanced L2/3

  • Integrated Full-Function Layer 2/3 Switching and Routing: Industry's most comprehensive Layer 4-7 switching platform with advanced Layer 2/3 switching and routing for cost-effective and simplified network design with device consolidation. Wire-speed layer 2/3 performance for traffic not targeted to the application servers.
  • sFlow Network Monitoring: Industry's only Layer 4-7 switch with hardware-assisted standards-based and always-on sFlow network traffic monitoring on application flows and Layer 2/3 switched traffic.
  • High Performance Stateful IP NAT: Deploying network address translation on the ServerIron protects servers and reduces load on the high cost firewalls

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Specifications

  ServerIron 350 ServerIron 450 ServerIron 850
Management Module* WSM6 WSM6 WSM6
Concurrent Sessions 15,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000
Application Throughput 6 Gbps 6 Gbps 6 Gbps
L4 Connection Performance (CPS) 150,000 150,000 150,000
Layer 7 Connection Performance (CPS) 50,000 50,000 50,000
DDoS & DoS (SYN Flood) Protection (SYN/Sec) 3.6 million 3.6 million 3.6 million
Pre-Equipped Ports N/A N/A N/A
Maximum Number of 10/100 ports 48 48 144
Maximum Number of Gigabit ports 32 48 112
Maximum Number of 10 Gigabit Ports 4 6 14
Total number of ports 48 64 160
Base Layer 3 Features Supports servers on different subnets from that of Virtual IP address Supports servers on different subnets from that of Virtual IP address Supports servers on different subnets from that of Virtual IP address
Advanced Layer 3 Features (Premium TrafficWorks OS Upgrade Required) OSPF, RIPv2, VRRP, VRRP-E, Static Routing OSPF, RIPv2, VRRP, VRRP-E, Static Routing OSPF, RIPv2, VRRP, VRRP-E, Static Routing
Physical dimensions 3.5"h x 17.5"w x 23"d(22.2 x 44.5 x38.1 cm) 8.75"h x 17.5"w x 15"d(22.2 x 44.5 x38.1 cm) 20.75"h x 17.5"w x 15.25"d(52.7 x 44.5 x 38.7 cm)
Weight 40 lbs fully loaded (20 kg) 60 lbs fully loaded (29.9 kg) 117 lbs fully loaded (43.7 kg)
Power Requirements 3-slot Chassis with Single (1) Power Supply: Input Voltage and Current Power Supply Rating -70 to -40 VDC: 17A 100 to 120 VAC (auto-ranging): 8A 200 to 240 VAC (auto-ranging): 4A AC line frequency: 47-63 Hz 4-slot Chassis with Single (1) Power Supply: Input Voltage and Current Power Supply Rating -70 to -40 VDC: 17A 100 to 120 VAC (auto-ranging): 8A 200 to 240 VAC (auto-ranging): 4A AC line frequency: 47-63 Hz 8-slot Chassis with Single (1) Power Supply: Input Voltage and Current Power Supply Rating -70 to -40 VDC: 17A 100 to 120 VAC (auto-ranging): 8A 200 to 240 VAC (auto-ranging): 4A AC line frequency: 47-63 Hz

* Dual Active WSM6 Management Modules may be used for Doubling L4, L7 & DoS Performance and Session Capacity

Optional Service Module Specifications

  SRVC-SSL-1 SRVC-SSL-2
SSL Transactions per Second* 8,500 17,000
SSL Bulk Throughput* 500 Mbps 1 Gbps
Concurrent SSL Sessions* 16,000 32,000
SSL Certificates 512 512

* Dual Active SSL Service Modules may be used for Doubling SSL Performance and Capacity

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System Options

Part Number Description
ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 Base Platforms
SI350* 3-slot 2U high chassis equipped with WSM6 (Web Switching Management Module) that automatically aligns itself with up to two additional JetCore based line modules installed in the chassis for high-performance Layer 4-7 switching applications
SI450* 4-slot chassis equipped with WSM6 (Web Switching Management Module) that automatically aligns itself with up to three additional JetCore based line modules installed in the chassis for high-performance Layer 4-7 switching applications
SI850* 8-slot chassis equipped with WSM6 (Web Switching Management Module) that automatically aligns itself with up to seven additional JetCore based line modules installed in the chassis for high-performance Layer 4-7 switching applications
ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 Module Options
J-B2Gx 2-port 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC) JetCore line Module
J-B4Gx 4-port 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC) JetCore line Module
J-BxG 8-port 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC) JetCore line Module
J-B16Gx 16-port 1000Base-X (mini-GBIC) JetCore line Module
J-B16GC 16-port 100/1000Base-T (RJ45) JetCore line Module
B10Gx1 1-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet Base Module (optics required)
B10Gx2 2-port 10-Gigabit Ethernet Base Module (optics required)
J-B48E-A 48-port 10/100Base-TX (RJ45) double-wide JetCore line
J-B2404CF 24-port 10/100Base-TX (RJ-45) and 4-port Gigabit (copper and fiber combo) double-wide JetCore line Module
ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 System Options
WSM6 High performance Web Switch Management Module with 3BPs. Use for replacement, redundancy, and performance upgrade.
SRVC-SSL6-1 Web acceleration service module with one processor featuring hardware-based SSL acceleration and Web traffic optimization.
SRVC-SSL6-2 Web acceleration service module with two processors featuring hardware-based SSL acceleration and Web traffic optimization with twice the performance of the SRVC-SSL6-1
ServerIron 350, 450 and 850—10-Gigabit Ethernet Optics
10G-XNPK-SR 850nm serial XENPAK plug-in transceiver (SC), target range of 300m over MMF
10G-XNPK-LR 1310nm serial pluggable XENPAK optic only (SC) for up to 10km over SMF
10G-XNPK-ER 1550nm serial pluggable XENPAK optic only (SC) for up to 40km over SMF
ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 Mini GBIC Options
E1MG-SX 1000Base-SX mini-GBIC optic, MMF, LC connector
E1MTG-SX 1000Base-SX mini-GBIC optic, MMF, MTRJ connector
E1MG-LX 1000Base-LX mini-GBIC optic, SMF, LC connector
E1MG-LHA 1000Base-LHA mini-GBIC optic, SMF, LC connector
E1MG-LHB 1000Base-LHB mini-GBIC optic, SMF, LC connector, 150km Maximum reach
E1MG-TX 1000BASE-TX Mini-GBIC Copper,RJ-45 Connector
ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 Premium Software Upgrade
TRFWRKS-PREM ServerIron chassis Premium TrafficWorks GSLB and Layer-3 Upgrade

* DC power and spare chassis options available

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