The F5 Solution for Microsoft Lync Server 2010James Hendergart

Business Development Manager

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Application delivery networking for the Microsoft enterprise private cloud

Application Ready Solution for Microsoft Lync Server 2010

F5 Announcements

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Company snapshot

• Application Delivery Networking

• Enterprises and content providers

• 2,000+ employees worldwide

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F5 Networks and Microsoft

• Globally managed technology partner since 2001

• One of 52 MTC Alliance partners

• Office and lab in MPSC. Building 25, Redmond campus

• Office and lab on Redmond campus

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F5 Networks and Microsoft

• Delivering a strategic point of control• Dynamic networking• Application intelligence

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Application delivery networking for the Microsoft enterprise private cloud

Application Ready Solution for Microsoft Lync Server 2010

Today F5 is Announcing

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Unified Communications Deployments: Customer Challenges• Reliability• Service continuity• Dynamic provisioning

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Unified Communications Deployments: Alternatives• Software load-balancing• Basic hardware load-balancing

BasicLB

BIG-IP

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Unified Communications Deployments: The F5 Solution

• Advanced application awareness and delivery• Session to site-level resilience• Seamless integration with systems management

No Limits!

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F5 Solution Benefits

• Performance = Scalability, Availability and Resiliency• Secure monitoring• Deployment assistance

Performance Security Configuration Management

• Intelligent load-balancing of signaling traffic

• Off-load SSL between clients and Communicator Web Access servers

• Scale out as needed

• Session level and site level resilience

• SSL off-loading for Communicator Web Access (CWA)

• TLS-based SIP monitor to check the health of servers in LTM pools.

• Detailed deployment guide available from www.f5.com

• Built in application policy and template wizard

• Leverage the DevCentral user community

• Simplify management with a single control point in the data center

• TLS-based SIP monitor

• F5 Management Packs for Microsoft System Center

• Microsoft Premier Support teams trained on BIG-IP

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Summary

• F5 is a critical component for enterprise deployments of Lync Server 2010

– Availability and Reliability of UC services– Business continuity through site-level resilience– Seamless integration with private cloud

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Resources

• F5 solution for Lync Server–http://www.f5.com/solutions/applications/microsoft/lync-server/

• F5 online community for Microsoft solutions–http://devcentral.f5.com

• White PapersDesign architecture paper (HP)

–http://www.f5.com/pdf/solution-center/hp-bestpractice-microsoft-hyperv-wp.pdf

Site Resiliency White Paper (HP)–http://www.f5.com/pdf/white-papers/microsoft-ocs-2007-r2-site-resiliency-wp.pdf

HP Blade and LTM performance report (HP)–http://www.f5.com/pdf/solution-center/ocs-uc-hp-f5-performance.pdf

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Application delivery networking for the Microsoft enterprise private cloud

Application Ready Solution for Microsoft Lync Server 2010

Today F5 is Announcing

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Enterprise Private Cloud:Customer Challenges• Reliability• Service continuity• Dynamic provisioning

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Enterprise private cloud:Alternatives• Incomplete patterns• Incomplete automation

Incomplete CompleteIntegrated

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Enterprise private cloud:The F5 Solution

• Seamless integration• Extend elastic computing• IT infrastructure as a service

No Limits!

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F5 for a smarter, more agile network

Intelligence

Elastic

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Customer benefits summary

• Increased control• Simplified deployment and management• Access for business group IT

• Solutions available today

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Resources

• F5 Solution for Lync Server– http://www.f5.com/solutions/applications/microsoft/lyn

c-server/

• F5’s online user community – DevCentral– F5 Management Packs– F5/Microsoft solutions group– http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=214

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BIG-IP Hardware Line-up

Dual core CPU4 10/100/1000 + 2x 1Gb SFP1x 160GB HD4 GB memorySSL @ 5K TPS / 1 Gb Bulk1 Gbps max software compression

1 Gbps Traffic

BIG-IP 3600

Dual core CPU8 10/100/1000 + 2x 1Gb SFP1x 160 GB HD + 8GB CF4 GB memorySSL @ 10K TPS / 2 Gb bulk1 Gbps max software compression

2 Gbps Traffic

BIG-IP 8900

BIG-IP 1600

2 x Dual core CPU16 10/100/1000 + 8x 1Gb SFP2x 320 GB HD (S/W RAID) + 8GB CF8 GB memorySSL @ 25K TPS / 4 Gb bulk5 Gbps max hardware compression

6 Gbps Traffic

BIG-IP 69002 x Quad core CPU16 10/100/1000 + 8x 1Gb SFP + 2x 10Gb SFP+2x 320 GB HD (S/W RAID) + 8GB CF16 GB memorySSL @ 58K TPS / 9.6Gb bulk8 Gbps max hardware compression

12 Gbps Traffic

BIG-IP 3900

Quad core CPU8 10/100/1000 + 4x 1Gb SFP1x 300 GB HD + 8GB CF8 GB memorySSL @ 15K TPS / 3.8 Gb bulk3.8 Gbps max software compression

4 Gbps Traffic

BIG-IP 8950

2 x Quad core CPU16 10/100/1000 + 8x 1GB SFP + 2x 10Gb SFP+2x 320 GB HD (S/W RAID) + 8GB CF ?16 GB memorySSL @ 56K TPS / 9.6Gb bulk8 Gbps max software compression

20 Gbps Traffic

BIG-IP 11050

2 x Hex core CPU16 10/100/1000 + 8x 10 SFP+ 10Gbps2x 320 GB HD (S/W RAID) + 8GB CF32 GB memorySSL @ 100K TPS / 15Gb bulk12 Gbps max software compression

40 Gbps Traffic