Summary of the content on the page No. 1
APPLICATION READY NETWORK GUIDE
MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2008
Comprehensive Application Ready infrastructure that enhances the security,
availability, and performance of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 deployments
Summary of the content on the page No. 2
SUMMARY Microsoft® Windows® Server 2008 is much more than just a new release from Microsoft. From a next generation TCP/IP stack to new versions of Windows Terminal Services and Internet Information services, as well as new technologies like Windows PowerShell and Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol, Windows Server 2008 helps information technology professionals maximize control over their infrastructure while providing unprecedented availability and management capabilities. F5 has worked wit
Summary of the content on the page No. 3
F5 APPLICATION READY NETWORK GUIDE: MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2008 Benefi ts and F5 Value are ready for this inevitable change. With control of Windows Server 2008. This takes User Experience and F5’s IPv6 support, organizations have a clear the workload off of the Windows Server 2008 Application Performance strategy for staging network migration as IPv6 devices for increased server effi ciency. By traffi c grows, without wholesale network and reducing unnecessary protocol communication Micr
Summary of the content on the page No. 4
F5 APPLICATION READY NETWORK GUIDE: MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2008 Benefi ts and F5 Value browser and the web application, F5 mitigates security model. However, IPS/IDS systems could stateful applications and a higher level of user the effects of WAN latency, networking errors, only protect against a known list of attacks identity trust. and packet loss. and signatures, and soon attacks became more F5 includes extremely granular endpoint security sophisticated, with zero-day attacks that wou
Summary of the content on the page No. 5
F5 APPLICATION READY NETWORK GUIDE: MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2008 Benefi ts and F5 Value transactions, and partners, contractors, and down appropriate administrative personnel, is still up, business can continue. F5 remote suppliers all clamoring for access to different and improves the ability of application access devices support Microsoft Vista and internal applications, organizations are struggling administrations to manage applications when access to Windows Server 2008 devices, with acc
Summary of the content on the page No. 6
F5 APPLICATION READY NETWORK GUIDE: MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2008 Global F5 and Windows Server 2008 Deployment The following example shows a global confi guration, using the F5 suite of products to optimize, secure, and deliver Windows Server 2008 installations over the WAN and LAN. F5 TMOS Branch Office FirePass WANJet 500 WANJet Routers WANJet 500 WANJet 500 WANJet Enterprise Manager BIG-IP Link Controller DMZ Remote Users Firewalls FirePass Internet or WAN BIG-IP Global Traffic Manager BIG-IP
Summary of the content on the page No. 7
F5 APPLICATION READY NETWORK GUIDE: MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2008 Additional Information GTM: The BIG-IP Global Traffi c Manager™ WANJet Deployment Guides ® (GTM) Module provides high availability, WANJet is an appliance-based solution that Deploying the BIG-IP System with Microsoft maximum performance and global management delivers LAN-like application performance over Internet Information Services 7.0 for applications running across multiple and the WAN. WANJet accelerates applications