Cisco Data Center Application Network Solution ANS

A lack of ANS lead to

• Fragmenting of device
• inflexibility and poor util
• Proliferation of Network Appliances
• Increased TCO

Advantages

• Virtual Logical Appliance e.g. FWSM, IDSM, ACE
• Module vs Appliance (250 logical device, RBAC)

• ACE GSS site select based on content – Content Routing Site Selection
• ACE GSS 4492R Global Load Balancer, Proximity refer to distance in topology not distance, lowest round trip time
• ACE XML Gateway – SOA Strategy, XSL Transform, Schema Validation, XML Encrypt/decrypt, XML Digital Sign, DMZ, Protect from app threat

Server Load Balance SLB – in turn – session maintain

ACE can handle - IP Fragmentation attack, Unauthorized access, IP Spoofing













Cisco WAAS
WAE (Wide Area Application Engine) or WAVE (Wide Area Virtualization ENgine)