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Customer Driven Innovation

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written consent of A10 Networks

IPv6 Solutions for Enterprises (And Others)

Paul Nicholson – Director of Product Marketing

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A10 Networks Company Overview

Leader in Application Networking

Optimize the networks of web giants, enterprises and

service providers

Profitable with consistent revenue growth

Headquarters in San Jose, California; offices in 22 countries; customers in 40 countries

500 employees worldwide

Founded in 2004

CEO & Founder: Lee Chen –

co-founder of Foundry Networks

and Centillion

Flagship Product Family

AX Series Platform

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Sample Customers

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Application Delivery and Server Load Balancing

Server Load Balancing

Round Robin, Least Connections, Weighted RR,

Weighted LC, Fastest Response, more…

Dual-stack and SLB-PT (protocol translation)/ SLB-64

(IPv4<->IPv6, IPv6<->IPv4)

aFleX scripting for flexible traffic steering

Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) with application SLA

Virtualization

SoftAX, ADP multi-tenancy, aVCS for scalability

aGalaxy for cloud management

Advanced health checks

Scriptable health checks

ICMP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, RTSP, SMTP,

POP3, SNMP, DNS, RADIUS, LDAP, more...

High Availability with sub-second failover

Active-Active, Active-Standby

L2/L3 hot-standby mode support

VRRP-A support

Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)

Optimal geolocation based server selection

Proxy and server mode support

Users

External

Network

ADC

Internal

Network

Servers

Backup

Data Center

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A10 solves IPv4 exhaustion, allowing

uninterrupted business, eliminating costly IT

fire drills and protecting brands

The AX Series provides advanced solutions

for IPv4 preservation, IPv6 access and full

IPv6 migration

A10 leads this market with large

deployments worldwide

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Why IPv6 and What is the Adoption Rate?

IP address

proliferation

More people & devices

connected requiring an

IP address

Bring your own device

(BYOD)

Adoption

Massive acceleration

Increased attention

31 billion connected

devices by 2020

Source: ARIN

Cellphone TVSurveillance

Camera

Game

Console

eBook

Heart Rate

Monitor

Digital

Weight Scale

Digital DVD

RecorderCar

IPv4 Blocks Available

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IPv6 Critical Events are Creating Urgency

2011 Jan - 0.15% of top million web sites available via IPv6

2011 Jan - IANA assigns all addresses to RIRs

2011 March - Microsoft to acquire Nortel’s IPv4 addresses

for $7.5-million

2011 April - RIR APNIC assigns all addresses

2011 June - On World IPv6 Day A10 customer has over 1m+

IPv6 visitors

2011 Nov - 0.80% of top million web sites available via IPv6

2011 - More adoption than previous years combined

2012 June - IPv6 Day no issues reported, again

2012 Oct - 4.6% of top million web sites available via IPv6

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IPv6 Critical Events are Creating Urgency

2012 More adoption than

previous years

combined

For the second year

Accelerating dramatically

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First Live Deployment - NTT Plala, Japan

The IPv6 network, model for the future?

Project: Hikari-TV, implementation and live in 2008

Purpose: IPTV broadcasting and video on-demand service (and Karaoke!)

Network: Native IPv6-based, fiber-to-the-home network

First large-scale, commercially successful application of IPTV service that runs over a IPv6 network

"After a comparative test...we selected A10's AX Series..as the high-performance server load balancer platform for 'Hikari-TV'...video distribution” service..."

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What Does Your Network Look Like?

No standard

compatibility

Different

requirements

Home

Enterprise

Service Provider

“IPv4 Legacy

Networks”

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Common IPv6 Migration Techniques

Dual-Stack Encapsulation Translation

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What Does Each Technology Do?

SLB-PT or IPv6 SLB to enable IPv6 on public web sites

CGN to solve public IPv4 address shortages and standard NAT

6rd to enable IPv6 access over existing IPv4 core

NAT64/DNS64 to enable IPv6 only clients to connect to IPv4 resources

DS-Lite to allow IPv4 access over IPv6 core

Enable IPv6

Preserve IPv4

Access IPv6

IPv6 Access to IPv4Retire IPv4?

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What Are the Benefits and Real Use Cases?

IPv6 web site to protect brand and ensure universal access

Critical new supplier is IPv6 only, internal clients require access immediately

IPv6 supplier is bought, need to provide access to internal IPv4 applications

IPv4 is the legacy protocol, cost savings require retirement of IPv4 core

SLB-PT CGN 6rd NAT64/DNS64 DS-Lite

Limited IPv4 resources and propriety NAT errors stop Internet facing service growth

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What is the Enterprise ROI?

IPv6 is a business imperative

Why IPv6?

Reduce costs in medium to long

term

Reduce complexity

Compelling use cases emerging

Reasons to start today

Brand reputation, no blank pages

New services, cost of IPv4

addresses

IT staff education and readiness

Reduce surprises by scoping

impact

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Getting Your Feet Wet with IPv6

Server Load Balancing

Protocol Translation

(SLB-PT or “SLB-64”)

IPv6 <>IPv4 or any

combination

AAAA, connectivity and

an IPv6 address

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Education CGN: Scaling from 50,000 to 200,000 Devices

Devices

Mobility

Applications

Facebook, Twitter

Skype, Gaming,

YouTube

Campus Backbone

Application Delivery

ADC and CGN

Internal staff and

student

applications

more

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IPv6 Service Provider Deployment

Major European service provider

solves IPv6 connectivity issue

Background: IPv6 access for all

customers and systems, Nov 2011 saw

15,000th IPv6 connection added

Purpose: IPv6 ready to communication

with IPv6 only APAC partners, catalyst

being the APNIC address depletion

Network: Dual-stack IPv4 and IPv6

connectivity

“By our choice…of A10 load balancers

all consumer websites are now

accessible via IPv6...in one single action

a significant portion of our services over

IPv6!"

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Cellular LSN/CGN Case Study and Implementation

Top 4 US wireless carrier needed to expand while facing IPv4

address exhaustion

Project: Mobile handset data network expansion

Purpose: Add IPv4 address capacity for streaming apps to smartphone users

Network: Legacy IPv4-based, cellular data network

Fully operational LSN/CGN implementations

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CGN/LSN for Top US Wireless Carrier

Consolidation of IPv4 address space, 90% IPv4 address reclaimed

Feature-rich CGN/LSN capabilities

High Availability (HA)

Significant CAPEX savings

Reduced equipment footprint

Significant scalability for future growth

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NAT64/DNS64 for Top US Wireless Carrier

Offers access to new users over IPv6

Alternative to dual-stacked host option, simpler to manage

NAT64 translates IPv6 packets into IPv4 packets

DNS64 translates associated DNS queries on behalf of IPv6 clients

Provides future proof scalability by allowing IPv6 customers to have

access to IPv4-only Internet sites and services

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A10 Customers on World IPv6 Day

Predominantly IPv6 > IPv6 & IPv6 >

IPv4

Web portals, news organizations, Web

2.0, DNS providers and more

One large customer, exclusively using

A10 ADCs for the event:

Million+ unique IPv6 addresses hitting front-

end AX units in multiple data centers

Testing prior due to complex applications

No issues were encountered

IPv6 was a small fraction of overall traffic (far

less than 1%), but higher than expected

A10 received zero support calls

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Key Product Requirements

Interplay

Stateful fail-over

True CGN/LSN capabilities

Logging

New features

Data Center Efficient

Budget Friendly

6rd

IPv6

Clients

IPv6

Clients

6rd DS-Lite

IPv4

Internet

IPv6

Internet

DS-Lite NAT64/DNS64 and More ...

IPv4

Clients

IPv6

Core

IPv4

Clients

NAT64/DNS64

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Network World Test for IPv6-enabled ADCs

Source: Network World, February 13, 2012

http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2012/021312-ipv6-application-delivery-controllers-test-255474.html?page=1

• Real lab test revealed more features

• Only vendor to receive top marks

• 5 out of 5 for Installation, Feature Set

and Manageability!

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Interop Japan 2012 – Best of Show – ShowNet

Multiple different IPv6 solutions

(CGN, 6rd, DS-Lite and more)

powered by the AX 3530 in the

ShowNet backbone

Prepared iPads connected to each

network by Wi-Fi - customers could

use iPad or their smartphone

Realistic experience of different

technologies

AX3530 also provided CGN

backbone service

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High Throughput in 1 Rack Unit

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High Packet Per Second Rates with Hardware Assist

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A10 IPv4-to-IPv6 Migration Advantages

Industry-leading and mature

implementation

Advanced features and high

performance

Ideal ‘green’ form factor

Price/performance advantage

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What Should Customers Do Next?

Test applications

Evaluate impact on existing infrastructure

Ensure new purchases are IPv6 compatible

Train your staff

Start small – enable your website

Dual-stack, native IPv6 or SLB-PT (or SLB-64)

Internal connectivity? Pilot IPv6 in your network

Contact your service provider and investigate NAT64/DNS64

Short of IPv4 addresses? What is the exact

issue?

Acquire more IPv4 addresses or test CGN/LSN

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