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Overview
 The
Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade enables you to seamlessly integrate
SSL acceleration capabilities into the Sun Fire B1600 Blade
Platform. Designed specifically to optimize SSL processing,
the custom hardware specialty blade can process SSL transactions
up to tens of times faster than CPU-based SSL processing.
At the same time, the Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade increases
platform utilization by freeing system processors to focus
on their core strength of application processing. By off-loading
and accelerating SSL decryption and encryption tasks from
system processors, this specialty blade can significantly
increase the performance and availability of your secure applications
at a low cost.
The Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade further increases performance
and traffic handling capacity through its support for direct
proxy-to-client response. This allows the proxy blade to send
encrypted responses directly to a client, eliminating routing
back through the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade.
The Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade also enhances system security.
Clear-text support enables the platform to balance secure
loads based on content by sending decrypted clear-text messages
back to the load balancer. The clear text can also be leveraged
for intrusion detection applications. In addition, tamperproof
key and certificate protection as well as centralized key
and certificate administration deliver higher levels of security
and ease of management.
Blade Platform Compatability
A tightly integrated, fully tested component of the Sun Fire
B1600 Blade Platform, the Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade delivers
optimal performance, availability, and reliability. The blade
plugs directly into the Sun Fire B1600 Blade System Chassis,
supporting easy installation. The flexible, modular architecture
also allows you to easily scale the solution from a single
chassis to across multiple racks of servers. Hot-plug and
hot-swap features enable you to dynamically add or remove
resources, helping you to control costs through flexible resource
provisioning. Dual Gigabit Ethernet connections, dual power
rails, and support for link and blade failover also provide
high availability for increased service levels. Command line
interface and SNMP support offer additional management flexibility.
Performance
The Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade eliminates routing back
through the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade for
faster processing, allows direct proxy-to-client response
to improve response performance, increases traffic handling
capacity, and increases system utilization. The blade lowers
TCO and improves response times for higher customer satisfaction.
High Availability
The Internet is an around-the-clock environment, with customers
demanding service every hour of the year. There is little
room for downtime, as downtime means less revenue and the
potential loss of customers.
Sun understands that the push toward greater efficiency cannot
compromise reliability, availability, or serviceability. As
a result, the Sun Fire B1600 Blade Platform is designed so
that the failure of any single active component cannot bring
the system down. Reliability derives from redundancy throughout
the platform's design, including dual redundant power supplies,
dual redundant Gigabit Ethernet connections, and other failover
capabilities.
Hot-plug and hot-swap features enable you to replace any
system component in the event of a failure while the system
continues to run. LEDs on each component indicate power, fault,
and ready-to-replace status, while remote lights-out management
capabilities on both the chassis and on each blade server
enable you to take action remotely. The Sun Fire B1600 Blade
Platform also supports dual failover configurations, enabling
you to deploy redundant links and blades for high availability.
Enhanced Security
By off-loading SSL encryption and decryption tasks from system
processors, the Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade can process
SSL transactions many times faster than CPU-based SSL processing.
The specialty blade uses custom hardware to provide packet-level
encryption and decryption based on the direction of a Sun
Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade. The two specialty
blades work together to deliver centralized SSL processing
for a single server or for a rack of systems, providing a
central point for certificate administration and superior
price/performance over CPU-based SSL processing.
When the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade recognizes
that an SSL-encrypted packet needs decryption, it routes the
packet to the appropriate Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade. The
Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade decrypts the packet payload
and returns clear text to the Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing
Blade. The load balancer can then examine the packet, make
its load-balancing decision, and forward the packet to the
chosen server for processing.
Once a response is formulated, the server forwards the packet
to the Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade, which encrypts the packet
using the parameters of the packet's session. The Sun Fire
B10p SSL Proxy Blade then returns the response directly to
the client. This support for direct proxy-to-client response
further speeds response times and increases traffic handling
capacities.
The blade's on-board, tamperproof security key and certificate
provides centralized storage and administration of security
keys and certificate protection which enhances security by
protecting data from tampering and simplifying key and certificate
administration.
Supported Hardware
Integrated design for optimized performance on the Sun Fire
B1600 Blade Platform
Supported Platforms:
Supported Applications:
- Solaris 8 HW 7/03 or subsequent compatible version, Solaris
9 or Linux
- Sun Fire B1600 SC (System Controller) 1.2 or subsequent
compatible system controller firmware
- Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade application
software 1.2 or subsequent compatible version
- Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade BSC (Blade
Support Control) firmware v5.1.3 or subsequent compatible
version
- Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade application software
- Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade BSC firmware version v5.1.0
or subsequent compatible version
Key Applications and Markets
Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade
The Sun Fire B10n Content Load Balancing Blade integrates
content load balancing capabilities seamlessly into the Sun
Fire Blade Platform. This high-performance specialty blade
offloads traffic management tasks from system processors,
helping you to increase your service levels and system utilization
while reducing management complexity and costs.
Applications:
- Business Financial
- IT Infrastructure
- Web Infrastructure
Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade Server
The Sun Fire B10p SSL Proxy Blade integrates accelerated
SSL encryption and decryption capabilities seamlessly into
the Sun Fire B1600 Blade Platform. This high-performance specialty
blade offloads SSL tasks from system processors, helping to
speed the performance of your secure Web applications while
reducing loads on individual servers for increased system
utilization.
Applications:
- Business Financial
- Customer Management Solutions
- IT Infrastructure
- Web Infrastructure
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