AX 5200-11 Application Delivery Controller
Advanced Traffic Manager Platform

64-bit ACOS - a New Generation Operating System:

Leveraging A10's award-winning Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) architecture, the AX 5200-11's custom hardware platform is tuned for record breaking performance.

64-bit ACOS Architecture: 
ACOS was designed from the ground up to support 64-bit processing. ACOS utilizes the latest advances in multi-core, multi- CPU processors, integrated high bandwidth memory controllers and new point-to-point processor interconnects to achieve industry leading performance in a compact form factor with low energy consumption. By eliminating the 4 GB memory limitation of 32-bit architectures, ACOS allows unprecedented scalability for all features such as Layer 4/Layer 7 sessions, RAM Caching and more.

Parallel Flexible Traffic ASIC (PFTA): 
The AX 5200-11 features a new PFTA architecture for exponentially faster application acceleration. Over 4.5 million connections per second are possible through multiple FTA processors, which optimize traffic flow to each of the CPUs and offer protection against DDoS attacks such as SYN floods.

Industry-leading Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) Engine: 
ACOS powered DPI processing for customized Layer 7 traffic management can result in 20-50% processor overhead reduction. This enables customizations to support business goals, ensuring sites always remain responsive and effective without network performance degradation.

Additional hardware highlights include:

• The latest Intel Westmere 64-bit multi-core, hyper-thread processors
• 4.5 million Layer 4 connections per second (CPS) and 40 Gb application throughput
• High-density interfaces: 16 x 10 Gb ports and 4 x 1 Gb ports
• Serial console and Ethernet management interface
• Solid-state Drive (SSD) and Compact Flash
• Maximum power consumption: 660 Watts
• Compact 2U platform with superior air flow and heat dissipation
• Redundant Power Supply (RPS) and removable smart fan trays

Compact: More than 70% Rack Unit Reduction

Efficient: More than 70% Energy Reduction

Translation Server Load Balancing

Environmental Sense is Business Sense

The AX 5200-11 platform showcases the intersection of business goals and green initiatives: power consumption can be vastly reduced without performance sacrifice. Providing 6818 Layer 4 connections per second per Watt in a 2U appliance, the AX 5200-11 can vastly optimize transactions per Watt, by a factor of 10X, while also reducing data center cooling requirements. For the green conscious, the carbon footprint and energy reduction can be in excess of 70%, which can translate to over 12 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) being eliminated, per pair, per year.

AX 5200-11 versus 7 RU Chassis Platform: Save over $2 Million on a 200 Gbps Deployment

AX 5200-11 delivers extreme cost savings for a large data center. For example, a data center requiring 200 Gbps of throughput, using 5 pairs, can save over 2 million dollars in the first year versus expensive chassis based systems, even without calculating extra data center cooling costs and the overhead of housing extra rack units.

Innovative and Feature Rich:

The AX 5200-11 is a feature-rich platform with all-inclusive pricing. Whether organizations are deploying service oriented architectures, virtualized environments or executing on cloud computing initiatives, the AX 5200-11 is a key enabler. Platform features include:

Availability

• Layer 2 Switching and Layer 3 Routing ASIC
• Feature-rich Server Load Balancing
• aFleX Layer 7 TCL scripting for Deep Packet Inspection and traffic management
• Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
• High Availability
  • Active-active
  • Active-standby

Acceleration and Optimization

• RAM caching−static or dynamic
• SSL offload to ASIC hardware
• HTTP compression with hardware ASIC option

Advanced Networking

• IPv4 & IPv6 load balancing and management
• Advanced NAT options

Virtualization

• Virtual stack management
• Role based management
• Partition based management

Security

• Hardware SYN flood protection (50 million per second)
• Policy-based Server Load Balancing
• Selective Connection and Rate Limiting
• Anomaly Protection

Flexible Management

• aXAPI REST based XML API for flexible and custom administration
• Full Web interface or industry standard command line interface

Specifications:

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AX 5200-11 Hardware Summary
Memory	40 GB
Ethernet Interfaces	4 x 1 Gb Fiber (SFP) and 16 x 10 Gb Fiber (SFP+)
Management Interface	1 Dedicated
Console Port	1 Console Interface
Solid-state Drive (SSD)	Yes
Compact Flash	Yes
Power Supply	Dual 1200 W RPS included, 100 – 240 VAC, Frequency 50 – 60 Hz
Max Power Consumption	660 W
Operating Temperate Range	Range 0° - 40° C
Dimensions	3.5 in (H) x 17 in (W) x 29 in (D)  2U Rack Mountable
Unit Weight	62 lbs
Regulatory Certifi cation	FCC Class A, UL, CE, TUV, CB, VCCI
Standard Warranty	90-day Hardware & Software

Advanced Technology for Imminent Problems:

Full IPv4 & IPv6 administration and traffic management capabilities are built into all AX appliances. The AX 5200-11 raises the bar with new high performance IPv6/IPv4 Protocol Translation services. Translation Server Load Balancer technologies enable deployment of IPv6 clouds, with IPv4 <-> IPv6 networks interoperating seamlessly.

Additional features include Dual-Stack Lite (DS-Lite), NAT64/DNS64, 6rd and Large Scale NAT (LSN), also known as Carrier Grade NAT (CGN) or NAT444, which further increase flexibility. LSN improves Network Address Translation (NAT) services, either as a networking option or in a load balancing scenario. LSN eliminates NAT compatibility issues, enabling applications to function as intended.

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Appliance Summary

	AX 1030	AX 2500	AX 3030	AX 3000-11-GCF	AX 3530
Layer 4 Throughput	7.5 Gbps	11 Gbps	27 Gbps	30 Gbps	115 Gbps
Layer 4 CPS	430k	300K	580k	1 million	1.3 million
SSL CPS (1024/2048)	5.5k‡/1.2k‡	30k‡‡/5k‡‡	12k‡/2.7k‡	51k‡‡/24k‡‡	120k‡‡/98k‡‡
Ethernet Interface 1 Gb Copper 1 Gb Fiber (SFP) 10 Gb Fiber (SFP+) 40 Gb Fiber (QSFP+)	6 2 0 0	8 4 0 0	6 2 0 0	8 8 4 0	4 2 12 0
Application Delivery Partitions (ADP) RBA/L3V	128/32	128/32	128/64	128/64	128/64
Maximum Power Consumption	155 W	250 W	188 W	315 W	467 W
Performance Per Watt (PPW)**	2774	1200	3085	3175	2731
Power Supply	1 x 400 W*	Dual 400 W RPS	Dual 400 W RPS	Dual 400 W RPS	Dual 750 W RPS
Hardware Acceleration Linear Decoupled Architecture Flexible Traffic ASIC Switching/Routing ASIC SSL Acceleration ASIC SSL Card Option Compression ASIC Card Option Total Optional Cards Per Unit	Yes No No Yes No No 0	Yes No No Yes 1 1 1	Yes No No Yes No No 0	Yes No No Yes 1 1 1	Yes No No Option 1 x 2 cards No 2
Dimensions	1.7 in (H), 17.2 in (W), 16.6 in (D)	1.75 in (H), 17 in (W), 21.8 in (D)	1.7 in (H), 17.2 in (W), 16.6 in (D)	1.75 in (H), 17 in (W), 21.8 in (D)	1.75 in (H), 17.25 in (W), 22.8 in (D)
Rack Units (Mountable)	1 U	1 U	1 U	1 U	1 U
Unit Weight	17.5 lbs	25 lbs	19.5 lbs	25 lbs	29.6 lbs
Operating Ranges	Temperature and Humidity 0° - 40° C 5% - 95%
Regulatory Certification	FCC Class A, UL, CE, TUV, CB, VCCI, NEBS***, FIPS 140-2^
Standard Features	Solid-state Drive (SSD), Management Interface, Console Port, Hot Swap Smart Fans, Standard Warranty, 90-day Hardware & Software

‡ Standard SSL performance ‡ ‡ With maximum SSL cards ^ AX 2500, AX 2600-GCF, AX 3000-GCF and AX 3000-11-GCF (FIPS model must be purchased) * Optional RPS available ** Layer 4 CPS per watt *** NEBS Level 3 (AX 2500, AX 3000-GCF and AX 5200) 100 to 240 VAC, Frequency 50 – 60 Hz (applies to all appliances)

Flexible Traffic ASIC (FTA) Models

	AX 1030	AX 2500	AX 3030	AX 3000-11-GCF	AX 3530
Layer 4 Throughput	7.5 Gbps	11 Gbps	27 Gbps	30 Gbps	115 Gbps
Layer 4 CPS	430k	300K	580k	1 million	1.3 million
SSL CPS (1024/2048)	5.5k‡/1.2k‡	30k‡‡/5k‡‡	12k‡/2.7k‡	51k‡‡/24k‡‡	120k‡‡/98k‡‡
Ethernet Interface 1 Gb Copper 1 Gb Fiber (SFP) 10 Gb Fiber (SFP+) 40 Gb Fiber (QSFP+)	6 2 0 0	8 4 0 0	6 2 0 0	8 8 4 0	4 2 12 0
Application Delivery Partitions (ADP) RBA/L3V	128/32	128/32	128/64	128/64	128/64
Maximum Power Consumption	155 W	250 W	188 W	315 W	467 W
Performance Per Watt (PPW)**	2774	1200	3085	3175	2731
Power Supply	1 x 400 W*	Dual 400 W RPS	Dual 400 W RPS	Dual 400 W RPS	Dual 750 W RPS
Hardware Acceleration Linear Decoupled Architecture Flexible Traffic ASIC Switching/Routing ASIC SSL Acceleration ASIC SSL Card Option Compression ASIC Card Option Total Optional Cards Per Unit	Yes No No Yes No No 0	Yes No No Yes 1 1 1	Yes No No Yes No No 0	Yes No No Yes 1 1 1	Yes No No Option 1 x 2 cards No 2
Dimensions	1.7 in (H), 17.2 in (W), 16.6 in (D)	1.75 in (H), 17 in (W), 21.8 in (D)	1.7 in (H), 17.2 in (W), 16.6 in (D)	1.75 in (H), 17 in (W), 21.8 in (D)	1.75 in (H), 17.25 in (W), 22.8 in (D)
Rack Units (Mountable)	1 U	1 U	1 U	1 U	1 U
Unit Weight	17.5 lbs	25 lbs	19.5 lbs	25 lbs	29.6 lbs
Operating Ranges	Temperature and Humidity 0° - 40° C 5% - 95%
Regulatory Certification	FCC Class A, UL, CE, TUV, CB, VCCI, NEBS***, FIPS 140-2^
Standard Features	Solid-state Drive (SSD), Management Interface, Console Port, Hot Swap Smart Fans, Standard Warranty, 90-day Hardware & Software

‡ Standard SSL performance ‡ ‡ With maximum SSL cards ^ AX 5100, AX 5200 and AX 5200-11 (FIPS model must be purchased) * XFP ** Layer 4 CPS per watt *** NEBS Level 3 (AX 2500, AX 3000-GCF and AX 5200) 100 to 240 VAC, Frequency 50 – 60 Hz (applies to all appliances)

Documentation:

Download the A10 Networks AX 5200-11 Datasheet (PDF).