Layer 7 Intelligence

The AX Series aFleX scripting tool enables advanced, highly-flexible and efficient Layer 7 traffic management. aFleX technology is based on the industry-standard TCL programming language. aFleXs do not introduce performance degradation, even when numerous features are turned on, due to AX's scalable Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) architecture that is tuned for multi-core CPUs.

The aFleX advantage makes the AX Series an essential solution in any data center, and a key load balancer selection criterion. Some aFleX usage examples include:

Easy to use, readable, customized policies to manipulate application Layer 7 traffic

• Deep packet inspection at high speed
• Eliminate traffic bottlenecks during peak and fluctuating usage conditions

Ability to offload logic from Web servers to a single point on the load balancer

• Less complexity
• Reduce redundant round trips/server loads

Granular load balancing traffic customization

• Traffic redirection to:
  • Optimize servers based on content
  • Optimize servers based on user language
• Security
  • Drop traffic conforming to certain characteristics
  • Ability to implement emergency attack protection in the time between attack identification and server security patch in a single location
  • Server cloaking
• Data protection
  • Inbound or outbound
  • Regardless of cause, block sensitive data leakage
    • Ensure regularity compliance
    • on mis-configured applications

aFleX technology benefits make for a must-have feature in any load balancing solution.