F5 and VMware SOLUTION OVERVIEW Optimize Virtual Desktop Deployments for VMware View F5 and VMware offerings · BIG-IP Local Traffic ® Manager™ Virtual Edition · BIG-IP® Access Policy Manager™ for LTM VE · VMware View Migrating from traditional desktops to VMware View can save cost and complexity for IT organizations, but only if the infrastructure required to support that migration is easy to deploy, configure, and manage. Access for local, remote, and mobile users also must be secure, managed, and available as users move across networks and devices. F5® BIG-IP Access Policy Manager for Local Traffic Manager Virtual Edition (BIG-IP APM for LTM VE) provides a fully virtualized solution to manage user access and ensure server efficiency in a single, easy-to-deploy software solution. BIG-IP APM for LTM VE is deployed in VMware ESX or ESXi, right alongside VMware View. Managed Access from Any Network Whether users are on site, remote, or mobile, BIG-IP APM for LTM VE ensures that when they connect to VMware View, they receive the appropriate desktop environment, based on their authenticated user identity. Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) enables BIG-IP APM to provide a secure encrypted transport for PCoIP without compromising high performance in any way. BIG-IP APM provides the tools necessary to create and manage local and remote access, and BIG-IP LTM VE ensures the best performance for your users, and from your servers. 2 SOLUTION OVERVIEW F5 and VMware BIG-IP Edge Client Learn More For more information about F5 and VMware View, use the search function on f5.com to find the following resources. Solution page Mobile Users Internet VM BIG-IP APM for LTM VE VM VM VM VMware vSphere BIG-IP Edge Client VMware View Manager Branch Office Users Centralized Virtual Desktops F5 solutions for VMware View Solution guide F5 and VMware: Virtualization solutions to optimize performance, improve availability, and reduce complexity Internal LAN VLAN1 BIG-IP Edge Client Internal LAN VLAN2 Wireless Users LAN Users Manage remote access, ease deployment, and scale connections with the F5 and VMware solution. Economical, Speedy Deployments BIG-IP APM for LTM VE provides a highly flexible, easy-to-install alternative to hardwarebased access solutions by enabling a fully virtualized secure access deployment. Full compatibility with VMware ESX and ESXi means that organizations can deploy access management and load balancing on their existing hardware, right alongside VMware View. Smooth Scalability as Deployment Grows BIG-IP APM for LTM VE facilitates a phased rollout from a fully virtual environment to a physical appliance to easily accommodate growing VMware View deployments. BIG-IP APM for LTM VE scales for up to hundreds of users. It can then be transitioned to a physical BIG-IP LTM device for the ability to handle thousands or tens of thousands of concurrent users, without the cost, time, and complexity involved in migrating from one platform to another. To find out how F5 and VMware joint solutions can help your business, contact [email protected] or visit the VMware solutions page. F5 Networks, Inc. 401 Elliott Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119 888-882-4447 www.f5.com F5 Networks, Inc. Corporate Headquarters F5 Networks Asia-Pacific F5 Networks Ltd. Europe/Middle-East/Africa F5 Networks Japan K.K. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners with no endorsement or affiliation, express or implied, claimed. © 2011 F5 Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. F5, F5 Networks, the F5 logo, BIG-IP, ARX, FirePass, iControl, iRules, TMOS, and VIPRION are registered trademarks of F5 Networks, Inc. in the U.S. and in certain other countries. CS07-00034 0111