AX Series: Product Specifications

The AX Series family includes 32-bit and 64-bit models for all size enterprises, data centers and carriers/ISPs, in all verticals.

AX Series 64-bit Load Balaners by A10 Networks

AX 2500 AX 2600 AX 3000 AX 5100 AX 5200
Ethernet Interface
  Gb Copper
  Gb Fiber - SFP Mini GBIC
  10 Gb Fiber - XFP
8
4
0
24
0
0
0
24
0
16
8
0
16
0
4*
8
0
4*
0
4
8
0
4
16
Management Interface Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Console Port Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hard Disks SSD SSD SSD SSD SSD
Cooling Fan Hot Swap Smart Fan Hot Swap Smart Fan Hot Swap Smart Fan Hot Swap Smart Fan Hot Swap Smart Fan
Power Supply Dual 400 W RPS Dual 400 W RPS Dual 400 W RPS Dual 900 W RPS Dual 900 W RPS
100 to 240 VAC, Frequency 50 - 60 Hz
Hardware Acceleration
  Linear Decoupled Architecture
  Flexible Traffic ASIC
  SSL Acceleration ASIC
  Switch/Routing ASIC
  Hardware Compression ASIC
Yes
No
Yes
No
Option
Yes
No
Yes
No
Option
Yes
No
Yes
No
Option
Yes
Yes (4X)
Option
Yes
Option
Yes
Yes (4X)
Option
Yes
Option
Dimensions 1.75 in (H), 17 in (W), 21.8 in (D)
1 U Rack Mountable 		3.5 in (H), 17 in (W), 29 in (D)
2 U Rack Mountable
Unit Weight 25 lb 60 lb 61 lb
Maximum Power Consumption 250W 291W 308W 660W 680W
Operating Ranges Temperature and Humidity 0-40C 5% - 95%
Regulatory Certification FCC Class A, UL, CE, TUV, CB, VCCI
Standard Warranty 90-day Hardware & Software

* 10 Gigabit Fiber-SFP+

AX Series 32-bit Load Balaners by A10 Networks

AX 1000 AX 2000 AX 2100 AX 2200 AX 3100 AX 3200
Ethernet Interface
  Gb Copper
  Gb Fiber - SFP Mini GBIC
  10 Gb Fiber - XFP
6
2
0
8
2
0
8
4
0
16
4
0
16
4
2
16
4
2
Management Interface Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Console Port Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Hard Disks Single Single Dual Dual Dual Dual
Cooling Fan Fixed Hot Swap Smart Fan Hot Swap Smart Fan Hot Swap Smart Fan Hot Swap Smart Fan Hot Swap Smart Fan
Power Supply Single 250W, Fixed Dual 460W RPS, Redundant, Hot Swap Dual 460W RPS, Redundant, Hot Swap Dual 600W RPS, Redundant, Hot Swap Dual 600W RPS, Redundant, Hot Swap Dual 600W RPS, Redundant, Hot Swap
100 to 240 VAC, Frequency 50 - 60Hz
Hardware Acceleration
  Linear Decoupled Architecture
  Flexible Traffic ASIC
  SSL Acceleration ASIC
  Switch/Routing ASIC
  Hardware Compression ASIC
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
No
Option
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Option
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Option
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Option
Dimensions 1.75 in (H),
17.3 in (W),
16.7 in (D)
1 U Rack Mountable 		3.5 in (H), 17 in (W), 24 in (D)
2 U Rack Mountable
Unit Weight 16 lb 34 lb 38 lb 40 lb 40.5 lb 40.5 lb
Maximum Power Consumption 158W265W280W335W345W390W
Operating Ranges Temperature and Humidity 0-40C 5% - 95%
Regulatory Certification FCC Class A, UL, CE, TUV, CB, VCCI
Standard Warranty 90-day Hardware & Software


AX Series Features

Application Delivery Features

  • Comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 Support
  • Advanced Layer 4/Layer 7 Server Load Balancing
    • Fast TCP, Fast UDP, Fast HTTP, Full HTTP Proxy
    • High-performance, template-based Layer 7 switching with header/url/ domain manipulation
    • Comprehensive Layer 7 application persistence support
  • Comprehensive load balancing methods
    • Round Robin, Least Connections, Weighted RR, Weighted LC, Fastest Response
  • aFleX – allows deep packet inspection and transformation for customizable, application-aware switching
  • Advanced Health Monitoring
    • Comprehensive Protocol Support - ICMP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, RTSP, SMTP, POP3, SNMP, DNS, RADIUS, LDAP
    • TCL Scriptable Health Check support
    • High Availability – Active-Active, Active-Standby configurations with sub-second failover
    • SIP Load Balancing for VoIP and other rich-media applications
    • Secure Email Support – STARTTLS, POPS, LDAPS, SMTPS, IMAPS
  • Spam Filter Support – allows high- speed application of very large black/ white lists
  • Firewall Load Balancing (FWLB)
  • Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
  • Transparent and Gateway Mode Support
  • Transparent Cache Switching (TCS)
  • Link Load Balancing

Acceleration & Security Features

  • HTTP Acceleration & Optimization
    • HTTP Connection Multiplexing
    • HTTP Caching
    • HTTP Compression (hardware based)
  • SSL Acceleration
    • Hardware-based SSL Offload
    • Support for all TCP Protocols - SSL Termination, SSL Bridging (SSL Initiation)
  • SSL Session ID Reuse
  • Hardware-based SYN Cookies, IP Anomaly Detection
  • Connection Rate Limiting/Connection Limiting
  • DNS Application Firewall

High Performance, Scalable Platform

  • ACOS Operating System
    • Multi-core, Multi-CPU Support
    • Linear Application Scaling
    • Linux on Control Plane
  • ACOS on Data Plane

Networking

  • Integrated Layer 2/Layer 3
  • Transparent Mode, RIP, OSPF, Static Route
  • Routing - RIP, OSPF, Static Routes
  • VLAN
  • Trunking
  • Access Control Lists (ACLs)

Network Address Translation (NAT)

  • Traditional IPv4-IPv4 NAT/NAPT
  • Application Level Gateways (ALGs) for FTP, RTSP, MMS, SIP
  • NAT-PT (Protocol Translation) (IPv4<->IPv6, IPv6<->IPv4)

Management

  • Dedicated Management Interface (Console, SSH, Telnet, HTTPS)
  • Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) with Language Localization
  • Industry-standard Command Line Interface Support
  • SNMP, Syslog, Alerting
  • Port Mirroring
  • Virtualization
    • Role Based Administration (RBA)
    • Partition Based Management
  • REST-style XML API (aXAPI)

Carrier-grade Hardware

  • Hot Swappable Redundant Power Supplies
  • Removable Fan Tray
  • Dual Hard Disks with RAID 1 Support, Compact Flash
  • Advanced Hardware Architecture
  • High Port Density
  • 10 Gb Ports


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