Upgrade your F5 BIG-IP solutions with confidenceDeliver new application services and support new data centreand cloud architectures

Paul Boyle

“Gartner defines ‘competitive advantage’ as a difference between a company and its competitors that matters to customers. That difference forces competitors to transform their business just to compete … A culture that embraces change is important, as is the ability to rapidly identify and exploit technological advances and respond to externally driven opportunities.”— Gartner, “Competitive Advantage and Business Transformation Innovation Key Initiative Overview,”

Stephen Prentice, 11 April 2014

F5 Agility 2014 3

“F5’s VIPRION platform gives us the scalability and flexibility to grow from 1 million to 16 million customers without having to change our existing systems.”

Key benefits of F5• 25% business growth, facilitated by the availability of

ample IP addresses• Full compliance with government legislation• US$1 million saved due to reduced storage

requirements• 10–15% improvement in mobile network

performance

F5 Reference Architectures• DDoS Protection

-Koral Ozgunay, Packet Backbone Network Department Manager, AveaLTM VIPRION

F5 Agility 2014 4

Infrastructure Capabilities• Availability – Load Balancing (local and

global)• Security – DDoS Mitigation / Layer 4 & 7

Firewalling• Flexibility – Universal Access: VPN, BYOD,

VDI

Application Vendor Support• Corporate Apps – Microsoft (Exchange / Lync

/ SharePoint)• EMR – Epic• Products – Agfa

Value of Solution• Cost versus Functionality

Large Healthcare Provider

F5 Agility 2014 5

Current Architecture

ACE 4710

Radiology

GSS

ACE30 ACE30

ACE20

ACE20

ACE30 ACE30VPX VPX

ACE20

ACE20

VPX VPXWAF

Bluecoat

ACE 4710

Bluecoat

Bluecoat Bluecoat

ACE 4710 ACE 4710 Bluecoat

Bluecoat

ASA MPX

DataCenter3

DataCenter Services (future) Data Center Services

DataCenter2

GSS

DataCenter1

DMZMPX

Rem

oteAccess

DM

Z LB

AGFA AGFA

Core Core

F5 Agility 2014 6

Proposed Architecture

Data Center Services

ASA

DataCenter3

DataCenter Services (future) Data Center Services

DataCenter2DataCenter1

DMZASA

EdgeFirew

allD

MZ LB

Core Core

AGFARadiology

AGFARadiology

F5 Agility 2014 7

Load Balancing Environment Summary

BEFORE

Appliances20x

Gbps53

33k SSL TPS

AFTER

VIPRIONS8x

Gbps160

40k SSL TPS

F5 Agility 2014 8

Project Landscape

F5 Agility 2014 9

Transformation

StrategicProjects

FoundationProjects

EnhancementProjects

Multiple Projects

ProgrammaticApproach=

F5 Agility 2014 10

A facilitated, interactive, customer workshop that determines the approach, scope and responsibilities required to ensure a successful F5 migration, upgrade or deployment.

Project Definition Workshop Overview

HIGHLIGHTS• Analyses business and operational

impact and explores ways to minimize them

• Establishes the foundation for governance

• Attended by all key customer stakeholders and key F5 personnel

• Typically two days in duration, held off-site or at F5 offices

F5 Agility 2014 11

Project Definition Workshop

PREPARE SCOPE APPROACH PLAN

ROLES RESPONSIBILITIES

RAIDGOVERNANCE

MIGRATION SOLUTION INTEGRATION

SECURITY SOLUTIONS

Project ManagerFSE

Consultant

F5

Customer

Executive Sponsor

Stakeholders

FAC

ILIT

ATO

R

Deliverables

SummaryPresentation

WorkPackages

ProjectPlan

F5 Agility 2014 12

Detailed list of all devices, including name, IP address, location, VIP’s and other information

In Scope Out of Scope

1ScopeClarity

F5 Agility 2014 13

CONFIRMED

Software levels Change management process Location and accessStaff skills

TO BE SUBSTANTIATED

Target devices and number of services Work package definitionMigration schedule Staffing requirements

2Assumption Validation

F5 Agility 2014 14

3Stakeholder Identification

Business units

IT

Facilities Engineering

Service Owners

ArchitecturePMO

IP Team

Tier 1 Support

F5 Agility 2014 15

Application PerformanceCommercial Strategy DeviceGeography Lifecycle

What Drives the Priorities

4Approach Selection

F5 Agility 2014 16

Typical Output

Project Plan Work PackagesSummary PresentationCaptures scope, risks, assumptions, issues,

dependencies and approach

Details pre-requisite work or ‘spin-off’ activities

resulting from workshop

Recaps the information shared and outcome of the

workshop

F5 Agility 2014 17

Embrace Change

Competitive Migration to BIG-IP

Move to the cloud and virtualization

F5 Agility 2014 18

Exploit Technological Advances

Competitive Migration to BIG-IP

Move to the cloud and virtualization

Upgrade to the latest version of TMOS

Refresh to new BIG-IP, VIPRION or VE Platform

F5 Agility 2014 19

Respond to Externally Driven Opportunities

Upgrade to the latest version of TMOS

Refresh to new BIG-IP, VIPRION or VE Platform

Competitive Migration to BIG-IP

Moving to the cloud and virtualization

Introduce new applications

Grow your existing environment

F5 Agility 2014 20

Deploy Solutions For An Application World with

Confidence

Gain Competitive Advantage

Upgrade to the latest version of TMOS

Refresh to new BIG-IP, VIPRION or VE Platform

Competitive Migration to BIG-IP

Moving to the cloud and virtualization

Introduce new applications

Grow your existing environment