Reports & Publications

Nortel Networks Alteon Application Switch 2424 Layer 7 Switching Competitive Analysis versus Cisco Systems CSS 11503 and F5 Networks BIG-IP 5000

Sponsor: Nortel
Nortel Networks Alteon Application Switch 2424 Layer 7 Switching Competitive Analysis versus Cisco

Abstract

Nortel Networks commissioned The Tolly Group to evaluate the session rate (on a per second basis) of the Alteon Application Switch 2424, a switching platform that performs Layer 2/3 switching and high-performance Layer 4-7 intelligent traffic management, against that of a Cisco Systems Content Services Switch (CSS) 11503 and an F5 Networks BIG-IP 5000.