KEMP
Technologies has announced the availability of its LoadMaster
Operating System Software (LMOS) for the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS).
The KEMP LMOS for UCS is fully Cisco IVT (Interoperability Validation Testing)
Certified and is the first ADC and Load Balancer OS to run natively within the
UCS blade server fabric without requiring a server virtualization hypervisor.
Cisco customers can
now install KEMP's high-performance load balancer operating system with Layer 7
traffic management and optimization on any Cisco UCS server to increase
application performance and reduce network traffic congestion through its tight
integration with the UCS fabric. More than 20,000 enterprises worldwide already
rely on the Cisco UCS platform to deliver a converged data centre infrastructure
for computation, networking, storage access and virtualization resources across
a wide range of applications.
"KEMP's LoadMaster
for UCS is a game changer in the ADC market," said Peter Melerud, EVP of Product
Management at KEMP Technologies. "By delivering a full featured ADC running
natively inside the UCS fabric, it gives Cisco customers the unique ability to
leverage their existing hardware investments and deliver increased application
performance, by eliminating the need for external third-party ADC and Load
Balancers."
KEMP's LMOS for UCS
is easily installed on a B-series or C-series UCS server as a ‘host' ADC
operating system, leveraging UCS's high performance computing, I/O and fabric
infrastructure. Operating natively within the UCS fabric, the LoadMaster
decreases application latency, improving performance and allowing for high-speed
communications between server workloads. LoadMaster for UCS offers Layer 4 and 7
server load balancing, SSL offload and acceleration, data caching and
compression along with a Layer 7 Intrusion Prevention System and security
features including pre-auth, single sign-on and persistent
logging.
KEMP LoadMaster for
UCS has been approved by Cisco for its SIP (Solution Incentive Program) -
providing additional incentives for Cisco's channel
partners.
KEMP is
demonstrating the new LoadMaster for UCS at this week's Cisco Live in Florida on
booth #1439
For more
information on KEMP's LoadMaster interoperability with Cisco UCS B-Series Blades
go to
http://kemptechnologies.com/server-load-balancing-appliances/loadmaster-for-ucs/overview