Why Layer 4 Switching (Web Switching)

A TCP-level hardware-assistant load balance technology developed in 1998 that provides intelligent traffic management capability (load balance and traffic redirect) at Layer 4 (TCP Layer) to improve operations efficiency and reliability for Internet web access.

Today’s Web-Based Data Center

Customer

WAN

Routers

Accounting, Logging

Web Servers/ Application Servers

Database Servers

Directories/ Policies

Management & Provisioning Systems

LAN

Switch

Web

Switch

A TCP-level hardware-assistant load balance technology developed in 1998 that provides intelligent traffic management capability (load balance and traffic redirect) at Layer 4 (TCP Layer) to improve operations efficiency and reliability for Internet web access.