Optimize Virtual Desktop Deployments for VMware View

F5 and VMware
SOLUTION OVERVIEW
Optimize Virtual Desktop Deployments
for VMware View
F5 and VMware offerings
· BIG-IP Local Traffic
®
Manager™
Virtual Edition
· BIG-IP® Access Policy Manager™
for LTM VE
· VMware View
Migrating from traditional desktops to VMware View can save cost and complexity for
IT organizations, but only if the infrastructure required to support that migration is easy
to deploy, configure, and manage. Access for local, remote, and mobile users also must
be secure, managed, and available as users move across networks and devices.
F5® BIG-IP Access Policy Manager for Local Traffic Manager Virtual Edition (BIG-IP APM
for LTM VE) provides a fully virtualized solution to manage user access and ensure
server efficiency in a single, easy-to-deploy software solution. BIG-IP APM for LTM VE is
deployed in VMware ESX or ESXi, right alongside VMware View.
Managed Access from Any Network
Whether users are on site, remote, or mobile, BIG-IP APM for LTM VE ensures that when
they connect to VMware View, they receive the appropriate desktop environment, based
on their authenticated user identity. Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) enables
BIG-IP APM to provide a secure encrypted transport for PCoIP without compromising
high performance in any way.
BIG-IP APM provides the tools necessary to create and manage local and remote access,
and BIG-IP LTM VE ensures the best performance for your users, and from your servers.
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SOLUTION OVERVIEW
F5 and VMware
BIG-IP
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Client
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following resources.
Solution page
Mobile Users
Internet
VM
BIG-IP APM
for LTM VE
VM
VM
VM
VMware vSphere
BIG-IP
Edge
Client
VMware
View Manager
Branch Office
Users
Centralized
Virtual Desktops
F5 solutions for VMware View
Solution guide
F5 and VMware: Virtualization
solutions to optimize performance,
improve availability, and
reduce complexity
Internal LAN
VLAN1
BIG-IP
Edge
Client
Internal LAN
VLAN2
Wireless Users
LAN Users
Manage remote access, ease deployment, and scale connections with the F5 and VMware solution.
Economical, Speedy Deployments
BIG-IP APM for LTM VE provides a highly flexible, easy-to-install alternative to hardwarebased access solutions by enabling a fully virtualized secure access deployment. Full
compatibility with VMware ESX and ESXi means that organizations can deploy access
management and load balancing on their existing hardware, right alongside VMware View.
Smooth Scalability as Deployment Grows
BIG-IP APM for LTM VE facilitates a phased rollout from a fully virtual environment to
a physical appliance to easily accommodate growing VMware View deployments.
BIG-IP APM for LTM VE scales for up to hundreds of users. It can then be transitioned
to a physical BIG-IP LTM device for the ability to handle thousands or tens of thousands
of concurrent users, without the cost, time, and complexity involved in migrating from
one platform to another.
To find out how F5 and VMware joint solutions can help your business, contact view@f5.com
or visit the VMware solutions page.
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