The Business Partner Exchange - An F5 Distributed Cloud Services Demonstration

Large enterprises face challenges when deploying applications at scale, including managing application sprawl, segregating partner and customer traffic, and maintaining consistent security policies. To address these issues, comprehensive traffic management, policy enforcement, and resource allocation are essential for seamless and secure application deployment. The following business partner exchange demonstration illustrates how F5 Distributed Cloud Services (XC) with Equinix effectively addresses these challenges.

Demonstration Overview

This video demo shows how large organizations can deploy applications at scale across different locations and points of presence (POPs) of Equinix, utilizing both private connections and the Internet. Additionally, the demo illustrates how to securely segregate partners over private links and via the Internet while managing applications with consistent security policies using F5 Distributed Cloud (XC) and F5 XC Customer Edge devices.

F5 Distributed Cloud Customer Edge

The F5 Distributed Cloud (XC) CE (F5 XC Customer Edge) is a networking device that operates at the customer's edge, acting as a secure entry point to the F5 XC network fabric provided by F5 Networks. This device is designed to optimize and secure application delivery, and it integrates with cloud and data center networks, providing advanced traffic management and security features.

The solution leverages F5 XC networking segmentation to secure and isolate application traffic. It also protects private partner connections, enabling secure interaction as well as providing unique VIPs. The solution provides both security and efficiency.

Equinix Metal

Equinix Metal is a bare metal-as-a-service offering that provides automated, on-demand provisioning of physical servers without the need for virtualization. It enables businesses to deploy and manage their infrastructure globally with the performance and control of dedicated hardware, integrated seamlessly with Equinix's interconnection services. Partner and application F5 XC CE sites are hosted on Equinix Metal.

Equinix Fabric

Equinix Fabric is a software-defined interconnection service that allows businesses to connect their digital infrastructure seamlessly across Equinix's global platform. It provides secure, direct connections to a wide range of network, cloud, and IT service providers, facilitating optimized and reliable data exchange. The demo environment utilizes Equinix Fabric connections to provide network interconnectivity.