Radware Alteon - Chapter 16 - ADC-VX Management; What Is ADC-VX; ADC Form Factors; Vadcs

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Chapter 16 – ADC-VX Management
This chapter discusses how to use ADC-VX™ in an Alteon environment, and includes the following
topics:
• What is ADC-VX?, page 403
• ADC Form Factors, page 403
• vADCs, page 403
• vADC Management, page 405
• Resource Dashboard, page 411
• Basic ADC-VX Procedures, page 419
• Importing the Active ADC Configuration, page 429
• Backing Up the Active vADC Configuration, page 433
• Image Management, page 436
• HA ID Management, page 452
What is ADC-VX?
ADC-VX is a specialized Application Delivery Controller (ADC) hypervisor that runs multiple virtual
ADC instances on dedicated ADC hardware, Radware's OnDemand Switch platforms. ADC-VX is built
on a unique architecture that virtualizes the OnDemand Switch resources—including CPU, memory,
network, and acceleration resources. This specialized hypervisor runs fully functional virtual ADC
instances, each of which delivers ADC functionality just like a dedicated physical ADC. Each virtual
ADC instance contains a complete and separated environment of resources, configurations and
management.
ADC Form Factors
ADC-VX supports three different ADC form factors:
• Dedicated ADC—The traditional Alteon hardware ADC.
• vADC—A virtualized instance of the Alteon operating system (AlteonOS).
• Alteon VA—A software-based ADC supporting AlteonOS functionality and running on the
VMware virtual infrastructure. For more information, see the Radware Alteon ADC-VA Release
Notes and Radware Alteon ADC-VA Quick Install Guide.
You can save and back up configurations from and to different form factors. For more information,
see Importing the Active ADC Configuration, page 429
, and Backing Up the Active vADC
Configuration, page 433.
vADCs
A vADC is a virtualized instance of the AlteonOS that behaves in the same manner as a traditional
Alteon hardware ADC, with the exception that while it is bound to a specific hardware resource, the
amount of resources allocated to the vADC may vary based on the user’s or application's resource
needs. This enables you to run multiple independent and private vADCs that vary in their processing
power.