This document discusses KEMP Technologies' visionary approach to application delivery control (ADC) and their SDN Adaptive load balancing solution. It highlights how KEMP's Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) for Azure provides ADC capabilities in Microsoft's cloud, including content switching, global load balancing, and security features. The document also introduces KEMP360 for centrally managing multiple LoadMasters and providing 24/7 monitoring of customers' application delivery networks.

1. The visionary style of ADC
PLNOG 2016
Detlef Lilje
dlilje@kemptechnologies.com
Regional Director

2. https://kemptechnologies.com/blog/kemp-technologies-visionary-adc-vendor/

3. Visionary Leader with Strategic Technical Partnerships
KEMP
Technologies
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4. SDN Adaptive Balancing
Smarter Application Delivery

5. KEMP SDN Adaptive leverages SDN performance and topology
information from the SDN controller to deliver optimal load balancing
based on network, server and application status.
What is SDN Adaptive?
Dynamically select least
congested path to
server based on SDN
performance metrics
from SDN controller

6. Application #2
SDN Switch Fabric
Application #1
KEMP LoadMaster has visibility of
switch topology via the SDN Controller
Server01 Server02 Server03 Server04 Server05

7. Application #2
Server01 Server02 Server03 Server04 Server05
SDN Switch Fabric
Application #1
For Application #1 all switched paths to the servers
are behaving normally and the SDN adaptive and
server weighting values reflect this

8. Application #2
SDN Switch Fabric
Application #1
East-West traffic between
Server01 and Server05 has
congested a switch that is in the
path between the LoadMaster
and Server01
Server01 Server02 Server03 Server04 Server05

9. Application #2
SDN Switch Fabric
Application #1
Server01 Server02 Server03 Server04 Server05
LoadMaster detects the congestion condition from
the SDN Controller and will adjust the SDN adaptive
and weightings to reduce traffic being sent to
Server01

10. Application #2
Server01 Server02 Server03 Server04 Server05
SDN Switch Fabric
Application #1
When the East-West traffic reduces and the switch
returns to normal operations, the LoadMaster will
readjust the SDN adaptive and Server Weightings

11. SDN Adaptive KEMP LoadMaster has
visibility of the SDN
configuration and
metrics contained on
the SDN Controller

12. SDN Adaptive Using the SDN
Controller information,
KEMP SDN Adaptive has
visibility on each traffic
path to each application
server.

13. SDN Adaptive
LoadMaster can create a
visual representation of
congestion on the path
between the Load
Balancer and the
application server

14. ADC in the Cloud
Virtual LoadMaster (VLM) for Azure

15. VLM for Azure Momentum
"Revenue is a lagging indicator,
usage is a leading indicator”
-Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft

16. Customer Research
Top 5 Applications/Services
(in priority order):
• Azure Web Apps/IIS integrated with
Platform as a Service (PaaS) applications &
services
• Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS)
• Content Management Systems (WordPress,
Umbraco, DotNetNuke)
• Unified Communications platforms
(SharePoint, Exchange, Skype for Business)
• Remote Desktop Services/Azure
RemoteApp

17. Common Use Cases | Hybrid Deployment
Safely and securely extend on-premises ADFS, IIS, SharePoint or custom web applications to take advantage
of extra capacity in, or failover to, the Microsoft Cloud

18. Common Use Cases | Content Switching
Aggregate multiple application front-ends into a unified experience for end-users using a single domain
name or IP address with the following capabilities:
• Server Name Indicator (SNI)
• Host Header Matching
• Group Based Traffic Steering

19. Common Use Cases | Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)
Virtual LoadMaster for Azure’s GEO capability allows for automatic re-routing across Azure regions in the
event of failure

20. Common Use Cases | Security
KEMP VLM for Azure has a number of integrated security features including:
•Wide range of client authentication methods
•Reverse Proxy
•Web Application Firewall (WAF)

21. KEMP Extends and Enhances Azure Application Delivery
Azure Load Balancer
Optimized Deployments
• Supports HA configuration
• Easy to deploy application templates
(e.g. SharePoint, ADFS)
• Health checks (including SSL)
Enhanced User Experience
• Throughput to 10Gbps
• Session persistence
• Caching and compression
Improved Security
• Web Application Firewall
• Client authentication
• Intrusion detection/prevention
Azure Traffic Manager
Azure Application Gateway
Feature Azure with KEMP VLM for Azure
Content/URL switching No 
SSL offload/re-encrypt Limited 
Session persistence Limited 
Content caching No 
Reverse Proxy No 
Web Application Firewall (WAF) No 
Client authentication & SSO No 

22. KEMP360™

23. KEMP360 – Service Topology

24. The KEMP360 Family
• Manage multiple LoadMasters
• Centralized workload configuration
• ADC performance monitoring
• 24/7/365 monitoring by KEMP
• Proactive alert management
• Issue diagnosis and escalation
Simplifies the day-to-day
management of LoadMasters
Automatically notify KEMP
when something is wrong
Deployed and monitored by
KEMP Support Engineers
Installed and operated by the
customer

25. • Provides the customer with single interface to manage multiple
LoadMaster instances (Virtual, Hardware, Bare Metal & Cloud)
KEMP360 Central – What it does
Manage Virtual Services Monitor Performance & Capacity
Backup Management Firmware & Template Management

26. • Remote LoadMasters Monitoring
Resource Usage
• Transaction levels
• Service and Real Server availability
• No customer interaction once
deployed
• 24/7 monitoring by KEMP support
desk staff
• Issued escalated to nominated
customer contacts
• Monthly activity report
KEMP360 Vision – What it does

27. KEMP360 – Central and Vision Deployment
Vision
KEMP360 Vision
Monitoring Centre
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Customer Application Delivery Network

28. App Delivery Infrastructure Visibility

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