TippingPoint Core Controller
As enterprise networks evolve, 10Gbps network links have become relatively low in cost and increasingly more widespread. Core network upgrades driven by data center consolidation, high performance computing and high bandwidth applications like video on demand and file sharing contribute to the adoption of 10Gbps networks. The need to inspect and remove malicious traffic at high throughput traffic points is now greater than ever. Network and security engineers realize intrusion prevention systems (IPS) must be implemented not only at the traditional WAN perimeter, but also between major network segments within core networks and data centers. The TippingPoint Core Controller enables 10Gbps links to be protected by the industry-leading TippingPoint IPS solution in a scalable, economical manner while ensuring the high availability, performance, low latency and security accuracy that are the hallmarks of TippingPoint IPS solutions.
The TippingPoint Core Controller is deployed as a 'bump-in-the wire' network element for up to three 10Gbps network links. Traffic entering the Core Controller is intelligently flow balanced to a bank of TippingPoint IPS's where traffic inspection and enforcement are performed. Malicious and unwanted traffic is blocked, and clean traffic is returned to the Core Controller for distribution to the appropriate 10Gbps egress link, allowing organizations to scale security traffic inspection and enforcement.
The TippingPoint Core Controller enables 10Gbps links to be protected by the
TippingPoint IPS while ensuring high availability, performance, low latency and security
accuracy. All TippingPoint appliances are purpose-built with the reliability to go in-line
in enterprise and service provider networks. In addition, the Core Controller's high
availability features; including redundant configurability, built-in zero power bypass
(Smart ZPHA), IPS heartbeat monitoring, link down synchronization and hardware
watchdogs; allow an unprecedented level of redundancy configuration to eliminate single
points of failure.
The TippingPoint Core Controller offers organizations an economical entry for IPS
protection on existing 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) networks by allowing them to purchase the IPS
capacity initially required, and then add more capacity as traffic inspection needs increase. Organizations with existing TippingPoint IPS units initially purchased for lower speed network links can redeploy those units with the Core Controller for 10GbE
protection. TippingPoint Core Controller's flexible deployment options provide a "pay-as-you-grow" model that allows organizations to easily leverage existing investments and increase their IPS capacity as bandwidth and security requirements evolve.
TippingPoint Core Controller Data Sheet
