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The ARX®1000
ARX®1000 Hardware Installation Guide 2 - 3
The ARX®1000
The F5 Adaptive Resource Switch (ARX) enables enterprises to globally
access, manage, deliver and optimize information resources. The
ARX®1000 is a cost-effective, small form factor Adaptive Resource Switch
designed for use in small data centers and branch/remote offices. The
ARX®1000 switch combines application processing and control, switch
fabric throughput, and external interfaces into a single field replaceable unit
(FRU) compact design. It offers the same software features as the
ARX®500 and ARX®6000, differing only in performance and scale.
The ARX®1000’s Application Control Module ( ACM ), provides a subset of
features and components from the ARX®6000’s Adaptive Services Module
(ASM) and Network Services Module (NSM):
• storage aggregation of multiple back-end shares into a single client
volume,
• inline management of storage capacity, to adapt the back-end storage to
client demands,
• ability to add or remove back-end storage without any effect on clients,
and
• the ability to seamlessly migrate files from one back-end storage device
to another.
In addition, the ACM provides the switch fabric and control plane functions
for the switch.
The ARX®1000 enables Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet throughput and
provides six 100/1000 BASE-T external ports for connectivity to network
infrastructure, network-attached storage (NAS) devices, and file servers
with direct-attached storage (DAS).
Figure 2.1 ARX®1000 Adaptive Resource Switch