F5 Networks has announced support for VXLAN functionality, enabling organizations to seamlessly support software defined networking (SDN) initiatives by combining VMware and F5 solutions.
F5 BIG-IP products can natively take advantage of the benefits of VXLAN in the latest VMware environments, based on VMware vSphere and vCloud Director.
In addition, F5 is announcing its intent to add VXLAN virtual tunneling endpoint capabilities to its BIG-IP products, providing the ability to natively encapsulate and decapsulate VXLAN packets. This innovation will further enable organizations to reliably scale cloud environments and streamline operations.
“F5 solutions occupy strategic points of control in the network, putting us in a great position to collaborate with VMware in optimizing customers’ virtualization and cloud infrastructures,” said Anil Pochiraju, Managing Director, F5 Networks India/SAARC.
