SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL APPLIANCE IN AN APPLICATION DELIVERY FABRIC
First Claim
1. A method for deploying a virtual application delivery controller, the method comprising:
- (a) performing, by one or more application delivery controller appliances intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers, a plurality of application delivery control functions on network traffic communicated between the plurality of clients and the plurality of servers;
(b) deploying a virtual application delivery controller on a device intermediary to the plurality of clients and the plurality of servers; and
(c) performing, by the virtual application delivery controller executing on the device, one or more of the plurality of application delivery control functions on network traffic communicated between the plurality of clients and the plurality of servers.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to systems and method for providing a virtual appliance. One or more application delivery controller appliances intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers perform a plurality of application delivery control functions on network traffic communicated between the plurality of clients and the plurality of servers. A virtual application delivery controller is deployed on a device intermediary to the plurality of clients and the plurality of servers. The virtual application delivery controller executing on the device performs one or more of the plurality of application delivery control functions on network traffic communicated between the plurality of clients and the plurality of servers.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for deploying a virtual application delivery controller, the method comprising:
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(a) performing, by one or more application delivery controller appliances intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers, a plurality of application delivery control functions on network traffic communicated between the plurality of clients and the plurality of servers; (b) deploying a virtual application delivery controller on a device intermediary to the plurality of clients and the plurality of servers; and (c) performing, by the virtual application delivery controller executing on the device, one or more of the plurality of application delivery control functions on network traffic communicated between the plurality of clients and the plurality of servers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for managing a plurality of application delivery controllers of an application delivery network, the method comprising:
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(a) monitoring, by an application delivery fabric (ADF) manager executing on a device, an application delivery fabric (ADF) network comprising a deployment of a plurality of application delivery controllers intermediary to a plurality of a clients and a plurality of servers; (b) determining, by the ADF manager responsive to monitoring, that an operational or performance characteristic of the ADF network fails a corresponding threshold; and (c) dynamically deploying, by the ADF manager responsive to the determination, a virtual application delivery controller as part of the ADF network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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