F5’s BIG-IP Blade Controller - The Essential Software for Blade Server Systems May 2002 John Bigelow Vice President & General Manager, Software Business

2 2 ® Company Overview  Leading provider of intelligent Internet Traffic and Content Management solutions that  Increase availability  Reduce cost  Improve efficiency  Boost performance  Founded 1996, public 1999  HQ in Seattle (WA), offices throughout Europe and Asia  Approx. 500 employees  FY2001 Revenue: $107.4 M  Nasdaq listed (FFIV)

3 3 ® Market Position Worldwide #1 for ITM appliances (68%) Worldwide #3 for total ITM market, incl. both appliances and L7 switches (15.6%) Worldwide #1 for multipurpose ITM devices with SSL HW acceleration (74%) Regional #1 market share in Japan ITM = Internet Traffic Management SSL = Secure Sockets Layer

4 4 ® Web Server Application Server Data Server Microsoft Oracle BEA Systems Tivoli Dynamic Soft Routers & Switches The Integration Point – Lower cost – Improved efficiency – Increased business security – Higher availability – Better overall performance Between Users, Servers Applications and the Network

5 5 ® Today’s Web Application Architecture Redundant Web Servers, Terminal Servers, Application Servers, CRM, ERP, & Database Servers BIG-IP 5000s for load balancing, VLANs, and IP traffic management Internet Rack Mount or Pedestal Servers Hardware Applications 3-DNS Routers Firewalls BIG-IP Link Controller 2000s EDGE-FX

6 6 ® Tomorrow’s Web Application Architecture Redundant Web Servers, Terminal Servers, Application Servers, CRM, ERP, & Database Servers Internet Blade Server Systems Hardware Applications Routers Firewalls Option 1 BIG-IP 5000s 3-DNS BIG-IP Link Controller 2000s EDGE-FX

7 7 ® Tomorrow’s Web Application Architecture - Possible only with F5 Networks F5 EDGE-FX Cache and Content Controller, Redundant Web Servers, Terminal Servers, Firewalls, Application Servers, CRM, ERP, & Database Servers Internet HP ProLiant BL Blade Servers Hardware Applications Option 2 System Software F5 BIG-IP Blade Controller F5 BIG-IP Link Controller F5 3-DNS

8 8 ® BIG-IP: Harnessing the Power of Blade Servers and Applications Load Balancing and IP Traffic Management Blade Controller BIG-IP intercepts, inspects, transforms, and directs all IP based traffic to the most appropriate application or resource depending on: High Availability Security Performance Reliability of the server blades or applications HP ProLiant BL line

9 9 ® High availability - Stateful failover, application health monitoring. Performance - Dynamically direct traffic to best performing server and OS through advanced load-balancing. - Application (solutions view). - Increase I/O through F5’s OneConnect Technology. Scale - Easily add servers and applications to scale services. -“Pool” unlimited resources within BIG-IP according to application, customer, department or business unit. - Increase I/O through F5’s OneConnect Technology. Security - Hardened system only allows specific traffic through. - SSL and TLS decryption/encryption. - Certificate management and authentication. - DOS, SynFlood, NIMBDA, CODERED prevention. HP Blade Servers with BIG-IP Creating a powerful, secure and unified computing platform Blade Controller Load Balancing and IP Traffic Management