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NetScaler MPX overview

Reliable, scalable, hardware-based application delivery

Citrix NetScaler MPX appliances are high performance, hardware-based solutions that provide industry-leading web application delivery and load balancing, as well as enabling a full service delivery fabric that spans enterprise datacenters and cloud infrastructures to make applications and cloud services run five times better. All NetScaler MPX appliances support Citrix nCore technology, which enables customers to tap the power of multi-core CPU systems to realize multi-gigabit performance and massive scalability for all application delivery workloads. Flexible Pay-As-You-Grow licensing helps customers protect their investment, avoid costly hardware upgrades and reduce overall TCO. NetScaler MPX appliances support small enterprises, massive global web sites and everything in between.

 

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Industry's fastest web application delivery

Performance from 500 Mbps through 50 Gbps, and support for multiple 10G ports and FIPS-certified platforms, helps companies address even the most demanding application delivery requirements. Designed in a compact 2U appliance form factor with industry-leading price/performance characteristics, NetScaler MPX is the ideal solution for any enterprise or cloud datacenter.

Pay-As-You-Grow flexibility for maximum investment protection

Pay-As-You-Grow enables NetScaler MPX customers to efficiently scale overall datacenter capacity to meet both planned and unplanned growth in application traffic. The easy application of a license key increases NetScaler MPX capacity up to 425 percent while preserving the value of the original appliance investment. NetScaler Pay-As-You-Grow licensing is well suited to both enterprise and cloud computing environments, enabling a fast and affordable path to expand infrastructures without incurring the heavy fixed costs and service interruptions of hardware upgrades.

Industry-leading SSL performance

Integrated state-of-the-art SSL encryption technology accelerates the delivery of secure web pages at multi-gigabit rates, supporting hundreds of thousands of SSL transactions per second (TPS). NetScaler MPX can secure any web application, even those not initially designed to support HTTPS encryption. As enterprises adapt to NIST guidelines calling for the use of 2048-bit SSL certificates, NetScaler MPX provides more than twice the SSL TPS of competitive alternatives to ensure that security does not degrade overall application performance.

No-limits networking

Patented Citrix nCore technology, a high performance, parallel-processing architecture, enables NetScaler MPX to utilize up to twelve CPU cores efficiently to increase throughput and scalability. Each CPU core runs a full packet processing engine, which is responsible for performing all load balancing acceleration, server offload and security tasks. This innovative architecture enables all NetScaler features to run at line rate, gigabit speeds. NetScaler MPX also runs the Citrix XenDesktop and Citrix XenApp web Interface as a fully integrated service.

Managing web applications with multiple gigabits of traffic

Most of the world's largest and highest traffic volume web sites are powered by NetScaler MPX. Emerging cloud computing architectures use the solution to exploit Citrix's massive throughput, fast SSL processing and high-scale data compression while gaining the computing power to run all NetScaler features concurrently.

Load balancing for small enterprises

The same nCore architecture and NetScaler feature set relied on by massive web sites is also available for small to mid-size organizations with MPX models handling up to 1 Gbps of overall performance. Additional midrange models enable organizations to scale via Pay-As-You-Grow licensing from 2 Gbps to 6 Gbps to support growth in online traffic.

Ultra high performance web application security

The nCore-powered, ICSA-certified NetScaler application firewall, the industry's fastest, detects application-layer attacks at throughput rates in excess of 12 Gbps. Running on the MPX platform, the NetScaler Application Firewall inspects all bi-directional traffic and leverages a hybrid security model (positive and negative) to protect applications from all types of threats, including cross-site scripting and SQL injection.

Flex tenancy

Flex tenancy architectures manage application delivery using a two-tier approach: A flex tier at the network edge provides services common to all applications running in the datacenter, complemented by a tenant tier providing application-specific application delivery policies implemented in proximity to the application server. The performance and scalability of NetScaler MPX is ideally suited to support the "flex" tier, providing a multitude of services for all applications, including global server load balancing, SSL termination and distributed denial of service (DoS) protection.

NetScaler MPX is available in a variety of models to suit the most demanding IT and business needs. If additional throughput is needed, some models also support Burst Packs and Pay-as-You-Grow options to help protect your initial investment and make it easier to scale up your network with a simple software license upgrade. For more details on models and specifications view the data sheet.

Models

Performance Entry-level Entry-level Extended Midrange Midrange Extended
Version MPX 5500 MPX 5550, 5650 MPX 7500, 9500 MPX 
8200, 8400, 8600
HTTP Throughput 500 Mbps 500 Mbps – 1 Gbps 1 - 3 Gbps 2 - 6 Gbps
SSL Transactions per Second
(1024-bit certificates)		 5,000 7,500 to 10,000 10,000 to 20,000 32,000 to 42,000
SSL Transactions per Second
(2048-bit certificates)		 1,000 1,500 to 2,000 3,000 to 5,000 6,500 to 9,000
SSL Throughput 500 Mbps 500 Mbps to 1 Gbps 1 Gbps to 3 Gbps 2 Gbps to 5.5 Gbps
CPU Cores 2
 2 - 3 4
 2 - 4
Port Configurations 4x10/
100/1000 Copper		 6x10/100/1000 Copper 8x10/100/1000 Copper
or 4x10/100/1000
and 4xGE SFP		 6x10/100/1000 Copper and 6xGE SFP or 6x10/100/1000 Copper
and 2x10GE SFP+
Memory 4 GB 8 GB 8 GB 32 GB
Power Supplies  Single Single Single, optional second Single, optional second
Rated Power 300W 300W 450W 450W
NEBS Certified Option        
Additional Options        
Pay-As-You-Grow n/a Upgrade to 5650 Upgrade
to 9500		 Upgrade
to 8400, 8600
Burst Packs n/a Upgrade to 5650 Upgrade
to 9500		 Burst to
8600

Models

Performance High-end High-end
Extended
 Ultra High
Capacity
 Ultra High
Capacity Extended
Version MPX 
10500, 12500, 15500		 MPX 11500, 13500, 14500, 16500, 18500, 20500 MPX 17500, 19500, 21500 MPX 17550, 19550, 20550, 21550
HTTP Throughput 6 - 15 Gbps  8 - 42 Gbps  20 - 50 Gbps  20 - 50 Gbps
SSL Transactions per Second
(1024-bit certificates)		 30,000 to 87,000 54,000 to 200,000 107,000 to 205,000 150,000 to 375,000
SSL Transactions per Second
(2048-bit certificates)		 6,000 to 22,000 11,000 to 45,000 22,000 to 45,000 33,000 to 90,000
SSL Throughput 5 Gbps to 6.5 Gbps
 5 Gbps to 11 Gbps 8 Gbps to 11 Gbps 8 Gbps to 11 Gbps
CPU Cores 8 8 12 12
Port Configurations 8x10/100/1000 Copper
and 8xGE SFP
or 2x10GE SFP+
and 8xGS SFP		 4x10GE SFP+
and 8xGE SFP		  8x10GE SFP+  8x10GE SFP+
Memory 16 GB 48 GB 48 GB 96 GB
Power Supplies Dual Dual Dual Dual
Rated Power 450W 625W 650W 650W
NEBS Certified Option   Available    
Additional Options        
Pay-As-You-Grow Upgrade
to 12500, 15500		 Upgrade
to 13500, 14500, 16500, 18500, 20500		 Upgrade
to 19500, 21500		 Upgrade to 19550, 20550, 21550
Burst Packs Burst to
15500		 Burst to
18500 or 20500		 Burst to
21500		 Burst to 21550

MPX 17550, 19550, 20550, 21550

  • Processor: Dual Intel® Xeon® X5680
  • Memory: 96 GB
  • Operating system: NetScaler v9.3nc or higher
  • Connectivity: 8x10GBASE-X SFP+ front-side ports
  • Transceivers: 10GE SFP+: SR, LR
  • Power Supply: Dual Redundant 650W max rating;100V-240Vac, 47-63 Hz; DC optional
  • Cooling: 2219 BTU/hr
  • Airflow: Front-to-back
  • Operating Temperature: 0-40C
  • Relative Humidity: 5%-95%
  • Height/weight: 2U/45 lbs.

MPX 17500, 19500, 21500

  • Processor: Dual Intel® Xeon® X5680 Memory: 48 GB
  • Operating system: NetScaler v9.1nc or higher
  • Connectivity: 8x10GBASE-X SFP+ front-side ports
  • Transceivers: 10GE SFP+: SR, LR
  • Power Supply: Dual Redundant 650W max rating;100V-240Vac, 47-63 Hz; DC optional
  • Cooling: 2219 BTU/hr
  • Airflow: Front-to-back
  • Operating Temperature: 0-40C
  • Relative Humidity: 5%-95%
  • Height/weight: 2U/40 lbs.

MPX 11500, 13500, 14500, 16500, 18500, 20500

  • Processor: Dual Intel Xeon E5645 Memory: 48 GB
  • Operating system: NetScaler 9.2.nc and up
  • Connectivity: 4x10GBASE-X SFP+ and 8x1000BASE-X SFP (fiber or copper) front-side ports
  • Transceivers: 10GE SFP+: SR, LR; GE SFP; 1 GE SFP: SX, LX
  • Power Supply: Dual Redundant 650W max rating; 100V-240Vac, 47-63 Hz; DC optional
  • Cooling: 2219 BTU/hr
  • Airflow: Front-to-back
  • Operating Temperature: 0-40C
  • Relative Humidity: 5%-95%
  • Height/weight: 2U/45 lbs

MPX 10500, 12500, 15500

  • Processor: Dual Intel® Xeon® E5440
  • Memory: 16 GB
  • Operating system: NetScaler v9.1cl or v9.1.nc and higher (and V8.1 with 16-port version)
  • Connectivity: 2x10GBASE-X SFP+ and 8x1000BASE-SFP (fiber or copper) or 8x1000BASE-SFP (fiber or copper) and 8x10/100/1000BASE-T front-side ports
  • Transceivers: 10GE SFP+: SR, LR; 1 GE SFP: SX, LX
  • Power Supply: Dual Redundant 450W max rating; 100V-240Vac, 47-63 Hz; DC optional
  • Cooling: 1536 BTU/hr
  • Airflow: Front-to-back
  • Operating Temperature: 0-40C
  • Relative Humidity: 5%-95%
  • Height/weight: 2U/30 lbs.

MPX 8200, 8400, 8600

  • Processor: Intel E3-1275 Memory: 32 GB
  • Operating system: NetScaler 9.3.nc and up
  • Connectivity: 6x10/100/1000BASE-T and 2x10GBASE-X SFP+ or 6x10/100/1000BASE-T and 6x1000BASE-SFP (fiber or copper) front-side ports
  • Transceivers: 10GE SFP+: SR, LR; 1 GE SFP: SX, LX
  • Power Supply: Single 450W max rating (optional second redundant supply); 100V-240Vac, 47-63 Hz; DC optional
  • Cooling: 1536 BTU/hr
  • Airflow: Front-to-back
  • Operating Temperature: 0-40C
  • Relative Humidity: 10%-90%
  • Height/weight: 1U/32 lbs

MPX 7500, 9500

  • Processor: Dual Intel® Xeon® L5410
  • Memory: 8 GB
  • Operating system: NetScaler v8.1 and v9.1cl/v9.1.nc and higher
  • Connectivity: 8x10/100/1000BASE-T or 4x1000BASE-SFP (fiber or copper) and 4x10/100/1000BASE-T front-side ports
  • Transceivers: 1 GE SFP: SX, LX
  • Power Supply: Single 450W max rating (optional second redundant supply); 100V-240Vac, 47-63 Hz; DC optional
  • Cooling: 1536 BTU/hr
  • Airflow: Front-to-back
  • Operating Temperature: 0-40C
  • Relative Humidity: 10%-90%
  • Height/weight: 1U/21 lbs.

MPX 5550, 5650

  • Processor: Intel® E3-1225
  • Memory: 8 GB
  • Operating system: NetScaler 9.3 and higher
  • Connectivity: 6x10/100/1000BASE-T front-side ports
  • Power Supply: Single 300W max rating; 100V-240Vac, 47-63 Hz; DC optional
  • Cooling: 1110 BTU/hr
  • Airflow: Front-to-back
  • Operating Temperature: 0-40C
  • Relative Humidity: 10%-90%
  • Height/weight: 1U/32 lbs.

MPX 5500

  • Processor: Intel® Xeon® E5205 Memory: 4 GB
  • Operating system: NetScaler v8.1 and v9.1cl/v9.1.nc and higher
  • Connectivity: 4x10/100/1000BASE-T front-side ports
  • Power Supply: Single 300W max rating; 100V-240Vac, 47-63 Hz; DC optional
  • Cooling: 1110 BTU/hr
  • Airflow: Front-to-back
  • Operating Temperature: 0-40C
  • Relative Humidity: 10%-90%
  • Height/weight: 1U/19 lbs.

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