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The Elfiq Link Balancer is offered in both an optimized 1U rack mountable case as well as a tabletop unit for branch offices.

 

Elfiq Link Load Balancer 2000 Elfiq Link Load Balancer 3000
Model Link LB-550E Link LB-1100E Link LB-1500E Link LB-2000 Link LB-3000 Link LB-4000E
Performance and balancing
Incoming and outgoing traffic balancing Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maximum number of links 2 4 8 32 160 320
Maximum throughput 30 Mbps 60 Mbps 90 Mbps 90 Mbps (first VFI) and
45 Mbps (second VFI)
800 Mbps total or
500 Mbps per VFI
1.2 Gbps total or
750 Mbps per VFI
Maximum throughput (all VFIs) 60 Mbps Full Duplex 120 Mbps Full Duplex 180 Mbps Full Duplex 270 Mbps Full Duplex 1,6 Gbps Full Duplex 2.4 Gbps Full Duplex
Maximum number of sessions (all VFIs) 32 000 64 000 256 000 512 000 2 560 000 2 560 000
 Maximum number of new sessions/s (all VFIs)  12 000  12 000  15 000  15 000  30 000  40 000
Maximum number of VFI (Virtual Forwarder Interface) 1 1 1 2 5 5
Maximum number of links (Gateway MAC) per VFI 2 4 8 16 32 64
Inter-VFI communication mode n / a SPATH SPATH / NATTP (with Geolink) CHANNEL / NATTP / SPATH CHANNEL / NATTP / SPATH CHANNEL / NATTP / SPATH
Maximum number of sessions per VFI 32 000 64 000 256 000 256 000 512 000 512 000
Maximum number of network (subnets) per GMAC 1 4 8 16 64 64
Protocol balancing through multiple algorithms Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maximum number of IDNS records (Intelligent DNS) 256 256 1024 4096 65536 65536
Session guard (DoS protection) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Watchdog timer Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
LAN Failsafe support Hardware Hardware Hardware No Software programmable, 1 pair (100 Mbps) Software programmable, 3 pairs (copper, gig)
High availability support No No Yes (multimode only) Yes Yes Yes
Multimode support No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Asymetric links (ex. ADSL) support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Persistent session management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OSI model Layer 2 operation (inline) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Real time balancing mode NAT / PREF NAT / TAG / PREF NAT / TAG / PREF NAT / TAG / PREF NAT / TAG / PREF NAT / TAG / PREF
SitePathMTPX Resilience
SitePathMTPX support No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SitePath AES128 encryption n / a Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maximum number of site path n / a 8 32 64 256 512
Maximum number of site path group n / a 2 8 16 64 128
Geolink Geographic balancing
Real time dispersed geographic balancing (GeoLink) No No Option Option Option Option
Geographic mode n / a n / a Inbound Geolink Global and Inbound Geolink Global and Inbound Geolink Global and Inbound Geolink
Maximum number of remote geographic sites n / a n / a 2 2 4 4
Networking features
DHCP support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Dynamic MTU/MSS support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
802.1Q (vlan) support No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Quality of Service (QoS) for rate limiting and diffserv marking Yes  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Internet Service Verificator (ISV) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IP Filtering Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Real time filtering (shunning) No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Built-in probe Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Maximum number of ports in monitoring mode (tap) 0 1 (multimode only) 1 (multimode only) 1 (multimode only) 1 1
NAT, Block NAT and PAT translation support Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Management
Console command line interface (CLI) management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Graphical user interface (GUI) management tool Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Secure inline access (CLI and GUI) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
XML based external API Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SSH, GUI, API through dedicated management port Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SNMP MIB II support Read-only Read-only Read-only Read-only Read-only Read-only
Alert support (syslog, SMTP) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Physical specifications
Speed of network interfaces (Mbps) 10 / 100 10 / 100 10 / 100 10 / 100 10 / 100 / 1000 10 / 100 / 1000
Total number of Ethernet interfaces 4 4 4 4 12 10
Number of Gigabit interfaces 0 0 0 0 4 Copper (included) 8 Copper, 2 SFP (included)
Format Tabletop Tabletop Rackmount 1U Rackmount 1U Rackmount 1U Rackmount 1U
Software and configurations on Flash memory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Automatic backup of previous configuration on Flash Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Memory (RAM) 128 mb 128 mb 512 mb 512 mb 1024 mb 2048 mb
No moving parts design Yes Yes Yes Fan only Fan only Fan only
LCD Display No No No Yes Yes Yes
Power requirements 100~240V @ 50~60Hz 100~240V @ 50~60Hz 100~240V @ 50~60Hz 100~240V @ 50~60Hz 100~240V @ 50~60Hz 100~240V @ 50~60Hz
  25W 25W 25W 150W 250W 350W
Operating temperature 0oC to 40oC 0oC to 40oC 0oC to 40oC 0oC to 40oC 0oC to 40oC 0oC to 40oC
Certifications CE / FCC / RoHS CE / FCC / RoHS CE / FCC / RoHS CE / FCC / RoHS CE / FCC / RoHS CE / FCC / RoHS
Size - L, W, H (inches) 10,75 x 7 x 1,7 10,75 x 7 x 1,7 16,8 x 9 x 1,7 16,8 x 9 x 1,7 16,8 x 15 x 1,7 16,8 x 18 x 1,7
Hardware warranty 12 months 12 months 12 months 12 months 12 months 12 months