Foundry's ServerIronGT E-Series is a family of purpose-built high availability Layer 4-7 application switches for the business-critical application and server farm infrastructure of enterprises and service providers. These switche deliver the convenience of an appliance, traditionally only available on a PC platform, without sacrificing high availability, expandability and performance upgradeability to meet current and future business needs. The E-Series switches are designed to meet the diverse business needs of both enterprises and service providers. This family also features the industry's first high availability 10 Gigabit application switch for high demand and throughput applications.ServerIronGT E-Series switches are built on Foundry's most innovative and field-proven Layer 2/3 switching architecture, and run the TrafficWorks operating system featuring the most advanced application intelligence, superior performance and robust application security. ServerIronGT E-Series switches help improve availability, scalability and security of business-critical applications and server farms. They support a comprehensive set of load balancing methods, and highly intelligent content inspection and switching based on many content types. With advanced protection against Denial of Service (Dos), viruses and worms, and policy-based security for network-level SPAM mitigation; these switches act as the last line of defense for the most important infrastructure.The ServerIronGT E-Series switches are built for highest availability and future scalability. These are the only purpose-built application switches in the industry to feature front serviceable and hot swappable power supplies and modules. While the three systems provide a range of connection and security performance, they can be upgraded for even higher application performance and security without requiring forklift upgrades or outright replacement.The ServerIronGT E-Series switches give organizations immense deployment flexibility by offering support for In-Line, Direct Server Return (DSR), One-Arm, and Direct Attached Server designs. In One-Arm and DSR modes, the ServerIronGT switch is connected to a core switch/router, and configured to provide load balancing, content switch and application security. In In-line and Direct Attached Servers, the ServerIronGT switches also provide core switch and routing functions using the industry's most advanced L2/3 foundation implementation.ServerIronGT EGx2 is pre-equipped with 2-port Gigabit line module and a two-processor management module. One processor performs dedicated and reliable device management while the other processor performs application switching and traffic management. This system delivers up to 50, 000 Layer-4 connections per second including data transfer, or Dos protection against up to 700,000 TCP SYN requests per second.