BIG-IP Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation (CGNAT)
Ease IPv4 to IPv6 migration with a secure IP address strategy as part of a suite of consolidated functions
Use Cases
Ease IPv6 migration and improve network scalability with IPv4 address management. Combine CGNAT and other functions for a secure, subscriber-aware network firewall that masks subscriber addresses, or as part of an optimized N6 / S/Gi-LAN solution.
NAT44 for IPv4 exhaustion
NAT44 translations for IP traffic
NAT64/DNS64 for IPv6 networks
Map IPv6 private to IPv4 public addresses
CGNAT as part of a security policy
Consolidated N6 / S/Gi LAN solution
How it Works
Using Carrier-Grade NAT, service providers can manage IPv4 addresses while migrating clients and servers to IPv6 networks. CGNAT can combine with other products to create a consolidated N6 /S/ Gi LAN solution.
Deploy CGNAT for IPv4/IPv6 Translation
Use CGNAT to manage IPv4 addresses and ease IPv6 migration with carrier-grade scalability, high throughput, and high-speed logging
Product Features
Wide-ranging NAT functionality
Manage IPv4 address exhaustion with NAT 44, NAT64/DNS64, PBA, PCP, and more.
Reclaim publicly routable IPv4 address space
NAPT and PBA let service providers exponentially scale available source addresses.
Performance at scale
Handle up to 1440 million concurrent sessions with up to 1.12 Tbps throughput at Layer 4.
Subscriber-aware high speed, scalable logging
Support the generation of millions of logging records to comply with regional authorities’ requests.
WAYS TO DEPLOY
BIG-IP CGNAT can be deployed in software, hardware, and as part of a pre-packaged solution
Software
Deployed as a VNF (F5 Virtual Edition), or as part of the NFV Gi-LAN, Gi Firewall, or CGNAT pre-packaged solution
Public cloud
Enable IPv4/IPv6 address management capabilities in a public cloud environment for flexible business operation
Hardware
F5 BIG-IP CGNAT can be deployed in high performance hardware on the VIPRION or I-Series platforms
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