A10 Thunder™ 1030S

Small Enterprise Unified Application Service Gateway

• Efficiency: Application Services On Demand

• Reliability: Maximum Uptime with Advanced Hardware
• Value: Lowest Cost Per Connection (CPS), Throughput
and Session

The A10 Thunder 1030S is a Unified Application Service Gateway (UASG) that
Application Delivery consolidates premium solution modules for intelligent cloud services in the most
● Accelerate with SSL Offload, RAM efficient form factor. Built on A10’s scalable and flexible Advanced Core Operating
Caching and more System (ACOS) architecture, A10 Thunder Series platforms consolidate stand-alone
● Advanced features with GSLB, aFleX solutions such as Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs), Server Load Balancers
traffic control and aXAPI management (SLBs), DNS Application Firewall (DAF), Web Application Firewall (WAF), SSL Intercept
● Optimize any application, including (SI), Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection, Application Access Management
Microsoft SharePoint, Exchange, Lync,
(AAM), and more, without licensing fees.
ADFS, Oracle, DNS, and more
● Improve Web server response times and
A10 Thunder 1030S sets a new industry efficiency standard, delivering 450,000 Layer
reduce required servers
● No feature licensing fees 4 connections per second (CPS) and 10 Gbps of application throughput, in a 1U
appliance. NITROX III SSL acceleration hardware delivers exceptional 2048-bit key
Security
performance with 7,000 SSL CPS. Advanced hardware such as 10 Gbps ports provide
● Web Application Firewall (WAF) high-performance connectivity for premium value.
● DNS Application Firewall (DAF)
● Next-generation DDoS mitigation High-capacity and high-performance multi-tenancy with up to 32 Application
● SSL Intercept (SI)
Delivery Partitions (ADPs) deliver large-scale virtualization and consolidation to
● Application Access Management (AAM)
for pre-authentication enable more applications and services on a single platform, reducing deployment
time and cost.
Cost-Effective Scalability
● Application Delivery Partitions (ADPs) for
virtualization and multi-tenancy Redundant Solid-state Hot Swap
Drive (SSD) Smart Fans
● Scale-up to 8x with Virtual Chassis (aVCS) Power Supply
Capable
● 10 Gb port connectivity Intel Xeon CPU
● More processing power: Intel Xeon
NITROX III SSL ASIC
Quad-core CPU
● No performance licenses
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● Hot swap smart fans
● Application health checks
1U Form
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Mgmt Console Port 6 x 1 Gb Copper 2 x 10 Gb SFP+

1 x 1 Gb
Lights Out 2 x 1 Gb SFP
Management
(LOM)

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A10 Thunder 1030S Features
Application Delivery ♦♦ HTTP Connection Multiplexing IPv6
●● Comprehensive IPv4/IPv6 Support ♦♦ HTTP Caching ●● Full native IPv6 management and
●● Advanced Layer 4/Layer 7 Server Load ♦♦ HTTP Compression feature support
Balancing ●● SLB-PT (Protocol Translation), SLB-64
♦♦ Fast HTTP, Full HTTP Proxy Security (IPv4<->IPv6, IPv6<->IPv4)
♦♦ High-performance, template-based ●● Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Layer 7 switching with header/URL/ ●● Next-generation DDoS protection Management
domain manipulation ♦♦ SYN Cookies ●● Dedicated management interface (Con-
♦♦ Comprehensive Layer 7 application ♦♦ IP Anomaly Detection sole, SSH, Telnet, HTTPS)
persistence support ♦♦ L7 attack prevention ●● Web-based Graphical User Interface
●● Comprehensive load balancing methods ●● Application Access Management (AAM) (GUI) with Language Localization
♦♦ Round Robin, Least Connections, ●● DNS Application Firewall (DAF) ●● Industry-standard Command Line
Weighted RR, Weighted LC, Fastest ●● SSL Intercept (SI) Interface
Response, & more ●● SSL Acceleration ●● SNMP, Syslog, email alerts
●● aFleX – deep packet inspection and ♦♦ Hardware-based SSL Offload ●● Port mirroring
transformation for customizable, ♦♦ Support for all TCP Protocols – SSL Ter- ●● REST-style XML API (aXAPI)
application-aware switching mination, SSL Bridging (SSL Initiation) ●● LDAP, TACACS+, RADIUS support
●● Advanced Health Monitoring ♦♦ TLS 1.2 and 4096-bit SSL key support
♦♦ Comprehensive Protocol Support – ●● SSL Session ID Reuse Virtualization
ICMP, TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, ●● Connection Rate Limiting/Connection ●● aVCS (Virtual Chassis System)
RTSP, SMTP, POP3, SNMP, DNS, RA- Limiting ●● SoftAX Virtual Appliance (separate)
DIUS, LDAP, & more ●● Multi-tenancy with Application Delivery
●● TCL scriptable health check support High Performance, Scalable Platform Partitions (ADPs)
●● High Availability – Active-Active, Active- ●● ACOS Operating System ♦♦ Role-based Administration (RBA)
Standby configurations ♦♦ Multi-core support ♦♦ Partition-based management
●● SIP Load Balancing for VoIP ♦♦ Linear Application Scaling ♦♦ L2/L3 virtualization
●● STARTTLS support for Secure Email ♦♦ Linux on control plane ●● Hypervisor acceleration and
(POPS, SMTPS, IMAPS) & LDAPS ●● ACOS on data plane management integration
●● Spam Filter Support – high-speed appli-
cation of very large black/white lists Networking Carrier-grade Hardware
●● Firewall Load Balancing (FWLB) ●● Integrated Layer 2/Layer 3 ●● Advanced hardware architecture
●● Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) ●● Transparent Mode/Gateway Mode ●● Redundant Power Supply option
●● Transparent Cache Switching (TCS) ●● Routing – Static Routes, IS-IS (v4/v6), ●● AC or DC Power Supplies
●● Link Load Balancing (LLB) RIPv2/ng, OSPF v2/v3, BGP4+ ●● Smart Fans (hot swap)
●● Diameter AAA Load Balancing ●● VLAN (802.1Q) ●● Solid-state drive (SSD)
●● Database Load Balancing ●● Trunking (802.1AX), LACP ●● 10 Gb, 1 Gb Ports
●● Access Control Lists (ACLs) ●● Lights Out Management (LOM/IPMI)
Application Acceleration ●● Traditional IPv4-->IPv4 NAT/NAPT
●● HTTP Acceleration & Optimization ●● IPv6-->IPv6 NAPT

Thunder 1030S Thunder 930

Application Throughput 10 Gbps SSL Acceleration ASIC Yes
Layer 4 CPS 450k Power Consumption (Typical/Max) 98 W / 108 W
SSL CPS (1024/2048) 25k / 7k Heat in BTU/hour (Typical/Max) 334 / 369
Application Delivery Performance Per Watt (PPW)* 4,167
128 / 32
Partitions (ADP) RBA/L3V 1 x 600 W**
Ethernet Interface
Power Supply
1 Gb Copper 6 (DC option available) 80 Plus "Platinum" efficiency, 100 to 240 VAC,
Frequency 50 – 60 Hz
1 Gb Fiber (SFP) 2
1/10 Gb Fiber (SFP+) 2
Cooling Fan Hot Swap Smart Fans
40 Gb Fiber (QSFP+) 0
Dimensions 1.75 in (H), 17.5 in (W), 17.45 in (D)
Management Interface Yes
Rack Units (Mountable) 1 RU
Lights Out Management Yes
Unit Weight 18.0 lbs (1 PSU) | 20.1 lbs (2 PSUs)***
Console Port Yes
Operating Ranges Temperature and Humidity 0° - 40° C / 5% - 95%
Solid-state Drive (SSD) Yes
FCC Class A, UL, CE, TUV, CB, VCCI | China CCC,BSMI,
Regulatory Certifications
Processor Intel Xeon Quad-core RCM (replace C-Tick), GOST-R, FAC
Memory (ECC RAM) 8 GB Standard Warranty 90-day Hardware & Software
* Layer 4 CPS per Watt (Max) | ** Optional RPS available | *** With optional RPS
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