The Hyperscale Security Fabric (HSF) is an innovative solution designed to address the scalability and performance needs of large data centers and service providers through its in-built load balancer. HSF contains P-Nodes and auto-scaling S-Nodes which help to manage normal throughput and fluctuations in traffic. By deploying P-Nodes as fixed capacity NGFWs and dynamically scaling S-Nodes instances behind them, you can efficiently manage your network security as your data center grows.

HSF eliminates the need for third-party external load balancing by utilizing a firewall cluster that can be exposed as a single IP through ECMP. This solution offers flexibility in deployment, allowing you to place P-Nodes and S-Nodes within the same or separate hosts. You can leverage HSF to achieve high throughput capabilities, with the ability to reach 100 Gbps using 4 P-Nodes and scale to over 200 Gbps with additional S-Nodes. With its auto-scaling capabilities in vSphere environments, HSF provides a robust and adaptable security solution for your evolving network infrastructure needs.

You can deploy the HSF cluster in ESXi environments using a Panorama plugin and the deployment supports one HSF cluster within a single vCenter. HSF supports:

• In-built load balancer with session resiliency and session failover to healthy firewall instances.
• Auto-scaling based on session utilization. You can configure auto-scale parameters to dynamically adjust the number of S-Nodes instances based on traffic demands.
• Simplified and automated deployment through the Software Orchestration Panorama plugin.
• Rolling upgrades with rollback support, ensuring minimal disruption during maintenance.
• Monitoring and visibility to view the firewall cluster as a single entity within Panorama.
• Customer-facing APIs and CLIs for querying individual firewall member status and performance metrics.