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Juniper Networks SSL VPN New SA line FAQ

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As of August 5, Juniper has launched a new licensing model, to make it easier than ever to buy and upgrade these award-winning SA appliances. In addition, Juniper is offering new hardware platforms in the Secure Access product line, including the SA 700, SA 2000, SA 4000, and SA 6000.

What are the key pricing change?

  • Base hardware system priced separately
  • User license has to be bought to enable basic functionality
  • User licenses are additive
  • Feature licenses are tied to hardware platform rather than to user account
  • SAM and NC are bundled into one license
  • Central Manager is rolled into the Advanced license
  • Instant Victual System is available for the SA 4000 and SA 6000
  • Clustered units will require a hardware system and a clustering license tied to the user count on the primary unit
  • Core Access available as an upgrade option for the SA 700
  • 50-user option removed from RA 500 (SA 700)

What types of licenses are available?

There are five groups of licenses available in addition to the hardware base system.

Base Hardware System

You always start with the base hardware system: SA700, SA2000, SA4000, or SA6000. The base hardware system will have minimal functionality allowing you to complete the basic network configuration and troubleshooting before you can install the licenses.

User Licenses

The user licenses enable you to support as many concurrent users as specified in the license for Core Access and for all the feature licenses you have bought and installed. User licenses are additive. For example if you bought a SA4000-ADD-100U license and then bought another SA4000-ADD-100U license, you will have 200 concurrent users. On the SA2000, SA4000, and SA6000 you will then have the equivalent of a Baseline product in the old licensing model. On the SA700 you will have only Network Connect.

Feature Licenses

Feature licenses enable specific features on your Secure Access appliance.

  • Advanced - The Advanced license includes the Central Manager functionality as well (SAx000-ADV).
  • Secure Application Manager and Network Connect – Juniper have combined SAM (for client/server applications access) and NC (adaptive dual mode transport for optimal performance) into a single license (SAx000-SAMNC).
  • Core Clientless Access – You can now upgrade the SA700 to include our Core access functionality in addition to the default Network Connect (SA700- CORE). (This functionality comes by default on the SA2000, SA4000, and SA6000.) Core clientless Access includes Web rewriting, file browsing, terminal sessions (SSH and Telnet), pass-through proxy, and email client.
  • Secure Meeting – The Secure Meeting upgrade (SAx000-MTG) enables the number of concurrent users licensed on the box up to: - 50 users and 25 meetings on the SA2000 - 100 users and 50 meetings on the SA4000 - 250 users and 125 meetings on the SA6000
  • Instant Virtual System – available for the SA6000 and SA4000 this is Juniper's new virtualisation support (SAx000-IVS).
  • SSL Acceleration – The SA4000 has a license-enabled option for hardware based SSL acceleration (SA4000-SSL). SSL acceleration is also available as a standard on the SA6000.

Clustering Licenses

Clustering licenses enable clustering among Secure Access products. Cluster licenses vary by user count. The clustering user license on each appliance in the cluster should equal the user license on the primary appliance. For example: if you installed the SA6000-ADD-250U license on the primary unit, you should install the SA6000-CL-250U on every other unit in the cluster. In the new licensing model all the user and feature licenses should be installed on the primary unit only. On the rest (one or more) of the units in the cluster you should only install the clustering license.

New Hardware

Juniper SA 6000: A purpose-built hardened appliance that addresses the most complex and demanding secure enterprise and service provider access and authorisation needs with unsurpassed levels of performance and user scalability, as well as enhanced application and network delivery. You can add multiple appliances to multi-unit clusters for high availability and throughput. The Secure Access 6000 is a purpose-built hardened platform with dual Intel Xeon CPUs.

Juniper SA 4000: Offers enterprise-class secure access. Cluster pairs are available for greater throughput and seamless failover. The Secure Access 4000 is an enterprise Intel Xeon purpose-built hardened appliance featuring a licensed-based SSL acceleration chipset with support for RC4, 3DES and AES encryption. Combining this with built-in compression for all traffic (HTTP, file, client / server applications) enables optimisation and delivery control and reducing response times.

Juniper SA 2000: Delivers a cost-effective solution for mid-sized deployments. Cluster pairs are available for greater throughput and seamless failover.

Juniper SA 700: New SME platform with additional application-layer functionality (Core Clientless Access for Web rewriting, file browsing and more).

Can I use IVE v5.0 and below on the SA2/4/6000?

No. IVE v5.1 is the first software release to support the SA2000, SA4000, and SA6000.

Can I trade-in my old SA1/3/5000 for new hardware?

No. There is no trade-in program.

What will happen when I upgrade my SA1/3/5000 to IVE v5.1?

Upon upgrading the IVE software detects the licenses that were installed on the system and converts them automatically to the new licensing model. No functionality will be lost and no human intervention is needed.

What is the difference between the RA500 and the SA700?

With SA700, you can add an optional license-based Core Clientless Access for Web rewriting, file browsing, and more.

Can I buy a 50-user license for the SA700?

No. The SA700 supports between 10 and 25 concurrent users only.

Are there any benefits for existing customers?

Yes!

  • Existing customers who already purchased either SAM or NC will now get both SAM and NC features.
  • Existing customers who already purchased either Central Manager or the Advanced license will now get the new Advanced license that includes the Central Manager functionality.
  • The new licensing model makes it easier for existing customers to add more features to the Secure Access platform.
  • Additive user license model allows for easier user upgrade
  • Secure Meeting licenses will have more users
  • With the 5.1 features customers get GZIP compression in software for all platforms

Further questions on new SA line? Please feel free to contact us on 020 7650 5966 or email juniper@exlayer.co.uk.
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