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Overview of Deployment Topologies

Exinda appliances can be deployed in-line or in-path, out-of-path, or clustered for high availability or load balancing.

Typically, Exinda appliances are deployed in-line, between the core switch and the WAN/Internet router:

All models come with at least 1 hardware bypass port pair, marked LAN and WAN. These ports are designed to fail-over to pass-through mode in the event of system failure or loss of power.