Foundry Networks' award-winning ServerIron Family of switches provide high performance Layer 2 through 7 switching, enabling network managers to control and manage today's exploding IP transaction, IP application and e-commerce traffic flows. Internet IronWare, Foundry's unique software suite of Internet traffic management capabilities - powers the ServerIron switches to direct requests to the right server and application based on the information that resides beyond the traditional Layer 2 and 3 packet headers. ServerIron eases escalating Internet traffic overload, dramatically increases service availability, reduces the burden of server farm management, and allows the entire server facility to scale to its fullest potential. Built on Foundry's proven IronCore architecture, ServerIron enables Internet traffic switching based on Layer 2 through Layer 7 definitions. ServerIron delivers industry-leading performance for Internet traffic management functions, including local and global server load balancing, firewall load balancing, and transparent cache switching. ServerIron's superior content-switching capabilities include support for up to 256 URL-based content rules, along with cookie and SSL session ID-based switching. Furthermore, ServerIron provides the foundation for high service availability, disaster recovery, location and server transparency, backbone cost control, and a consistent user experience.