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VMware ESXi Supported Hypervisors

F5 supports these versions of BIG-IQ Virtual Edition (VE) on VMware.

BIG-IQ VE VersionMaximum ThroughputESXi Version
8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0, 7.1.0, 7.0.0, 6.1.0Determined by host and guest resource allocation, not by license.6.x version and later.

Note: Using VMWare ESxi version v7.x may trigger certificate warnings, but these can be ignored.

Linux KVM, Xen Project, and OpenStack

F5 supports these versions of BIG-IQ Virtual Edition (VE) on Linux.

BIG-IQ VE VersionMaximum ThroughputKVM (requires the KVM package)Xen Project 3.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, or 4.7(requires the Xen Project package)
8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0, 7.1.0, 7.0.0, 6.1.0Determined by host and guest resource allocation, not by license.CentOS/RHEL 6.3 and laterFedora 18 or Ubuntu 12.04 and later

Note: BIG-IQ VE supports Red Hat OpenStack Platform versions Mitaka and later, for versions of KVM running on any of the supported Linux distributions (except that IPv6 is not recommended on the eth0 (management) interface).
Note: For a Nutanix virtual machine, use the qcow2 (KVM) image. BIG-IQ 8.1.0.2 and later is supported in the Nutanix environment.

Microsoft Hyper-V

F5 supports these versions of BIG-IQ Virtual Edition on Microsoft Hyper-V.

BIG-IQ VE VersionMaximum ThroughputHypervisor and Windows Version
8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0, 7.1.0, 7.0.0, 6.1.0Determined by host and guest resource allocation, not by license.– Hyper-V Server 2012 and later
– Windows Server 2012 and later

Note: The Hyper-V feature role must be installed on the Windows Server.

Citrix XenServer

F5 supports these versions of BIG-IQ Virtual Edition (VE) on Citrix XenServer.

BIG-IQ VE VersionMaximum ThroughputCitrox XenServer Version
8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0, 7.1.0, 7.0.0, 6.1.0Determined by host and guest resource allocation, not by license.7.2, 7.1, 7.0, 6.5

Amazon Web Services

F5 supports these versions of BIG-IQ Virtual Edition (VE) on Amazon Web Services.

BIG-IQ VE VersionThroughputAWS EC2 Instance Type
8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0Determined by host and guest resource allocation, not by license.m4.4xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.2xlarge, and m5.xlarge
7.1.0, 7.0.0, 6.1.0Determined by host and guest resource allocation, not by license.m4.4xlarge, m4.2xlarge, and m4.xlarge

Microsoft Azure

F5 supports these versions of BIG-IQ Virtual Edition (VE) in Azure.

BIG-IQ VE VersionMaximum ThroughputAzure Instance
8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0, 7.1.0, 7.0.0, 6.1.0Determined by host and guest resource allocation, not by license.Standard_D4_v3
A4 mv2
A8_mv2
Standard_B4ms
Standard_B8ms
Standard_D4s_v3
Standard_D8s_v3

Google Cloud Platform

F5 supports these versions of BIG-IQ Virtual Edition (VE) on the Google Cloud Platform.

BIG-IQ VE VersionMaximum ThroughputAzure Instance
8.4.0, 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0Determined by host and guest resource allocation, not by license.n1-standard-8
n2-standard-8
e2-standard-8

VMware ESX, ESXi, and vCloud Director Supported Hypervisors

VE Version Supported F5 Modules ESX and ESXi 4.1, ESXi 4.1 u1, ESXi 4.1 u2 ESXi 5.0, ESXi 5.0 u1, ESXi 5.0 u2, and ESXi 5.0 u3 ESXi 5.1, ESXi 5.1 u1, ESXi 5.1 u2, and ESXi 5.1 u3 ESXi 5.5 ESXi 5.5 u1 and ESXi 5.5 u2 ESXi 6.0 vCloud Director 5.1 vCloud Director 5.5 u1 and 5.5 u2
BIG-IQ 5.1 All released modules   P* P* P* P* P* P*
BIG-IQ 5.0 All released modules   P* P* P* P* P* P*
BIG-IQ 4.6 All released modules   P* P* P* P* P* P*
BIG-IQ 4.5 All released modules P* P* P* P*   P* P*
BIG-IQ 4.4 All released modules P* P* P* P*   P* P*
EM VE 3.1.1 N/A P* P* P*     P*  

Important: P* – Throughput speed of your system is determined by your host and guest resource allocation, not by license.

Linux KVM and Xen Project Supported Hypervisors

VE Version Supported F5 Modules KVM (requires the KVM package) Xen Project 3.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, or 4.4
(requires the Xen Project package)
BIG-IQ 5.1 All released modules P*
CentOS/RHEL 6.3 or 6.7
P*
Fedora 18 or Ubuntu 12.04
BIG-IQ 5.0 All released modules P*
CentOS/RHEL 6.3 or 6.7
P*
Fedora 18 or Ubuntu 12.04
BIG-IQ 4.6 All released modules P*
CentOS/RHEL 6.3
P*
Fedora 18 or Ubuntu 12.04
BIG-IQ 4.5 All released modules P*
CentOS/RHEL 6.3
P*
Fedora 18 or Ubuntu 12.04
BIG-IQ 4.4 All released modules P*
CentOS/RHEL 6.3
P*
Fedora 18 or Ubuntu 12.04
EM VE 3.1.1 N/A P*
CentOS/RHEL 6.3
P*
Fedora 18 or Ubuntu 12.04

Important: P* – Throughput speed of your system is determined by your host and guest resource allocation, not by license.

Microsoft Hyper-V Supported Hypervisors

VE Version Supported F5 Modules Hyper-V on Windows 2008 R2 Hyper-V on Windows 2008 R2 sp1 Hyper-V on Windows 2012 Hyper-V on Windows 2012 R2 RTM and Update 1
BIG-IQ 5.1 All released modules P* P* P* P*
BIG-IQ 5.0 All released modules P* P* P* P*
BIG-IQ 4.6 All released modules P* P* P* P*
BIG-IQ 4.5 All released modules P* P* P* P*
BIG-IQ 4.4 All released modules P* P* P* P*
EM VE 3.1.1 N/A P* P*    

Important: P* – Throughput speed of your system is determined by your host and guest resource allocation, not by license.

Citrix XenServer Supported Hypervisors

VE Version Supported F5 Modules XenServer 5.6 sp2 XenServer 6.0 XenServer 6.1 XenServer 6.2 RTM and sp1 XenServer 6.5
BIG-IQ 5.1 All released modules P* P* P* P* P*
BIG-IQ 5.0 All released modules P* P* P* P* P*
BIG-IQ 4.6 All released modules P* P* P* P*  
BIG-IQ 4.5 All released modules P* P* P* P*  
BIG-IQ 4.4 All released modules P* P* P* P*  
EM VE 3.1.1 N/A P* P*   P*  

Important: P* – Throughput speed of your system is determined by your host and guest resource allocation, not by license.

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services Recomended Instances Supported F5® Modules EC2 Recommended Compute Instances
BIG-IQ® 5.1 All released modules P* m4.large, m4.xlarge and m4.2xlarge
BIG-IQ 5.0 All released modules P* m4.large, m4.xlarge and m4.2xlarge
BIG-IQ 4.6 All released modules P* m4.large, m4.xlarge and m4.2xlarge
BIG-IQ 4.5 All released modules P* m3.large, m3.xlarge, m3.2xlarge, cc2.8xlarge, c3.xlarge, c3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, and c3.8xlarge
BIG-IQ 4.4 All released modules P* m3.large, m3.xlarge, m3.2xlarge, cc2.8xlarge, c3.xlarge, c3.2xlarge, c3.4xlarge, and c3.8xlarge

Important: P* – Throughput speed of your system is determined by your host and guest resource allocation, not by license.