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Which F5 Big-IP Virtual Edition Modules come with the best licence bundle? Here’s a list:
- Local Traffic Manager™ – LTM
- SDN Services
- Global Traffic Manager™ – GTM™ – (GSLB, DNS Services, DNSSEC, Advanced Routing™)
- Advanced Firewall Manager™ – AFM
- Application Acceleration Manager™ – AAM
- Application Security Manager™ – ASM
- Access Policy Manager® (with 500 Concurrent VPN Users)
Which F5 Big-IP Virtual Edition Modules come with the better bundle? Here’s a list:
- Local Traffic Manager – LTM
- SDN Services
- Global Traffic Manager – GTM – (GSLB, DNS Services, DNSSEC, Advanced Routing)
- Advanced Firewall Manager – AFM
- Application Acceleration Manager – AAM
F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition Better and Best Bundles
Important things to note:
- Note 1: BIG-IP Virtual Edition Better Bundles include the following software modules: Local Traffic Manager, SDN Services, Global Traffic Manager (GSLB, DNS Services, DNSSEC), Advanced Firewall Manager, and Application Acceleration Manager.
- Note 2: BIG-IP Virtual Edition Best Bundles include the following software modules: Local Traffic Manager, SDN Services, Global Traffic Manager (GSLB, DNS Services, DNSSEC), Advanced Firewall Manager, Application Acceleration Manager, Application Security Manager, and Access Policy Manager (with 500 Concurrent VPN Users).
- Note 3: For the BIG-IP Virtual Edition Bundles, DNS has the following rate limits: 500 RPS (for 25 Mbps), 1000 RPS (for 200 Mbps and 1 Gbps), and 250,000 RPS (for 3 Gbps and 5 Gbps).
- Note 6: Licenses with “v11.4.1 – v15.x” or “v11.5 – v15.x” in parentheses can be upgraded up to and including v15.x software releases.
- Note 7: BIG-IP Virtual Edition 10 Gbps only supports VMware, KVM, and Xen hypervisors.
- Note 8: BIG-IP Virtual Edition License Pool SKUs require a BIG-IQ with Device Management to act as a license manager. See section “BIG-IQ Virtual Edition Products”.