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SPECIFICATIONS VELOS BX110
Intelligent Traffic Processing (*1): L4/L7 throughput 95/95 Gbps
3.0M L7 (inf-inf) requests per second
1.2M L4 connections per second
Max hardware compression 65 Gbps
SSL bulk throughput 50G
Maximum SSL TPS 100,000 (RSA 2K Keys)
70,000 (ECDHE P-256-ECDSA)
55,000 (ECDHE P-256-RSA-2K)
Virtualization (vCPUs):
  • Processors
  • Memory
  •  
14-core 28 vCPU
Multitenancy support: up to 22vCPU available to
user supported tenant deployment options
(1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, vCPUs)
Single 14-core Intel Xeon CPU (28 hyperthreaded logical cores)  
128 GB DDR4 RAM  
Hard Drive Capacity: 1x 960GB M.2 NVMe SSD (over provisioned 30%, 700 GB user capacity)
Network Interfaces: 2x QSFP28 ports supporting 100G and 40G Ethernet
Power Consumption Please refer to Platform Guide: VELOS CX Series for the latest specific power ratings
Weight: 7.3 pounds (3.3 kg)
Width and Dimensions Quarter-width
Dimensions: 22.64″ L (575mm), 4.02″ W (102mm),
1.59″ H (40.3mm)
Hardware Compression and SSL: Integrated Intel Quick Assist
Front Panel and Backplane Data Path: 100% FPGA
Management Interfaces: 1x USB3.0
AOM: F5 LOP (Lights-Out Processor)
Trusted Platform Module (TPM): TPM 2.0
NEBS: Yes (with DC NEBS chassis)
Field Serviceable Components: None

Compatible BIG-IP Software Version Matrix for Velos Blades BX110

For a complete list of all BIG-IP release notes and release dates, please follow the link.
For a table with all compatible hardware and software versions, please follow the link.

F5OS-C controller supported versions F5OS-C partition supported versions Supported tenant software versions AOM
BIG-IP Next BIG-IP
Base OS Service Base OS Service 20.x 17.x 16.x 15.x 14.x
1.5.0 1.5.0 1.5.0 1.5.0 None 17.1.0 – 17.1.1 None 15.1.4 – 15.1.10 14.1.4.1 – 14.1.5 2.01.1228.0.1 (SX410)
2.00.1053.0.1 (BX110)
1.5.1 1.5.1 1.5.1 1.5.1 None 17.1.0 – 17.1.1 None 15.1.4 – 15.1.10 14.1.4.1 – 14.1.5
1.6.0 1.6.0 1.6.0 1.6.0 None 17.1.0 – 17.1.1 None 15.1.4 – 15.1.10 14.1.4.1 – 14.1.5
1.6.1 1.6.1 1.6.1 1.6.1 20.0.1 17.1.0 – 17.1.1 None 15.1.4 – 15.1.10 14.1.4.1 – 14.1.5