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SPECIFICATIONS VELOS BX520
Intelligent Traffic Processing (*1): L4/L7 throughput 170/170 Gbps
6.0M L7 (inf-inf) requests per second
2.4M L4 connections per second
Max hardware compression 100 Gbps
SSL bulk throughput 100G
Maximum SSL TPS 200,000 (RSA 2K Keys)
140,000 (ECDHE P-256-ECDSA)
110,000 (ECDHE P-256-RSA-2K)
Virtualization (vCPUs):
  • Processors
  • Memory
28-core 56 vCPU
Multitenancy support: up to 46 vCPU available to user
Supported tenant options: (1–46 vCPUs)
Dual 14-core Intel Xeon CPUs (56 hyperthreaded logical cores)
256 GB DDR4 RAM
Hard Drive Capacity: 2x 960GB M.2 NVMe SSDs (RAID 1, 800 GB user capacity)
Network Interfaces: 4x QSFP28 ports supporting 100G and 40G Ethernet
Power Consumption: Please refer to Platform Guide: VELOS CX Series for the latest specific power ratings
Weight: 11.5 pounds (5.2 kg)
Width and Dimensions: Half-width
Dimensions: 22.64″ L (575 mm), 8.03″ W (204 mm), 1.59″ H (40.3 mm)
Hardware Compression and SSL: Integrated Intel Quick Assist Gen 3
Front Panel and Backplane Data Path: 100% FPGA
Management Interfaces: 1x USB 3.0
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 BX520

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
20.x
BIG-IP
17.x
16.x 15.x 14.x
Base OS Service Base OS Service
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)
2.00.1123.0.1 (BX520)
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