You don’t need to know this for the exam but, if you’re interested, all physical BIG-IP platforms (with the exception of VIPRION systems detailed in the next section) have a minimum specification of;
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LCD Panel & Physical Controls Intel dual core CPU Dual power supply capable (AC and DC) Four Gigabit Ethernet interfaces Front mounted LCD panel Dedicated management network interface Serial console interface Failover/HA serial interface One Rack Unit (RU) height Front to back airflow Software HTTP compression Hardware SSL encryption via 'Cryogen' card 4Gb RAM 500Gb HDD Up to 5,000 1k SSL transactions per second (TPS) [reduce by 80% for 2k keys] Up to 1Gbps Layer four and layer seven throughput Up to 1Gbps Bulk encryption Up to 100,000 Layer seven requests per second Up to 60,000 Layer four connections per second
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Intel 12 core CPUs 40GbE Fibre interfaces Three RU Hardware compression (up to 40Gbps) FPGA Acceleration 128Gb RAM Dual 10,000RPM 1Tb HHDs with RAID (SSDs are an option) Up to 240,000 2k SSL transactions per second (TPS) Up to 84Gbps layer four throughput Up to 40Gbps layer seven throughput Up to 40Gbps Bulk encryption Up to 4,000,000 Layer seven requests per second
Up to 1,500,000 Layer four connections per secondThe only hot swappable components are the power supplies (assuming two are installed), SFP network interfaces and fan tray (in some models only). Hard disks are not hot swappable even on models that support RAID. FIPS Compliant and Turbo SSL versions of some models are also available.
VIPRION VIPRION is F5 Networks’ high density hardware consolidation platform; the Cisco Catalyst 6500 of the BIG-IP range if you will. The three VIPRION models are modular chassis with capacity for up to eight hot-swappable blade modules, all featuring hardware compression. The larger 16 rack unit (RU) high 4800 can accommodate dual hex core CPU fullwidth blades, the smaller 4RU 2400 holds single quad core CPU half-width blades.
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