For each additional vCPU, add at least 2 GB of memory.į5 recommends these instance types for BIG-IP VE. Licenses are available for throughput of 10 Gbps, 3 Gbps, 1 Gbps, 200 Mbps, or 25 Mbps.į5 supports these versions of BIG-IP VE in AWS and AWS-China **:.Windows Server 2012 R2 and Update 1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Update 1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Update 1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 The QEMU Q35 machine type is not supported.į5 supports these versions of BIG-IP VE on Microsoft Hyper-V.

You are using the default i440FX machine type, when using F5’s virtio synthetic driver.

You or a third-party cloud/hypervisor vendor have not modified the base image to accommodate environment or hypervisor-specific customizations.

You are using a standard BIG-IP VE license.

You are using the virtio networking driver (Note: SR-IOV may not be supported).

You are using the BIG-IP VE standard KVM qcow2 or ova image from downloads.f5.com (v13.1 or higher).

Third-party cloud platforms not explicitly listed here) as long as:

BIG-IP VE supports most KVM-based hypervisor environments (for example, Nutanix AHV, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, or other.

F5 supports Red Hat OpenStack Platform version 9 and later, for versions of KVM running on any of the supported Linux distributions.

Single NIC configuration supports maximum throughput of 1 Gbps.

For throughput higher than 10 Gbps, high performance licenses (vCPU-based) are available.

Licenses are available for throughput of 10 Gbps, 5 Gbps, 3 Gbps, 1 Gbps, 200 Mbps, or 25 Mbps.

* Based on L4 testing with Mellanox CX5 100Gbps NICs. BIG-IP VE versionĨ5 Gbps * – KVM on CentOS/RHEL 7.3 and laterĬompatible with Intel SmartNIC and Intel QAT technologies.Ĥ0 Gbps – KVM on CentOS/RHEL 6.3 and later Supported Linux distributions are: CentOS/RHEL 6.3 and later, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and later, Debian 7.2 and later.įor other KVM-based hypervisors, see notes below the table.į5 supports upgrades that are backward compatible with these versions. F5 supports these versions of BIG-IP VE on Linux.

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