Big-ip Iseries Platform — !!top!!

The hallmark of the iSeries platform is its integration of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) working alongside host CPUs. TurboFlex allows network administrators to choose pre-packaged performance profiles. These profiles dynamically reallocate hardware resources to optimize specific packet flows, such as local Layer 4 offloading, cloud tunneling protocols (VXLAN/NVGRE), or volumetric Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation.

Values measured with TurboFlex in High Performance Mode (unless noted). big-ip iseries platform

| Feature | F5 iSeries | AVI Networks (VMware) | Citrix ADC MPX | NGINX Plus (Software) | |---------|------------|----------------------|----------------|------------------------| | Hardware SSL offload | ✅ (dedicated SPE) | ❌ (CPU-based) | ✅ (some models) | ❌ | | TurboFlex | ✅ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | | Stateful HA | ✅ (DSC) | ✅ (analytics-based) | ✅ (cluster) | ❌ (requires 3rd party) | | Programmability | iRules (TCL) | Python scripting | NS (JS) | NGINX config + JS | | Max Throughput | 155 Gbps | 50 Gbps (virtual) | 120 Gbps | ~20 Gbps (per instance) | The hallmark of the iSeries platform is its

At a glance, the iSeries looks like a standard 1U or 2U appliance. But under the hood, the architecture is designed to solve a specific problem: Values measured with TurboFlex in High Performance Mode

The BIG-IP iSeries platform provides several benefits to organizations, including:

: iSeries excels where hardware-accelerated crypto, deterministic low latency, and carrier-grade HA are required. For pure cloud-native environments, rSeries or NGINX may be lighter.