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NimbostratusDoes F5-BIG-ASM-4200V Support LTM
Hi,
Does the appliance F5-BIG-ASM-4200V -- BIG-IP 4200v Application Security Manager come with a built in LTM license and capability to do SLB? Would I need a separate LTM if I have 2 x F5-BIG-ASM-4200V to do high availability on the ASM?
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shaggythat's a good question for your sales team. based on f5 documentation, the hardware will support LTM and ASM. You probably need to purchase a different license that covers LTM and ASM.
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/10000/200/sol10288.html
THiThe ASM standalone does not have full LTM functionality. I have to check this: "You can set up a high availability pair with the 2 ASM appliances you have. However it does not do load balancing between them."
There is a product SKU to add full LTM functionality to standalone appliances:
BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager Module for 4200v/4000sF5-ADD-BIG-LTM-4000
Edward_205672Hi THi,
Any pointer where I can get the documentation on the high availability configuration for the ASM?
- THiYou might be right, I may have taken the HA config for granted. Actually I have only LTM+ASM combos, where setting up high availability is standard practice. I will investigate a bit.
- Edward_205672I am working with the normal Config-Sync Failover Network HA
- THiInteresting, is the HA configuration available in the GUI of the ASM-only appliance? The ASM Implementations manual states to provision both LTM and ASM for sync-failover config, which is a bit confusing if one has only ASM licensed. Unfortunately I don't have ASM only appliance at hand to check. Could install a VE sometime next week to check, though. Haven't seen recently ASM only implementations since sw version 9 times. Only LTM+ASM or Best Bundle licenses nowadays. For getting LTM functionality, it may be more cost effective to have a separate LTM pair in front of the 4200 ASM's. The LTM add-on license fee is a bit hefty. Think a LTM 2x00s pair would suffice to feed 2 ASM 4200s, one could almost get a pair of 2000s' at the cost of single LTM add-on for the 4200 ASM if you count also support fees. Then you could use both ASMs active?
