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Marcus_Hong_Yu's avatar
Marcus_Hong_Yu
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Aug 16, 2017

F5 VE LAB licenses difference

Hi Guys,

 

I'm building a new F5 lab recently, trying to order some VE lab licenses from the website. I noticed there are 3 different VE LAB licenses as following:

 

BIG-IP Virtual Edition Lab License (v. 16) - license - 10 Mbps MFG: F5-BIG-VE-LAB-V16

 

BIG-IP Virtual Edition Lab License - license - 10 Mbps MFG: F5-BIG-VE-LAB-V13

 

BIG-IP Virtual Edition - license MFG: F5-BIG-VE-LAB

 

Can anyone suggest the difference among these 3 licenses?

 

thanks a lot

 

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  • MvdG's avatar
    MvdG
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    Aug 16, 2017

    Marcus,

     

    Check K15667: Advance End of Sale announcement for BIG-IP Virtual Edition licenses.

     

    I know this article is about production VE licenses but maybe also applicable for lab VE licenses.

     

    It looks like the "BIG-IP Virtual Edition - license MFG: F5-BIG-VE-LAB" is end of sale and replaced by the "BIG-IP Virtual Edition Lab License - license - 10 Mbps MFG: F5-BIG-VE-LAB-V13" license.

     

    And in article K05392858: Advance End of Sale announcement for BIG-IP Virtual Edition V13 licenses you can see the V13 license is end-of-sale from 1-1-2018 and replaced by the V16 license.

     

    Hopes this helps.

     

    Regards, Martijn.