help required for product selection !

Hi Sushil,

 

 

Sorry, I left out the 4100 platform. That was the original ASM standalone platform. It is the only platform you can run the current ASM maintenance release (9.3.1) on:

 

 

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_asm/releasenotes/product/relnotes9_3_1_asm.htmlplatformsupport

 

This release supports the following platforms:

 

* BIG-IP 4100 (D46)

 

* BIG-IP 6400 (D63)

 

* BIG-IP 6800 (D68)

 

You can run the standalone version of the Application Security Manager only on the 4100 platform (D46).

 

 

 

 

9.4.6 (the current feature release for ASM) supports some additional higher end platforms. It also allows you to run the ASM standalone license on the 3600 platform:

 

 

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_asm/releasenotes/product/relnotes9_4_6_asm.htmlplatformsupport

 

Supported platforms

 

This release supports the following platforms:

 

* BIG-IP 3600 (C103)

 

* BIG-IP 4100 (D46)

 

* BIG-IP 6400 (D63)

 

* BIG-IP 6800 (D68)

 

* BIG-IP 6900 (D104)

 

* BIG-IP 8400 (D84)

 

* BIG-IP 8800 (D88)

 

Note: You can run the standalone version of the Application Security Manager only on the 4100 platform (D46) and the 3600 (C103) platform.

 

 

 

 

Any ASM license (and any platform that ASM runs on) should support client and server side SSL assuming it is licensed.

 

 

I would think for most scenarios it's worth the additional cost of the full LTM and ASM license (not the standalone ASM license) so you can use the additional features like load balancing.

 

 

You could try contacting an F5 salesperson through the F5 site (Click here) to talk with someone about the various licensing/platform options.

 

 

Aaron