Initial deployment question

Thank you to both of you for the replies. I'll work on your recommendations on Monday. In the mean time here is the info on the F5's

 

 

BIG-IP 1600

 

Version 11.2.0

 

 

When I go to System and License it shows this:

 

 

Licensed Date Dec 29, 2011

 

Active Modules •Local Traffic Manager, 1600(Perpetual) (xxxxxxxxxx)

 

◦Local Traffic Manager Module

 

 

◦ADD IPV6 GATEWAY

 

 

◦ADD RATE SHAPING

 

 

◦ADD RAMCACHE

 

 

◦50 MBPS COMPRESSION

 

 

◦SSL 500 TPS Per Core

 

 

◦ADD SSL CMP

 

 

◦ADD ANTI-VIRUS CHECKS

 

 

◦ADD BASE ENDPOINT SECURITY CHECKS

 

 

◦ADD FIREWALL CHECKS

 

 

◦ADD NETWORK ACCESS

 

 

◦ADD SECURE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD

 

 

◦ADD WEB APP

 

 

◦ADD MACHINE CERTIFICATE CHECKS

 

 

◦ADD PROTECTED WORKSPACE

 

 

◦ADD REMOTE DESKTOP

 

 

◦ADD APP TUNNEL

 

 

 

Optional Modules •Access Policy Manager, 1600 (Base CCU)

 

•Access Policy Manager, 1600 (Max CCU)

 

•ADD CLIENT AUTHENTICATION

 

•ADD ROUTING BUNDLE

 

•ADD SSL MAX TPS

 

•Appliance Mode (TMSH Only, No Root or Bash Access)

 

•Application Security Manager, 1600 Bundle

 

•DNS Services

 

•Global Traffic Manager Module

 

•IPI Subscription, 1Yr, 1600

 

•IPI Subscription, 3Yr, 1600

 

•Link Controller Module

 

•Maximum Compression

 

•Message Security Manager

 

•Protocol Security Manager Module

 

•WAN Optimization Module

 

•WAN Optimization, 1600 Bundle

 

•WebAccelerator, 1600 Bundle

 

 

Inactive Modules