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Vidya_89278
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusLTM vs LTM VE
Hello All,
I am a new member to this group and I am trying to get familiarized with Big-IP , LTM and LTM VE, through the free trial version of LTM VE.
Other than the obvious difference of being able to run on a hypervisor, what are the significant differences between LTM VE and LTM?
Besides the release notes for LTM VE, are there any guides/manuals specifically for the Virtual edition of LTM? So far I could see all the documentation overlap between LTM and LTM VE.
Thank you for your time.
hooleylistCirrostratus
Hi Vidya,
For the most part, LTM VE and LTM provide similar enough functionality that there aren't manuals specific to VE. Is there something specific you're looking for for VE?
Aaron
Vidya_89278Thanks for the reply Aaron. Currently, I am looking for two answers:
1) The release manual (http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/product/relnotes_ve_10_1_0.html) mentions that advanced SSL and advanced TCP profile settings are not supported by the virtual BIG-IP. Is there any documentation which specifically lists what functionality is specifically not supported on the VE?
2) What configuration restrictions does the Big-IP VM have, if any? For example, what is the maximum number of virtual NICs/interfaces that can be configured on a VE running on the ESX server?
Thanks
Vidya
Skuba_85554hi vidya
we've just decommissioned an aging big ip v9 unit and replaced it with VE. we've only been using it for about a month, and it's only used for testing, but up to now we're very happy with it. as far as i can see there are no major ssl or tcp restrictions, but i could be wrong. i know for a fact that there are no problems implementing a basic ssl config on a virtual server because that's a feature we make use of
cheers
john