vCMP is SND or NFV?

The definition may differ, so I am talking into account Wikipedia.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_networking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_function_virtualization

 

vCMP is the technology, so the equivalent to a VE is the vCMP guest.

 

For a high level, VE or vCMP guest is the same thing.

 

Both are virtual F5s, but vCMP guest runs on top of a BIG-IP Software + F5 hardware, while VE runs on top of something else (like VMware ESXi + hardware).

 

I guess both classify as NFV.

 

I would say that BIG-IQ that classifies as SDN.