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Aaron_Hooley
Ret. Employee
Sep 27, 2020

Hi Jer,

Thanks for your kind comments.

 

v18 is in the F5 SKU name and is F5's attempt at showing that the SKU is good for TMOS software versions up to 18.

 

K15643: BIG-IP VE license offerings

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15643

 

For example, a BIG-IP VE SKU F5-BIG-xxx-xxx-V16 enables customers to have perpetual usage with upgrades up to and through the last major, minor, maintenance, and point release of BIG-IP 16.x.x. Similarly, a BIG-IP VE SKU F5-BIG-xxx-xxx-V18 enables perpetual usage with upgrades up to and through the last major, minor, maintenance, and point release of BIG-IP 18.x.x.