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Lightboard Lessons: SSL Transactions Per Second

The number of SSL Transactions Per Second (TPS) that your BIG-IP can handle is important to know as you deploy web applications.  In this video, we discuss how the BIG-IP calculates how many SSL TPS ...
Published Mar 22, 2017
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venky58_345578
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Mar 07, 2018

Excellent video!

 

When I install BIGIP-11.5.4-hf2 on a Viprion C2400 having two B2100 blades, I see the following output for Total SSL TPS:

 

[root@localhost:/S1-green-P:Active:Standalone] config tmsh show sys license detail | grep -i perf_SSL_total_TPS

 

perf_SSL_total_TPS [10000]

 

[root@localhost:/S1-green-P:Active:Standalone] config tmsh show sys tmm-info global | grep -i 'TMM count'

 

TMM Count 4

 

[root@localhost:/S1-green-P:Active:Standalone] config

 

[root@localhost:/S1-green-P:Active:Standalone] config tmsh show /sys license | grep SSL

 

SSL, C2200/C2400

 

[root@localhost:/S1-green-P:Active:Standalone] config

 

Using the methodology specified by you, and the response in previous comment for a B2100 Blade, my total TPS works out to 500 TPS / core x 8 cores / Blade = 4,000 TPS / Blade.

 

[1] Is the above calculation correct? Or, since there is no entry (500 TPS per Core), does it not apply?

 

[2] How did we arrive at the total of 10,000 TPS, written into the file bigip.license alongside the entry for perf_SSL_total_TPS? I have not installed any separate license, only used the default license that came as part of the ISO. Has this anything to do with the line "SSL, C2200/C2400"?

 

[3] If one contacts sales and purchases additional TPS license, does the value for perf_SSL_total_TPS in the license file change (increase) from the value of 10,000 TPS?

 

Regards,

 

Venky