F5 rSeries is a next-generation hardware platform that delivers a highly scalable, microservices-based architecture to power your mission-critical applications and network deployments. These high-performance appliances include modern FPGAs to enable industry-leading SSL offloading and hardware-based support for elliptical curve cryptography (ECC) ciphers in a 1 RU form factor. With powerful L7 request-per-second (RPS) performance, rSeries enables consolidating multiple services on a single device and increases the density of high-speed ports per rack unit.
Whether you’re a large enterprise or small to medium-sized business, rSeries allows you to scale up or scale down CPU usage depending on your performance requirements.
The next-generation Application Delivery Controller (ADC) solution, F5 rSeries, bridges the gap between traditional and modern infrastructures with a rearchitected, API-first platform designed to meet the needs of your traditional and emerging applications. The new F5 rSeries delivers unprecedented levels of performance, a fully automatable architecture, and the highest reliability, security, and access control for your critical applications. You can reduce time-to-market, consolidate your infrastructure and secure critical data at scale while lowering total cost of ownership (TCO) and future-proofing your application infrastructure.
F5 rSeries Catalog
Whether you’re a service provider, large enterprise, or small to medium-sized business, rSeries allows you to scale up or scale down depending on your app performance requirements.
Small-to-Medium Enterprise | |||
BIG-IP r2600 | BIG-IP r2800 | BIG-IP r4600 | BIG-IP r4800 |
Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 475K ● L4 connections per second: 170K ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 850K ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 19M ● Throughput: 20 Gbps/13 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 7K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 5K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 5K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 8 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 875K ● L4 connections per second: 350K ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 1.8M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 19M ● Throughput: 25 Gbps/17 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 15K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 10K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 10K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 10 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 1.3M ● L4 connections per second: 500K ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 2.5M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 38M ● Throughput: 40 Gbps/30 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 30K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 14K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 14K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 20 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 1.8M ● L4 connections per second: 750K ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 3.5M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 38M ● Throughput: 50 Gbps/40 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 45K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 20K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 20K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 25 Gbps bulk encryption |
Mid-to-Large Enterprise | |||
BIG-IP r5600 | BIG-IP r5800 | BIG-IP r5900 | BIG-IP r5920-DF |
Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 2.5M ● L4 connections per second: 1M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 18M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 75M ● Throughput: 95 Gbps/60 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 60K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 30K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 30K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 35 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 3.3M ● L4 connections per second: 1.4M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 18M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 85M ● Throughput: 95 Gbps/85 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 80K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 50K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 50K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 45 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 4.3M ● L4 connections per second: 1.8M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 18M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 100M ● Throughput: 95 Gbps/95 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 100K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 70K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 55K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 50 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 4.3M ● L4 connections per second: 1.8M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 18M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 100M ● Throughput: 95 Gbps/40 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 100K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 70K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 55K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 50 Gbps bulk encryption |
Large Enterprises and Service Providers | |||
BIG-IP r10600 | BIG-IP r10800 | BIG-IP r10900 | BIG-IP r10920-DF |
Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 4.5M ● L4 connections per second: 1.9M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 36M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 145M ● Throughput: 190 Gbps/125 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 115K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 90K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 90K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 75 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 5.5M ● L4 connections per second: 2.1M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 36M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 160M ● Throughput: 190 Gbps/145 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 150K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 110K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 110K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 80 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 6.6M ● L4 connections per second: 2.5M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 37M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 180M ● Throughput: 190 Gbps/190 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 200K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 140K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 110K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 95 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 6.6M ● L4 connections per second: 2.5M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 37M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 180M ● Throughput: 190 Gbps/190 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 200K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 140K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 110K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 95 Gbps bulk encryption |
BIG-IP r12600-DS | BIG-IP r12800-DS | BIG-IP r12900-DS | |
Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 7M ● L4 connections per second: 2.8M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 37M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 399M ● Throughput: 195 Gbps/146 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 270K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 208K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 90K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 95 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 8.5M ● L4 connections per second: 3.1M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 37M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 399M ● Throughput: 195 Gbps/195 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 335K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 240K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 218K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 100 Gbps bulk encryption | Intelligent Traffic Processing: ● L7 requests per second: 10.5M ● L4 connections per second: 3.5M ● L4 HTTP requests per second: 37M ● Maximum L4 concurrent connections: 399M ● Throughput: 195 Gbps/195 Gbps (L4/L7) Hardware Offload SSL/TLS: ● 400K TPS (2K SSL TPS) ● 300K TPS (ECDHE-ECDSA P-256 TPS) ● 235K TPS (ECDHE P-256-RSA 2k TPS) ● 110 Gbps bulk encryption | |
Key Benefits
Future-proof your environment
Future-proof your IT infrastructure for the long-term with frictionless migration, flexible licensing and high performance to scale your capacity as you grow.
Obtain the lowest TCO
Reduce TCO and the infrastructure footprint by consolidating app and security services on a unified, high-performance platform.
Accelerate deployment with automation
Decrease time spent on manual tasks with rSeries’ fully automatable platform design. Rapidly onboard, configure, and deploy F5 application services via simple, yet powerful declarative interfaces with F5 Automation Toolchain.
Secure applications
Deliver the SSL capacity required to protect critical data—including enhanced offload of elliptical curve cryptography (ECC) processing to hardware— enabling forward secrecy scaling. Deliver the most effective protection with integrated, one-pass, full stack (L3–L7) security, high-capacity distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) mitigation, contextual access management, and more.
Enhance your performance
Scale up to two times over previous platforms and manage unpredictable performance requirements. In addition, avoid CPU exhaustion for critical use cases like DDoS protection or UDP traffic processing. F5 rSeries leverages larger, modern FPGA technology to enable more efficient CPU resource utilization, delivering unprecedented performance and greater scalability.
Table 1. F5 BIG-IP R4600, R4800 Hardware Specifications
Platform | R4600 | R4800 |
Intelligent Traffic Processing | L7 requests per second: 1.3M | L7 requests per second: 1.8M |
Hardware Offload SSL/TLS | 30K TPS (2K SSL TPS) | 45K TPS (2K SSL TPS) |
Hardware Compression | 20 Gbps (Software) | 30 Gbps (Hardware) |
Software Architecture | 64-bit TMOS | 64-bit TMOS |
Multi-Tenancy | Up to 2 | Up to 4 |
Processor | 1 x 16-Core Intel Atom processor (12 CPUs available for Tenancy) | 1 x 16-Core Intel Atom processor (16 CPUs available for Tenancy) |
Memory | 64 GB DDR | 64 GB DDR |
Hard Drive | 480GB M.2 SSD | 480GB M.2 SSD |
Management Ports | 1x 1000BASE-T | 1x 1000BASE-T |
100/40 Gigabit Fiber Ports | 4 x 10G/1G RJ45 Ports | 4 x 10G/1G RJ45 Ports |
25/10 Gigabit Fiber Ports | 4 x 25G/10G/1G SFP+/SFP28/SFP ports | 4 x 25G/10G/1G SFP+/SFP28/SFP ports |
Power Supply | 1 x 250 W 100-240 VAC (+/- 10%) AUTO Switching Platinum, Dual DC PSU Optional | 1 x 250 W 100-240 VAC (+/- 10%) AUTO Switching Platinum, Dual DC PSU Optional |
Typical Consumption | 105W (single power supply, 48V DC or 110V AC input) | 105W (single power supply, 48V DC or 110V AC input) |
Input Voltage / Typical Heat generated | Single Power supply | Single Power supply |
Dimensions | 1.74” (4.37 cm) H x 17.1” (44.2 cm) W x 16.9” (42.9 cm) D 1U industry standard rack-mount chassis | 1.74” (4.37 cm) H x 17.1” (44.2 cm) W x 16.9” (42.9 cm) D 1U industry standard rack-mount chassis |
Weight | 20.0 pounds (9.07 kg) with one power supply units (PSUs) (per unit) | 20.0 pounds (9.07 kg) with one power supply units (PSUs) (per unit) |
Operating Temperature | 32° to 104° F (0° to 40° C) | 32° to 104° F (0° to 40° C) |
Operational Relative Humidity | 5% to 85% (40 C) non-condensing | 5% to 85% (40 C) non-condensing |
Hardware Certification Model | r4000 | r4000 |
Safety Agency Approval | ANSI/UL 60950-1-2014 | ANSI/UL 60950-1-2014 |
Certifications/ Susceptibility Standards | 47 CFR FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Class A | 47 CFR FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Class A |
Notes: Performance-related numbers are based on local traffic management services only and are subject to change. Only optics provided by F5 are supported
Table 1. F5 BIG-IP r4000 Series Hardware Ordering information
Product Number | Description |
F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) r4000 Series | |
F5-BIG-LTM-R4800 | BIG-IP r4800 Local Traffic Manager (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-LTM-R4600 | BIG-IP r4600 Local Traffic Manager (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Global App Delivery (DNS) r4000 Series | |
F5-BIG-DNS-R4800 | BIG-IP r4800 DNS (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD, GSLB, DNS Services, DNSSEC, Advanced Routing) |
F5-BIG-DNS-R4600 | BIG-IP r4600 DNS (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD, GSLB, DNS Services, DNSSEC, Advanced Routing) |
F5 BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) r4000 Series | |
F5-BIG-APM-R4800-M | BIG-IP r4800 Access Policy Manager Max (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-APM-R4800-B | BIG-IP r4800 Access Policy Manager Base (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-APM-R4600-M | BIG-IP r4600 Access Policy Manager Max (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-APM-R4600-B | BIG-IP r4600 Access Policy Manager Base (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) r4000 Series | |
F5-BIG-AFM-R4800 | BIG-IP r4800 Advanced Firewall Manager (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-AFM-R4600 | BIG-IP r4600 Advanced Firewall Manager (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Advanced WAF (AWF) r4000 Series | |
F5-BIG-AWF-R4800 | BIG-IP r4800 Advanced Web Application Firewall (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-AWF-R4600 | BIG-IP r4600 Advanced Web Application Firewall (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Carrier-Grade NAT (CGN) r4000 Series | |
F5-BIG-CGN-R4800 | BIG-IP r4800 Carrier Grade NAT (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-CGN-R4600 | BIG-IP r4600 Carrier Grade NAT (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP SSL Orchestrator (SSLO) r4000 Series | |
F5-BIG-SSLO-R4800 | BIG-IP r4800 SSL Orchestrator (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Better Bundle (BR) r4000 Series | |
F5-BIG-BR-R4800 | BIG-IP r4800 Better Bundle (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-BR-R4600 | BIG-IP r4600 Better Bundle (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5 BIG-IP Best Bundle (BT) r4000 Series | |
F5-BIG-BT-R4800 | BIG-IP r4800 Best Bundle (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
F5-BIG-BT-R4600 | BIG-IP r4600 Best Bundle (64 GB Memory, M.2 SSD) |
Table 2. F5 BIG-IP r4000 Series Accessories Ordering information
Product Number | Description |
Power Supplies | |
F5-UPG-AC-R4XXX | BIG-IP Single AC Power Supply for r4XXX (250W, Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-DC-R4XXX | BIG-IP Single DC Power Supply for r4XXX (250W, Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-HVDC-R4XXX-2 | BIG-IP Dual High Voltage DC Power Supplies for r4XXX (650W, Field Upgrade) |
Transceiver Modules | |
F5-UPG-SFPC-R | BIG-IP & VIPRION SFP 1000BASE-T Transceiver (Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-SFP-R | BIG-IP & VIPRION SFP 1000BASE-SX Transceiver (Short Range, 550m, Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-SFPLX-R | BIG-IP & VIPRION SFP 1000BASE-LX Transceiver (Long Range, 10km, Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-SFP+-R | BIG-IP 10GBASE-SR Transceiver (Short Range, 300m, Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-SFP+LR-R | BIG-IP 10GBASE-LR Transceiver (Long Range, 10km, Field Upgrade) |
F5-UPG-SFP28-SR4 | BIG-IP 25GBASE-SR4 SFP28 100m Optical transceiver module |
F5-UPG-SFP28-LR4 | BIG-IP 25GBASE-LR4 SFP28 10km Optical transceiver module |
