Policy Enforcement Manager

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F5 BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager (PEM) delivers the insight you need to understand subscriber behavior and effectively manage network traffic with a wide range of policy enforcement capabilities. BIG-IP PEM provides intelligent layer 4–7 traffic steering, network intelligence, and dynamic control of network resources through subscriber- and context-aware solutions. It also provides deep reporting, which you can capitalize on to build tailored services and packages based on subscribers’app usage and traffic classification and patterns to increase ARPU.

The growth in device usage and the explosion of data traffic from resource-intensive content like streaming video and high-bandwidth, over-the-top applications is forcing fixed-line and mobile service providers to push their networks to the limit. The challenge is to find ways to efficiently deliver customized services with best-in-class customer experience, while also optimizing network utilization and managing radio access network congestion.

Key Benefits

Enable new business models and services

Base your business models and services on insights gathered through comprehensive analytics and subscriber awareness capabilities, for better quality of experience (QoE) and higher ARPU and profitability.

Optimize network performance

Reduce network congestion and deliver better performance to your subscribers with layer 7 intelligent traffic steering capabilities and the ability to implement bandwidth control policies.

Consolidate services and reduce costs

Combine core elements in your network infrastructure—including policy enforcement, intelligent traffic steering, carrier-grade NAT, and network firewall—as well as integrated VAS capabilities, such as URL filtering and TCP optimization, within an easy-to-manage unified platform. Lower CapEx and OpEx, and gain energy efficiency for a greener environment.

Achieve carrier-grade performance and scalability

Manage traffic with fewer servers—and without sacrificing performance. Take advantage of best-in-class performance and scalability for total concurrent sessions, traffic throughput, and transactions per second with BIG-IP PEM, a NEBS-compliant platform.

Roll out new services faster

Simplify your network and gain greater visibility into subscriber usage patterns to create customized services and get them to market quickly—and boost subscriber satisfaction and loyalty.

BIG-IP Platforms

Virtual Editionsof BIG-IP software run on commodity servers and support the range of hypervisors and performance requirements. VEs provide agility, mobility, and fast deployment of app services in software-defined data centers and cloud environments. See the BIG-IP System Hardware, VIPRION, VELOS, and Virtual Edition data sheets for more details. For information about specific module support for each platform, see the latest release notes on AskF5. For the full list of supported hypervisors, refer to the VE Supported Hypervisors Matrix.
BIG-IP iSeriesappliances deliver quick and easy programmability, ecosystem-friendly orchestration, and record-breaking, software-defined hardware performance. As a result, customers can accelerate private clouds and secure critical data at scale while lowering TCO and future-proofing their application F5 solutions can be rapidly deployed via integrations with open source configuration management tools and orchestration systems.
BIG-IP rSeriesappliances 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.
VELOSplatform is the next generation of F5’s industry-leading chassis-based systems, which delivers unprecedented performance and scalability in a single Application Delivery Controller (ADC). You can seamlessly scale capacity by adding modular blades in a chassis, without disruption, and VELOS allows a mix of traditional BIG-IP tenants as well as next-generation BIG-IP tenants in the future.
VIPRIONmodular chassis and blade systems designed specifically for performance and for true, on-demand, linear scalability without business disruption. VIPRION systems leverage F5’s ScaleN clustering technology so you can add blades without reconfiguring or rebooting.

Table 1. F5 BIG-IP Software License Modules Specifications

iSeries Models	LTM	DNS	APM	AFM	AWF	CGN	SSLO	PEM	BR	BT
F5-i2600	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
F5-i2800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
F5-i4600	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i4800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
F5-i5600	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i5800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
F5-i5820-DF	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i7600	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i7600-D	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i7800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
F5-i7800-D	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
F5-i7820-DF	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i10600	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i10600-D	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i10800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
F5-i10800-D	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅
F5-i11400-DS	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i11600	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i11600-DS	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i11800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
F5-i11800-DS	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
F5-i15600	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-i15800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
F5-i15820-DF	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
rSeries Models	LTM	DNS	APM	AFM	AWF	CGN	SSLO	PEM	BR	BT
F5-r2600	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌
F5-r2800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
F5-r4600	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-r4800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	✅	✅
F5-r5600	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-r5800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
F5-r5900	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
F5-r5920-DF	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-r10600	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-r10800	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
F5-r10900	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
F5-r10920-DF	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-r12600-DS	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-r12800-DS	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
F5-r12900-DS	✅	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅	✅
VELOS Models	LTM	DNS	APM	AFM	AWF	CGN	SSLO	PEM	BR	BT
VELOS-CX410	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
VELOS-CX410-N	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
VIPRION Models	LTM	DNS	APM	AFM	AWF	CGN	SSLO	PEM	BR	BT
VIPRION-2200	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
VIPRION-2400	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
VIPRION-4480	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
VIPRION-4480	✅	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅