F5 rSeries Introduction for Sales

2022
Agenda
1 Application Landscape: Trends and Challenges

2 F5 rSeries Platform Overview

3 Key Benefits and Use Cases of a Modern Platform

4 Migration and Selling Resources

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Application Landscape

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Core Trends of the Application Economy
Digital transformation Increased adoption of Acceleration in Elevated security Heightened need
goes mainstream multi-cloud strategy automation and threats and IT for multifunctional
orchestration complexity collaboration in IT

80% 87% 73% 69% 63%

of organizations are of organizations are of organizations of organizations are of organizations indicate
executing on digital multi-cloud and most are automating using 10 or more that multiple functions
transformation – with still struggle with network operations application services to are accountable for e2e
increasing emphasis security. to boost efficiency. deliver applications and application availability.
on accelerating speed secure the application
to market. data path.

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Key Customer Challenges
CHANGING APPLICATION LANDSCAPE

Manual Processes, Unpredictable Lower Reliability Higher Operating

Siloed Apps Performance & Security Costs
Time-Consuming To Performance Not Optimized, Varied Architectures, More Complexity, Point
Configure, Deploy, DIY Systems Engineering Less Resilient Systems Products, Support Costs
Troubleshoot

Rely on varied custom CLI/GUI SSL traffic strains existing systems Many potential fault domains Many boxes to support
management tools and infrastructure and higher blast radius existing traffic needs

Customized apps siloed and Unable to customize performance Possibility for software Different point products
not easily portable for specialized functions easily tampering for different app services

Complex ecosystem complicates Lack complete ownership of System capacity limitations in High recurring
trouble-shooting issues full stack with most vendors control/data planes support costs

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Introducing F5 rSeries

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F5 rSeries: A Next-Gen, Fully Automatable Platform
 Bridges between traditional and modern Rearchitected, modern platform design:
architectures • API-first architecture; fully automatable
 Delivers agility, performance, and with F5OS API and Automation Toolchain
investment protection for all apps
• More powerful FPGAs and CPU
utilization

rSeries r10000 • Scale to 190 Gpbs total Layer 4-7

rSeries r5000 throughput

• Multi-tenancy and flexibility to support

multiple versions
rSeries r4000
• BIG-IP modularized technology (future)
rSeries r2000
• Kubernetes-based F5OS platform
Orderable now! software

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rSeries Improvements Over iSeries
DESIGNED FOR A NEW APPLICATION LANDSCAPE

iSeries rSeries rSeries Advantage

Hardware Larger FPGAs / 1RU Form Factor 2x enhanced performance

SSL Modern SSL offload hardware Up to 200k SSL TPS

Software New microservices layer (F5OS) Supports modern architecture

Automation API-first design Deployment: weeks to minutes

Licensing Pay-as-you-Grow licensing Higher performance as needed

Architecture Runs current & next-gen BIG-IP Easy migration path

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 Why Sell F5 rSeries?
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Tap into customers that could benefit

from an iSeries refresh; highlight
performance, consolidation use cases
to lower TCO

• Help customers plan smooth transition

to next-gen BIG-IP sooner rather than
later; rSeries runs current and next-
gen BIG-IP

• Target customers with automation use

cases or ongoing SSL processing
constraints
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Opportunity in the BIG-IP Install Base
Mid/High-End rSeries

$820M
potential
revenue 27% 24%
Low- End rSeries
$1B in
potential
revenue

GENERATE more revenue and REFRESH to the latest Modernize and EXTEND new
Your selling
opportunity
1 UPGRADE customers 2 BIG-IP hardware on a current 3 capabilities into major
to the latest BIG-IP Hardware release enterprise accounts

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Key Benefits and Use Cases for F5 rSeries
MOVING TO A HIGHLY AUTOMATABLE ARCHITECTURE WITH A LOWER TCO

Future-Proof your Investment & Enhanced Automation Highest Platform

Lower TCO with a Modern Leads to Rapid Reliability and Security
Platform Design Deployment

Consolidate infrastructure and Reduce deployment time Hardware detection of more than
app services with fewer from weeks to minutes 100 types of security attacks
appliances, reducing TCO
API-first, fully automatable Industry-leading SSL/TLS
Up to 2x performance and architecture processing manages increasing
scalability as compared to iSeries encrypted application traffic

Existing and modern F5 Automation Toolchain makes it

BIG-IP on same modern platform easy to deploy and configure F5 Enhanced protection keeps mission
design (future H2 2022) application services critical apps up and running

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Key Benefits and Use Cases

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Key Benefits and Use Cases for Adaptive Apps Platforms
MOVING TO A HIGHLY AUTOMATABLE ARCHITECTURE WITH A LOWER TCO

Future-Proof your Investment & Enhanced Automation Highest Platform

Lower TCO with a Modern Leads to Rapid Reliability and Security
Platform Design Deployment

Consolidate infrastructure Reduce deployment time Hardware detection of more than

and app services with fewer from weeks to minutes 100 types of security attacks
appliances, reducing TCO
API-first, fully automatable Industry-leading SSL/TLS
Up to 2x performance and architecture processing manages increasing
scalability as compared to iSeries encrypted application traffic

Existing and modern F5 Automation Toolchain makes it

BIG-IP on same modern platform easy to deploy and configure F5 Enhanced protection keeps mission
design application services critical apps up and running

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Rearchitected with Modern Hardware
ENHANCED PERFORMANCE IN rSERIES

• F5 rSeries delivers up to 2x scale and

performance improvement over the
previous generation iSeries platforms

• Larger, modern FPGAs for hardware

acceleration
• More efficient CPU resource utilization
• Higher performance to meet demands
• Greater scalability for peak utilization

• 1 RU form factor provides a high-density

New FPGA’s,
solution, with added support to 100G and
Latest Intel
25G interfaces
CPU/Crypto
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*rSeries 2000/4000 do not leverage FPGA’s
Mid/High-End vs. Low-End Appliances
KEY DIFFERENTIATORS

r5000 - r10000 r2000 - r4000

r2000 - r4000
FPGAs included Simpler architecture – no FPGAs
• Most powerful CPU throughput of all rSeries • Architecture maximizes powerful CPUs
appliances • SSL offloading though SoC
• Provides up to 2x greater performance
Multitenancy by default than iSeries
• Supports up to 36 tenants
Multitenancy (with limitations) for r4000
Interface configuration • No multitenancy in r2k
• Maximum flexibility - access to high-speed
ports Interface configuration
• Configurable ports • Supports 1Gbps speeds
• Ports have fixed configuration

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F5 rSeries Platform Performance
MID-RANGE/HIGH-END APPLIANCES

(Compared to i11600)* (Compared to i7800)*

(1.2-2X) (2X)
(2.6X) (2X)
(1.3X) (2X)
(1.2X)1 (2X)

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*Model comparisons provided for similar price points
F5 rSeries Platform Performance
LOW-END APPLIANCES

(Compared to i4800) (Compared to i2800)

(1.5X) (1X)
(.65X) (.35X)
(.36X) (.36X)

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Interface Configuration: r5000 – r10000
ENHANCED PORT CONFIGURATION
r10000 Series

Maximum flexibility
with port configurations
4x QSFP28/QSFP+
2 x 100G/40G 8 x 25G/10G 2 x 100G/40G 8 x 25G/10G 16 SFP28/SFP+
Increased redundancy QSFP28/QSFP+ SFP+/SFP28 QSFP28/QSFP+ SFP+/SFP28

Shortened time to
deploy new r5000 Series
applications

2x QSFP28/QSFP+
2 x 100G/40G 8 x 25G/10G 8 SFP28/SFP+
QSFP28/QSFP+ SFP+/SFP28

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Interface Configuration: r2000 – r4000
LOWER SPEED CONFIGURATIONS

r4000 Series

Fixed port
configurations

Access to lower speed 4 x 10G/1G 4 x 25G/10G/1G

interfaces Copper SFP+/SFP28/SFP
4x 10G RJ45 – 10G/1G
4x SFP28/SFP+/SFP – 25G/10G/1G

Support for 1GB

r2000 Series

4 x 10G/1G 4 x 25G/10G/1G 4x 10G RJ45 – 10G/1G

Copper SFP28/SFP+/SFP 4x SFP28/SFP+/SFP – 25G/10G/1G
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Tiered Licensing: Pay-as-you-Grow
TIERED SOFTWARE LICENSE KEYS

Mid-Range Appliances High-End Appliances

r5900 r5800 r5600 r10900 r10800 r10600

(High PAYG) (Mid PAYG) (Low PAYG) (High PAYG) (Mid PAYG) (Low PAYG)

BIG-IP BIG-IP BIG-IP BIG-IP BIG-IP BIG-IP

i7600/i7800 i5800 i5600 i11600 i10800 i10600
Series Series Series Series Series Series

To achieve PAYG performance goals some CPU’s will be disabled on x600 & x800 models, and CPU throttling may be implemented
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Tiered Licensing: Pay-as-you-Grow
TIERED SOFTWARE LICENSE KEYS

Low-End Appliances Low-End Appliances

r2800 r2600 r4800 r4600

(High PAYG) (Low PAYG) (High PAYG) (Low PAYG)

BIG-IP BIG-IP BIG-IP BIG-IP

i2800 i2600 i4800 i4600
Series Series Series Series

To achieve PAYG performance goals some CPU’s will be disabled on x600 & x800 models, and CPU throttling may be implemented
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Upgrade and Consolidate Legacy Products
Lower TCO: Performance
BIG-IP Refresh Example

BIG-IP i5600 F5 r5900

Consolidation Benefits

Number
Up to 6
consolidated

OpEx Savings
• F5 ADC with Local Traffic • F5 ADC with LTM module $139K
(4 years)
Manager (LTM) module and future proof w/ next gen
• 1.1M L7 RPS each • 4.3M L7 RPS each
• $50K each x 8 = $400K • $98K each x 2 = $196K
• Annual support: $68K total • Annual support: $33.3K total

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Upgrade and Consolidate Legacy Products
Lower TCO: Performance
BIG-IP Refresh Example

BIG-IP i4600 F5 r4800

Consolidation Benefits

Number
Up to 4
consolidated

OpEx Savings
• F5 ADC with Local Traffic • F5 ADC with LTM module $85k
(4 years)
Manager (LTM) module and future proof w/ next gen
• 650k L7 RPS each • 1.8M L7 RPS each
• $32,500 each x 6 = $195k • $35K each x 2 = $70k
• Annual support: $33,150 • Annual support: $11,900

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Key Customer Benefits of Adaptive Apps Platforms
MOVING TO A HIGHLY AUTOMATABLE ARCHITECTURE WITH A LOWER TCO

Future-Proof your Investment & Enhanced Automation Highest Platform

Lower TCO with a Modern Leads to Rapid Reliability and Security
Platform Design Deployment

Consolidate infrastructure and Reduce deployment time Hardware detection of more than
app services with fewer from weeks to minutes 100 types of security attacks
appliances, reducing TCO
API-first, fully automatable Industry-leading SSL/TLS
Up to 2x performance and architecture processing manages increasing
scalability as compared to iSeries encrypted application traffic

Existing and modern F5 Automation Toolchain makes it

BIG-IP on same modern platform easy to deploy and configure F5 Enhanced protection keeps mission
design application services critical apps up and running

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Rearchitected with Delayered Platform Software
MODERN SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE IN rSERIES

• Multitenant by default architecture

• API-first design: full automation at the new
F5OS platform layer Existing and Next-Gen BIG-IP on Same Appliance

• Leverages microservices architecture to Existing BIG-IP application Next-Gen BIG-IP application

break beyond constraints of TMOS services software services software

o Kubernetes manages workloads but is New Platform Layer (Kubernetes-based)

abstracted from the admin
New Hardware Offload Services / FPGA
o No microservices knowledge required to
manage
• Lays the foundation for next-gen BIG-IP
modular technology in H2 2022

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Automated App Services
AUTOMATE AND ACCELERATE MANUAL PROCESSES

Automation Toolchain
NetOps / SecOps
Many imperative
Single commands
declarative
statement
BENEFITS
F5 Automation
Toolchain
Orchestration
Tools
Instance Onboarding & App F5 rSeries Reduce deployment times from weeks to
Services Configuration Appliance minutes
Reduce need for BIG-IP domain knowledge
TOOLCHAIN FEATURES
Prevent deployment/configuration errors
Declarative Onboarding (DO) – Automate L1-L3
device onboarding
Easily integrate with mainstream A&O tools
Application Services 3 Extensions (AS3) – Automate
L4-L7 app services configuration like Ansible, Terraform, etc.
Telemetry Streaming (TS) – Stream telemetry to
leading analytics solutions

F5 Application Services Templates (FAST) – Next-

gen, declarative config templating

AS3 Configuration Converter (AS3)

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Key Customer Benefits of Adaptive Apps Platforms
MOVING TO A HIGHLY AUTOMATABLE ARCHITECTURE WITH A LOWER TCO

Future-Proof your Investment & Enhanced Automation Highest Platform

Lower TCO with a Modern Leads to Rapid Reliability and Security
Platform Design Deployment

Consolidate infrastructure and Reduce deployment time Hardware detection of more than
app services with fewer from weeks to minutes 100 types of security attacks
appliances, reducing TCO
API-first, fully automatable Industry-leading SSL/TLS
Up to 2x performance and architecture processing manages increasing
scalability as compared to iSeries encrypted application traffic

Existing and modern F5 Automation Toolchain makes it

BIG-IP on same modern platform easy to deploy and configure F5 Enhanced protection keeps mission
design application services critical apps up and running

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Advanced Application Protection
BUILT-IN SECURITY FOR YOUR APPLICATION ENVIRONMENT

Hardware detection and mitigation of more than 100 types of attack

vectors, denial-of-service (DoS) and DDoS attacks, SYN flood and more

Industry-leading SSL crypto capabilities of up to 200k SSL TPS with

enhanced offload of elliptical curve cryptography (ECC) processing

High availability keeps critical apps up and running; enhanced performance

handles traffic spikes, blocking attackers from bypassing security protocols

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rSeries SSL Improvements
DESIGNED FOR A MODERN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT

iSeries i5800 rSeries 5900 Improvement

Enhanced offload ECC 70k TPS
ECC 20k TPS 250% increase / 3.5X
of elliptical curve
cryptography (ECC)
processing iSeries i10800 rSeries 10900 Improvement
ECC 48k TPS ECC 140k TPS 192% increase / 2.9X

iSeries i7800 rSeries 5900 Improvement

Industry-leading SSL
traffic processing for 40k SSL RSA-2k TPS 100k SSL RSA 2k TPS 150% increase
peak utilization
iSeries i11600 rSeries 10900 Improvement
37k SSL RSA-2k TPS 200k SSL RSA 2k TPS 441% increase

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Migration and Selling Resources

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Migration Experience
TOOLS FOR A SEAMLESS TRANSITION

• Journeys tool for automated frictionless

upgrade process

• GUI for specific feature configuration and

to report compatibility issues

• Offline tool with playbooks and self-service

upgrade guides

• Professional Services support for

customers that need a trusted advisor

• Open-source to allow for changes to the

tool functionality

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Options for Your Customer’s Transition
1 2

• Migrate to rSeries now with a • Continue using BIG-IP iSeries

current BIG-IP release with latest BIG-IP releases

• Add future BIG-IP technology • Migrate to rSeries when future

when it’s available BIG-IP technology is available

• Transition at your own pace: • Transition to next-gen BIG-IP

rSeries runs current and next- software at your own pace
gen BIG-IP on the same device

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A Seamless Migration: F5 Journeys Tool
SOFTWARE UPGRADES AND DEVICE MIGRATION

• Modify configs from earlier BIG-IP versions

Existing BIG-IP New BIG-IP
(v11.5.0+ and later) to be compatible with
new versions, supporting all BIG-IP
platforms:
o Entire BIG-IP config migration
o Per-app migration

• Automatically identify and resolve migration

Existing Journeys Tool Modified issues
UCS / AS3 GUI/API UCS / AS3
• Convert UCS files into AS3 declarations
where desired
• Post-migration diagnostics & metrics to
assess device health and status
Free & Opensource on GitHub: f5devcentral/f5-journeys
UDF lab blueprint: udf.f5.com/b/a3ae4248-c8b1-49b2-a3fb-a46f1d8dbbfc#documentation
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BIG-IQ: Centralize Upgrades Across Multiple Devices
SEAMLESS UPGRADE MANAGEMENT

• Automatic delivery of upgrade image

to BIG-IP (any BIG-IP version, hotfix
or engineering hotfix)
• Upgrade numerous BIG-IP devices
simultaneously or in series
• Perform pre- & post-upgrade
assessments
• Pull configuration back-ups in case Demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR2O864JQwY
you need to roll-back

“Using BIG-IQ accelerated our upgrade process speed by a factor of 5.”

- BIG-IQ customer (Anonymous)

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Buying Considerations for F5 Systems
Hardware Advantages vs. Software rSeries Advantages vs. iSeries
• Most powerful performance • Higher system performance
capabilities • Consolidate devices and lower
• Predictable infrastructure and TCO
maximum control • Future-proofing: run current and
• Easier troubleshooting next-gen BIG-IP together
• No refactoring apps • Wider variety of connectivity
options (10/25/40/100Gb)
• Industry-leading SSL offload
capabilities

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Supply Chain Constraints
Product Positioning: VE, rSeries, iSeries

Existing iSeries
1 Opportunities

Position Position F5
Future Net-new iSeries Position Continue to
2 Opportunities BIG-IP VE
rSeries or Distributed Cloud
sell iSeries
VELOS Services or NGINX

Future Bourne/iSeries
3 Refresh Opportunities

Sell Sell rSeries Sell F5 Distributed Cloud

BIG-IP VE or VELOS Services or NGINX

• Positioning is based on customer needs and use case

• Consider rSeries or VELOS over iSeries or BIG-IP VE alternatives; F5 Distributed Cloud Services or
NGINX
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Next Gen ADC System Delivering Adaptative Apps
FUTURE-PROOF YOUR APP REQUIREMENTS WITH A FULLY AUTOMATABLE PLATFORM

1• Modern platform design delivers greater agility, up to 2x performance to

consolidate and lower TCO, and investment protection with an easy migration path to
next-gen BIG-IP

2• Reduce deployment times from weeks to minutes, move to a highly automatable

architecture for rapid deployments and scale app services to meet demands

3• Highest platform protection from 100+ security attacks, industry-leading SSL crypto
perf. handles traffic spikes, and high availability keeps mission critical apps up and
running

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rSeries Offers: Coming Soon!
UNLOCK INCREMENTAL OPERATIONAL FLEXIBILITY

Trade-In Credit for F5 Services Incentives Included Products

Existing Hardware

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 Resources
NEXT STEPS FOR rSERIES

RESOURCES

Review the rSeries F5.com Page and

Leverage rSeries resources in Partner
Central:
o Customer Deck
o Datasheet
o Sales Deck and Recording
o Sales FAQ
o Supply Chain Playbook

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