F5 BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager (AFM) is a high-performance, full-proxy network security solution designed to protect networks and data centers against incoming threats that enter the network on the most widely deployed protocols. Built on F5’s industry-leading Application Delivery Controller (ADC), BIG-IP AFM gives service providers a scalable, subscriber-aware platform that delivers the flexibility, performance, and control needed to mitigate aggressive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and protocol attacks before they overwhelm and degrade services.
 
Specifications:
Hard Drive
SSD 480 GB x 1
Processors Installed
1 x Intel Xeon
RAM
128 GB DDR4 SDRAM
Capacity
Concurrent Layer 4 connections: 100000000
HTTP (layer 4) requests per second: 22000000
Connectivity Technology
Wired
Data Link Protocol
Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 40 Gigabit Ethernet
Encryption Algorithm
SSL
Form Factor
Rack-mountable
Performance
Request rate (layer 7): 3500000 requests per second
Connection rate (layer 4): 1500000 connections per second
DDoS flood attack prevention rate: 130000000 cookies per second
Layer 7 throughput: 80 Gbps
Hardware compression: 40 Gbps
Layer 4 throughput: 160 Gbps
Humidity Range Operating
5 - 85%
Max Operating Temperature
40 °C
Min Operating Temperature
0 °C
Interfaces
1 x USB - Type A
1 x management - RJ-45
8 x 10Gb Ethernet - SFP+
6 x 40Gb Ethernet - QSFP+