F5 Metric

High-Performance VE vCPU licence

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Unit: vCPU
Definition: BIG-IP VE data sheet: High Performance VEs "aren't limited by a throughput cap, but are instead licensed by the number of vCPU cores that can be allocated."
Counting rules: Performance scales with the number of vCPUs licensed, up to a maximum of 24 vCPUs per the data sheet.
Applies to products: BIG-IP Virtual Edition
Related metrics: Throughput tier (BIG-IP VE)
Product category: Load Balancing Software

Evidence 1

High-Performance VE is licensed by vCPU, up to 24

"up to a maximum of 24 vCPUs"

VE data sheet, Simplified Licensing and ChoicesBIG-IP Virtual Edition (data sheet)Retrieved 2026-10-08