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Marcos_Gaspar_G
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May 02, 2017

Herculon details

Hello everyone

 

I've been reading about Herculon solutions (both for SSL orchestration and for Hybrid DDOS protection), but there is one question that I still am not being able to answer... what is exactly Herculon?

 

As far as I know, Herculon can be an appliance such as BIG-IP i10800, i5800 or i2800 appliances, right? So here is the first question: - All devices i10800, i5800 and i2800 are Herculon? - If the answer to the question above is 'no', then comes another question: what makes a i10800, i5800 or i2800 device an 'Herculon' appliance? Does it have to do something with the licensing, such as a 'Herculon bundle'? - In the pricelist you can see items such as 'Herculon IP intelligence for i5800'... this also happens with 'URL Filtering license', SWG and so on... are there other licenses for just i2800, i5800 or i10800?

 

Any help will be useful, and will be gratefully received... thanks in advance!!!

 

Regards,

 

Marcos

 

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    nathe
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    May 03, 2017

    This probably needs an F5er to answer, but here's what i understand.

     

    • Herculon is a product line/platform, similar to BIG-IP, but dedicated to SSL/DDoS
    • All devices i10800, i5800 and i2800 are Herculon? - No, they are also part of BIG-IP family
    • What makes a i10800, i5800 or i2800 device an 'Herculon' appliance? - different colour to start with :-) Despite the naming convention i don't believe they aren't iSeries devices under the hood and are built on BIG-IPs, this may change in the future of course. Certainly licensing is a key differentiator as it will come with core license features for the specific requirement. Also i imagine they'll be configured to have the hardware tailored to their requirement too, via their FPGAs for example.
    • Interestingly you can turn a BIG-IP into an SSL Orchestrator/DDoS Hybrid defender just by having the right licensing turned on but this will lack the hardware capabilities and optimisations.

    Hope this helps a little.

     

    N