F5-BIG-AWF-R5900 Advanced Web Application Firewall

F5 BIG-IP AWF R5900 – Ultimate Application Security Platform

F5 BIG-IP AWF R5900 Features & Advantages

Built for Maximum Security Scale

As the flagship of the R5000 series, the AWF R5900 unleashes the full potential of the platform. Compared to the Big IP AWF-R5800, it offers 44% more business cores (26 vCPUs), enabling smooth operation of high-density vCMP and compute-heavy policies.

It’s the ideal solution for large enterprises, cloud providers, and MSPs looking for an all-in-one security gateway at the core of their infrastructure.

F5 BIG-IP AWF R5900 Detailed Capabilities

Advanced SSL Traffic Inspection

Supports 100,000 SSL TPS, making it ideal for organizations handling high-value, encrypted traffic at scale.

High-Throughput Threat Protection

Delivers 95Gbps of L7 threat inspection bandwidth, it ensures consistent low-latency performance—even under the heaviest WAF policy loads.

Massive API Request Handling

Capable of processing 4.3M L7 RPS, it secures modern, API-driven apps and services in real time with precision and scale.

Unrivaled Parallel Processing Power

With 26 business cores, the R5900 excels at multi-instance WAF (vCMP), AI-driven bot detection, and large-scale behavioral security workloads—all simultaneously, without bottlenecks.

F5 BIG-IP AWF R5900 Datasheet

• L7 Threat Inspection Throughput: 95 Gbps
• SSL TPS (2K Keys): 100,000
• L7 Requests Per Second: 4.3M
• Memory: 128 GB DDR4
• Tenancy vCPUs: 26 Cores
• Primary Ports: 2x 100G/40G QSFP+, 8x 25G/10G SFP+

What’s the main difference between AWF-R5900 and AWF-R5800?
The R5900 is with a big jump in dedicated business vCPUs (26 vs. 18). It’s better for high-density virtualization (vCMP) or environments with extremely complex, CPU-heavy security policies (e.g., advanced iRules, bot defense).

Who’s the ideal customer for F5-BIG-AWF-R5900?
Service providers (MSPs) or very large enterprises aiming to consolidate the most WAF services on one appliance. It excels at running multiple high-performance, fully isolated virtual WAFs at once.

Why is the SSL TPS increase smaller than the vCPU jump?
It’s specialized. While SSL performance (100K TPS) is top-tier, the R5900 focuses on unmatched parallel processing for post-decryption tasks—like complex policy enforcement and high-density virtualization—where its 26 vCPUs excel.

When to choose a flagship AWF-R10000 model over AWF-R5900?
Opt for R10000 when you need higher throughput, more ports (4x100G, 16x25G), and—most critically—built-in hardware redundancy (standard RAID1, dual power supplies) for maximum single-appliance reliability.