About F5 BIG-IP CNE products¶
Types of F5 BIG-IP Cloud-Native Edition products¶
There are two types of products in F5 BIG-IP Cloud-Native Edition:
Infrastructure
Cloud-native network function (CNF)
F5 BIG-IP Cloud-Native Edition products¶
F5 BIG-IP Cloud-Native Edition includes the following products, which are sometimes abbreviated for improved readability:
Product |
Abbreviation |
Type |
|---|---|---|
BIG-IP Next for Kubernetes Cloud-Native Edition |
BNK |
Infrastructure |
BIG-IP Advanced Firewall Manager Cloud-Native Edition |
AFM |
CNF |
BIG-IP Carrier-Grade NAT Cloud-Native Edition |
CGNAT |
CNF |
BIG-IP Domain Name Service Cloud-Native Edition |
DNS |
CNF |
BIG-IP Policy Enforcement Manager Cloud-Native Edition |
PEM |
CNF |
Types of BNK instances¶
You can install two types of BNK instances:
Type |
Description |
|---|---|
BNK (Host) |
All pods in the BNK instance are installed on host nodes. |
BNK (DPU) |
Each pod in the TMM (data-plane) workload is installed on its own NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU node. All other pods in the BNK instance are installed on host nodes. |
BNK modes¶
You can install a BNK instance in one of two modes:
Mode |
Description |
|---|---|
Deployment |
The TMM workload is a deployment. In this mode, you can install one or more BNK instances per cluster. |
Daemon set |
The TMM workload is a daemon set. In this mode, you can install only one BNK instance per cluster. |