AWS-VPX support matrix
The following tables list the supported VPX model and AWS regions, instance types, and services.
Table 1: Supported VPX models on AWS
| Supported VPX model |
|---|
| NetScaler VPX Advanced - 200 Mbps |
| NetScaler VPX Premium - 1 Gbps |
| NetScaler VPX Premium - 5 Gbps |
| NetScaler VPX - Customer Licensed |
| NetScaler VPX FIPS - Customer Licensed |
| NetScaler VPX FIPS ENA - Customer Licensed |
Table: 2 Supported AWS regions
| Supported AWS regions |
|---|
| US West (Oregon) |
| US West (N. California) |
| US East (Ohio) |
| US East (N. Virginia) |
| Asia Pacific (Mumbai) |
| Asia Pacific (Melbourne) |
| Asia Pacific (Seoul) |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) |
| Asia Pacific (Jakarta) |
| Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) |
| Canada (Central) |
| EU (Frankfurt) |
| EU (Ireland) |
| EU (London) |
| EU (Paris) |
| EU (Milan) |
| South America (São Paulo) |
| AWS GovCloud (US-East) |
| AWS GovCloud (US-West) |
| AWS Top Secret (C2S) |
| Middle East (Bahrain) |
| Middle East (UAE) |
| Africa (Cape Town) |
| C2S |
Note:
For AWS Hong Kong region, NetScaler VPX support is available only with BYOL licenses.
Table 3: Supported AWS instance types
| Supported AWS instance types |
|---|
| c4.large, c4.xlarge, c4.2xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.8xlarge |
| c5.large, c5.xlarge, c5.2xlarge, c5.4xlarge, c5.9xlarge, c5.18xlarge, c5.24xlarge |
| c5n.large, c5n.xlarge, c5n.2xlarge, c5n.4xlarge, c5n.9xlarge, c5n.18xlarge |
| c6in.large, c6in.xlarge, c6in.2xlarge, c6in.4xlarge, c6in.8xlarge, c6in.12xlarge, c6in.16xlarge, c6in.24xlarge, c6in.32xlarge |
| d2.xlarge, d2.2xlarge, d2.4xlarge, d2.8xlarge |
| m3.large, m3.xlarge, m3.2xlarge |
| m4.large, m4.xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge |
| m5.large, m5.xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.8xlarge, m5.12xlarge, m5.16xlarge, m5.24xlarge |
| m5a.large, m5a.xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.4xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge |
| m5n.large, m5n.xlarge, m5n.2xlarge, m5n.4xlarge, m5n.8xlarge, m5n.12xlarge, m5n.16xlarge, m5n.24xlarge |
| m6i.large, m6i.xlarge, m6i.2xlarge, m6i.4xlarge, m6i.8xlarge, m6i.12xlarge, m6i.16xlarge, m6i.24xlarge, m6i.32xlarge |
| r7iz.large, r7iz.xlarge, r7iz.2xlarge, r7iz.4xlarge, r7iz.8xlarge, r7iz.12xlarge, r7iz.16xlarge, r7iz.32xlarge |
| t2.medium, t2.large, t2.xlarge, t2.2xlarge |
| t3a.medium, t3a.large, t3a.xlarge, t3a.2xlarge |
Note:
NetScaler VPX provisioned on AWS m6i and r7iz instance types do not support the ENA low latency queue (LLQ) feature.
Table 4: Supported AWS Services
| Supported AWS services |
|---|
| EC2: Launches ADC instances. |
| Lambda: Invokes NetScaler VPX NITRO APIs during provisioning of NetScaler VPX instances from CFT. |
| VPC and VPC ingress routing: VPC creates isolated networks in which ADC can be launched. VPC ingress routing is used in the firewall load balancing solution. |
| Route53: Distributes traffic across all the NetScaler VPX nodes in the NetScaler Autoscale solution. |
| ELB: Distributes traffic across all the NetScaler VPX nodes in the NetScaler Autoscale solution. |
| Cloudwatch: Monitors performance and system parameters for NetScaler VPX instance. |
| AWS Autoscaling: Used for back-end server autoscaling. |
| Cloud formation: CloudFormation templates are used to deploy NetScaler VPX instances. |
| Simple Queue Service (SQS): Monitors scale up and scale down events in back-end autoscaling. |
| Simple Notification Service (SNS): Monitors scale up and scale down events in back-end autoscaling. |
| Identity and Access Management (IAM): Provides access to AWS services and resources. |
| AWS Outposts: Provisions NetScaler VPX instances in AWS Outposts. |
NetScaler recommends the following AWS instance types:
- M5 and C5n series for marketplace editions or bandwidth-based pool licensing.
- C5n series for vCPU-based pool licensing.
| VPX offering in AWS marketplace | AWS instance recommendation |
|---|---|
| VPX 10, VPX 200 | M5.xLarge |
| VPX 1000, VPX 3G, VPX 5G | M5.2xLarge |
NetScaler recommends the following AWS instance types based on throughput.
| VPX with Pooled licensing (Bandwidth licenses) | AWS instance recommendation |
|---|---|
| VPX 8G | C5n.4xLarge |
| VPX 10G, VPX 15G, VPX 25G | C5n.9xLarge |
Note:
The VPX 25G offering doesn’t give the desired 25G throughput in AWS but can give a higher SSL transactions rate.
To achieve throughput more than 5G, do the following:
- Choose NetScaler VPX - Customer Licensed (BYOL) offering in the AWS marketplace.
- Select Pooled Licensing (Bandwidth licenses) in NetScaler GUI or CLI.
To determine your instance based on different metrics such as packets per second, SSL transactions rate, reach out to your NetScaler contact for guidance. For vCPU based Pool licensing and sizing guidance, reach out to NetScaler support.