VPX-AWS 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 (Seoul) |
| Asia Pacific (Singapore) |
| Asia Pacific (Sydney) |
| Asia Pacific (Tokyo) |
| Asia Pacific (Hong Kong) |
| Asia Pacific (Osaka) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
|---|
| t2.medium, t2.large, t2.xlarge, t2.2xlarge |
| m3.large, m3.xlarge, m3.2xlarge |
| c4.large, c4.xlarge, c4.2xlarge, c4.4xlarge, c4.8xlarge |
| m4.large, m4.xlarge, m4.2xlarge, m4.4xlarge, m4.10xlarge, m4.16xlarge |
| m5.large, m5.xlarge, m5.2xlarge, m5.4xlarge, m5.12xlarge, m5.24xlarge |
| 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 |
| D2.xlarge, D2.2xlarge, D2.4xlarge, D2.8xlarge |
| m5a.large, m5a.xlarge, m5a.2xlarge, m5a.8xlarge, m5a.12xlarge, m5a.16xlarge, m5a.24xlarge |
| t3a.medium, t3a.large, t3a.xlarge, t3a.2xlarge |
Table 4: Supported AWS Services
| Supported AWS services |
|---|
| EC2: Launches ADC instances. |
| Lambda: Invokes Citrix ADC VPX NITRO APIs during provisioning of Citrix ADC 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 ADC VPX nodes in the Citrix ADC Autoscale solution. |
| ELB: Distributes traffic across all the ADC VPX nodes in the Citrix ADC Autoscale solution. |
| Cloudwatch: Monitors performance and system parameters for Citrix ADC VPX instance. |
| AWS Autoscaling: Used for back-end server autoscaling. |
| Cloud formation: CloudFormation templates are used to deploy Citrix ADC 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 Citrix ADC VPX instances in AWS Outposts. |
Citrix 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 200 | M5.xLarge |
| VPX 1G, VPX 5G | M5.2xLarge |
Citrix 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 higher SSL transactions rate.
To achieve throughput more than 5G, do the following:
- Choose Citrix ADC VPX - Customer Licensed (BYOL) offering in AWS marketplace.
- Select Pooled Licensing (Bandwidth licenses) in Citrix ADC GUI or CLI.
To determine your instance based on different metrics such as packets per second, SSL transactions rate, reach out to your Citrix contact for guidance. For vCPU based Pool licensing and sizing guidance, reach out to Citrix support.