BIG-IP Platform FIPS 140 License for i15X00/i11X00/i10X00/i7X00/i5X00/i4X00

The Full-Box FIPS license includes a FIPS installation kit that contains tamper-evident stickers that you must apply to the hardware device in order to be FIPS-validated. BIG-IP systems with the Full-Box FIPS add-on license installed enter FIPS compliant mode during the boot process. When the BIG-IP system enters FIPS mode, the system changes the SSL cipher suites to be FIPS compliant and enables the FIPS required self tests to validate the integrity and operation of the system. If the system fails any of the self tests during the boot process the BIG-IP system halts.