Customers can purchase LTM as a stand-alone product, or layer it with additional software modules to increase the functionality of the BIG-IP device.

F5 BIG-IP is built on a modular architecture where LTM serves as the foundational layer providing load balancing and application delivery, and it can be licensed and operated independently without any other modules. Customers can layer on additional modules such as ASM for web application firewall, APM for access control, or AFM for advanced firewalling on the same BIG-IP appliance or virtual edition, incrementally expanding functionality without separate hardware.

False is incorrect because F5 explicitly markets and sells BIG-IP LTM as both a standalone product and as the base for a modular suite of add-on software modules on a single platform.