MVP
EmployeeI see what you mean. So yes, a system will have a licensed limitation for TPS, which is more of an OS thing than a platform thing. Take a look at the hardware datasheet:
http://www.f5.com/pdf/products/big-ip-platforms-datasheet.pdf
A base system will have a "comes with" TPS license, and can be upgraded/licensed for its max TPS capability. Back in the day, F5 sliced up SSL TPS licensing into odd-sized incremental blocks. Now it's just base and max, and max is based on platform hardware capability.