Adding Machines to VLAN in Big-IP Virtual Edition.

I usually add the first bigip nic, which is the admin interface, to the nat network within VMware Workstation's virtual network editor. For the internal/external vlans, I add them somewhere in the vmnet2-vmnet7 range and make sure the IPs assigned in those subnets work with my external (to my machine) subnets so I can still get to external resources. I make sure I connect a host virtual adapter to each network I assign the LTM so I can get to each interface from my desktop. Then with snat automap, I can run a client and server on my same desktop. If you want more virtual machines running, just add them to the vlans you assigned to the BIGIP. There is a lot of flexibility. Here are a couple articles we wrote that might help you get started:

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1082331/Whaddya-Mean-LTM-VE-Only-Has-Two-Interfaces.aspx Click Here

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1082333/Laptop-Load-Balancing-For-The-Developer-With-BIG-IP-LTM-VE.aspx Click Here

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1084344/Configuring-a-multi-server-Testing-Environment-with-VMWare-Teams-and-BIG-IP-LTM-VE.aspx Click Here