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symtex_22198
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusBIG-IP LTM VE on KVM?
F5 now posts
BIGIP-11.3.0.2806.0.qcow2.zip
I followed the instructions on this document
http://support.f5.com/content/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-ve-kvm-s...
symtex_22198Nimbostratus
NimbostratusI finally got it to work but only on RHEL
I was trying to get LTM VE on debian/KVM with openvswitch. I've spent a lot of time trying to get it to work but it just won't.
I think F5 should consider supporting KVM universally not just tie down to R.H.
With technologies like openstack gaining momentum in the market F5's ADC services should be supported on the following OS platforms
Debian GNU/Linux wheezy
Fedora / Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS / Scientific Linux
openSUSE / SLES11 SP2
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)
I don't think this should be that hard since in the end it's the same hypervisor.
Tom_04_144543Nimbostratus
NimbostratusI also hit this issue.
It seems it's more related to the way the image runs under OpenStack running on Ubuntu with KVM.
Under KVM on a standard Ubuntu system, I do not see the issue, it's only when I upload to my OpenStack setup w/OpenVSwitch that I notice the issue.
It looks like F5 haven't tested this combination yet and I also note that only CentOS6/RHEL6 is listed for KVM support under their F5 BIGIP VE hypervisor matrix document.
