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symtex_22198
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Jul 03, 2013

BIG-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...
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Aug 14, 2014

This is what I have done to make it work in openstack. BIGIP ltm ve versions tried are 11.4.1 and 11.5.1 edit the /PLATFORM file to add

platform=Z100
family=0xC0000000
host=Z100
systype=0x71

and delete the /temp/platform_info file and restart the vm.

I am not sure what will be the adverse effect of these changes so please do it on your own risk. Do let me know if it works.

  • F_Barth_183102's avatar
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    Feb 26, 2015
    Thanks a lot! Has worked here (KVM, BigIP 11.5.1)...
  • bzubair_204319's avatar
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    Jun 24, 2015
    Hi All, It didnt work for me. I tested with "BIGIP 11.3.0 on Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS KVM" AND "BIGIP 11.3.0 on Openstack CentOs7" any other solution? Thanks
  • fmarignier_2154's avatar
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    Aug 12, 2015
    Hi All, The tricks works for me on my openstack plateforme but I have now a nex problem due to the licence. The F5 licence server return : F5 registration key is not compatible with the detected platform - This platform, "Z100", cannot be activated with this registration key.. ggrrr!! Do you have further informations about parameters we can put in /PLATFORM file ? or another idea ? Thanks in advance.
  • b_136889's avatar
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    Aug 14, 2015
    Please add a file "/etc/nova/release" on all of the compute nodes in your setup and include the following content. vendor = Red Hat product = Bochs package = RHEL 6.3.0 PC and then restart them. This should work. Its a cleaner solution recommended by F5 itself. Let me know if it works. [EDIT: Don't forget to use the new image.]
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    Jason_Grimm_305
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    Jan 08, 2017

    I'm running the 11.3.0.39 VE on OpenStack w/ RHEL 7 underneath and I also ran into the "Z100" license issue. I downloaded the ova VE and tested it locally on VMware workstation and noticed the /PLATFORM file was set to "Z99" and it took the trial license fine. I don't have access to make the change in nova.conf so I ssh'd into the VE on OpenStack and ran this command and was able to apply the trial license.

     Backup original file
cp /PLATFORM /tmp/platform.original

 Create new file
cat << EOF > /PLATFORM
platform=Z99
family=0xC0000000
host=Z99
systype=0x76
EOF

 Verify results
cat /PLATFORM
halid

 Make the new changes take effect
rm -f /tmp/platform_info
reboot