Hello, we have purchased the BigIq as a successor of our EM. The documentation is not very clear to me for the use of self ip's. Do I need them at all? Can't I just use the mgmt. int for all tasks? And if I will deploy an inside vlan and the corresponding self ip's how can I make sure this one is used for the communication with the bigip's and not the mgmt int? Thank you Alfred

You can use the management IP for all communications to/from BIG-IQ and BIG-IP. It is our suggested configuration for more recent versions of BIG-IQ. If you use a self-ip, some communication (for example: update of the REST framework) will still try to use the management IP.

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Kyle_Oliver
Employee
Mar 09, 2016
You can use the management IP for all communications to/from BIG-IQ and BIG-IP. It is our suggested configuration for more recent versions of BIG-IQ. If you use a self-ip, some communication (for example: update of the REST framework) will still try to use the management IP.
- quickref_74249
  Nimbostratus
  Mar 09, 2016
  Thank you very much for your quick response. Now I can request my vm image and start setting the BigIq up.
- prt1969_120570
  Nimbostratus
  Sep 12, 2017
  Kyle, is this still the case with 5.3? The documentation gets a little confusing, especially if you are new to BIG-IQ. I'm reading that you need an external network, an internal network, and a management network. Planning and Implementing a Centralized Management Deployment
- Kyle_Oliver
  Employee
  Sep 13, 2017
  With the addition of the Data Collection Devices into the picture for BIG-IQ, multiple networks are suggested. You can definitely get away with two networks, or even one for smaller deployments.
Kyle_Oliver_519
Historic F5 Account
Mar 09, 2016
You can use the management IP for all communications to/from BIG-IQ and BIG-IP. It is our suggested configuration for more recent versions of BIG-IQ. If you use a self-ip, some communication (for example: update of the REST framework) will still try to use the management IP.
- quickref_74249
  Nimbostratus
  Mar 09, 2016
  Thank you very much for your quick response. Now I can request my vm image and start setting the BigIq up.
- prt1969_120570
  Nimbostratus
  Sep 12, 2017
  Kyle, is this still the case with 5.3? The documentation gets a little confusing, especially if you are new to BIG-IQ. I'm reading that you need an external network, an internal network, and a management network. Planning and Implementing a Centralized Management Deployment
- Kyle_Oliver_519
  Historic F5 Account
  Sep 13, 2017
  With the addition of the Data Collection Devices into the picture for BIG-IQ, multiple networks are suggested. You can definitely get away with two networks, or even one for smaller deployments.
Tim_18689
Cirrus
Mar 29, 2016
You can use the mgmt interface for all management tasks. You don't need a self-IP. If you do have a self self-ip and you do not want to have any communication with your BIG-IP on mgmt, make sure you discover the BIG-IP with a destination address that will route out the internal VLAN interface. Routing will decide what interface the traffic egresses on the BIG-IQ to the BIG-IP.

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