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Spidey_29396
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NimbostratusBigIQ inquiry
Hi All, I have bigiq and we need the to manage a lot of F5, i have management VLAN, do i need to create selfip of BigIQ and connect it to management vlan? or the management VLAN will do?
natheCirrocumulus
The preferred method of discovering bigip devices is over the management vlan. So if your bigiq and bigips are on the same mgmt vlan that should be fine.
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- nathe
The preferred method of discovering bigip devices is over the management vlan. So if your bigiq and bigips are on the same mgmt vlan that should be fine.
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Spidey_29396Thanks Nathan. If the management VLAN will be use, what is the purpose of the traffic interface of BigIQ?
- natheGood question. I imagine one would be used in a HA Active/Active pair but other than that not entirely sure. Be good to know myself.
- Spidey_29396Thanks Nathan for sharing your idea.
Andy_Cohen_4986Actually, according to the BIG-IQ documentation:
"Each managed device must be configured with a communication route from its self IP address or management IP address to a BIG-IQ system self IP addresses. Otherwise, discovery will fail.”
However, it does also point out that “F5 recommends that you use a BIG-IP self IP address for discovery.”
Therefore it would seem to me that the recommended/preferred route of management of F5 devices by BIG-IQ is over the "traffic" interfaces, and not over the Management network.
- natheI believe this recommendation has changed. From https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-iq-device/manuals/product/bigiq-device-management-4-5-0.html it states "The preferred address for discovering a BIG-IP device is its management IP address." This is the latest version of BIG-IQ
- Spidey_29396
Thanks Nathan and Andy!