F5 LTE VM with VSPHERE ESX

 

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/releasenotes/product/relnotes_ve_10_1_0.html?sr=10975757

 

 

Status of virtual network interfaces (CR126854-1)

 

The BIG-IP system reports the status of host-only network interfaces as UNINITIALIZED, even though the interfaces are still functioning normally.

 

 

Hi!.

 

 

Thanks for the replay but doesn't function. Now i finishied the installation wizard. And i've created one vlan and self ip. And i cant make ping to that ip, and i think that is for the unintialez interface. Its possible¿?.

 

 

Thanks.

Though the message appears, the UNITIALIZED status probably isn't the issue. (I won't say it's impossible, it's just unlikely for VE )

 

 

If you're able to ping the self-ip from the BIG-IP itself, then I'd double check the network mappings and IP configurations. That's usually the cause of traffic not working correctly when setting up a new virtual machine ( at least, in my experience )

 

 

 

this is sort of covered in the getting-started documentation and videos that have been created. Here's a few links that I could find for you:

 

 

Here's Colin's guide on getting started with BIG-IP VE:

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/Tutorials/TechTips/tabid/63/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1082329/BIG-IP-LTM-VE-What-is-it-Where-do-I-start-Why-is-everyone-so-excited.aspx

 

 

 

Here's two getting started with BIG-IP VE videos:

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/dctv/archive/2010/02/16/big-ip-ltm-ve-get-started-with-a-walkthrough-from-pd.aspx

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li9WO2M2YLY

 

 

 

 

Here is another video tutorial I did as well: http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/watkins/archive/2010/10/06/installing-ltm-ve-on-vmware-esxi.aspx

 

 

-George

Thank you watkins for the video. Its very usefull.

 

 

Im traying to make the same in my net. I've got two networks 172 and 100.

 

 

 

Mgmt: Interface in net 100 with vlan id auto.

 

 

Interface1.1: Interface in net 172 with vlan id auto.

 

 

 

 

And now at this point, i can't make ping to the self ip create with the interface 1.1. What's the probem can be?....

 

 

 

It is almost something with the ESXi/BIG-IP networking config. Jason did a fantastic job of explaining how to get things working with this blog post: http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/jason/archive/2010/02/16/if-you-havent-yet-downloaded-the-big-ip-ltm-ve.aspx

 

 

I learned a lot from that post and it has helped me solve a few problems of my own. Best of luck,

 

 

George