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jjgonzalez_4399
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Nov 04, 2010

F5 LTE VM with VSPHERE ESX

Hi.     To probe our F5 lte virtual machine, i've imported it to the virtual center 4.0.     The question is that i only see the interfaces 1.1 and 1.2 as UNINITIALIZED. Our virtual F5 has...
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qe_102628
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Nov 05, 2010
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