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Sundaresh_88805
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Mar 18, 2015

F5 LTM + ASM Module

Hi,

 

We are currently running with the hardware platform LTM 3600 and with BIG-IP version 11.3.0. We got a new requirement to add ASM module with LTM 3600. Please let me know the guidelines to add the ASM module with LTM. Also, how do we do a resource provisioning when we have two modules.

 

Thanks, Sundaresh

 

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  • Hannes_Rapp's avatar
    Hannes_Rapp
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    Mar 19, 2015

    The procedure is straight-forward. Your purchase officer will buy an Add-On license for the ASM module.

     

    • You will have to install the Add-On license for ASM. Having completed that, you can proceed by reallocating the resource provisions. Set the resource provision values to "Nominal" for LTM and ASM, unless you have specific needs.
    • After a reboot, your ASM module will be provisioned and ready for use.
  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Mar 19, 2015

    Sundaresh,

     

    Firstly, are you licensed for ASM? If not then you'll need an add-on license.

     

    If you are, they you need to provision ASM. In the Provisioning part of the GUI select Nominal for ASM. You should see LTM is also Nominal. This will provision the ASM module for you.

     

    One thing to bear in mind. If you search on DC for 3600 and ASM you'll see a few posts warning of performance issues. The 3600 only has 4GB RAM, which is probably the reason. Something to bear in mind. The posts are fairly old (but so is the box and it's end of sale now) so it may be that later TMOS versions perform better on it. I might be inclined to move off a .0 release to and upgrade to 11.5.1 / 11.5.2 perhaps. Although you might want to check askf5 release notes to see if the 3600 will handle this.

     

    Hope this helps,

     

    N