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Gurdip_Sira_160
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Jul 26, 2014

VM configuration for LTM on Hyper-V

Hi,

 

I have deployed F5 LTM 11.5.1 on my Hyper-V 2012 R2 server, and set the IP via the config wizard. However, when attempting to browse to f5 via a browser in a machine on the network, nothing comes up (ping says destionation host unreachable).

 

My F5 LTM vm has synthetic NICs in this order:

 

1 > Not Connected 2 > Internal 3 > External

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/bigip-ve-setup-msft-hyper-v-11-5-0/2.htmltaskid

 

Is this correct?

 

Many Thanks

 

application delivery
deployment
LTM
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2 Replies

  • Lucas_Thompson_'s avatar
    Lucas_Thompson_
    Historic F5 Account
    Jul 26, 2014

    In VMWare ESX big-ip VE, the first interface is management and the remaining interfaces are 1.1, 1.2, etc. Assuming that Hyper-V is the same, you should try the connection via the first virtual interface. BIG-IP treats the management interface completely differently than the other interfaces.

     

    If you don't want to use a management interface for some reason, you can also connect via a self ip that has "allow all". Using tmsh from the console in Hyper-V:

     

    Create a vlan on interface 1.1, untagged ( guess that would be your "Internal" )

     

    Create an appropriate self-ip on that vlan, set allow-service to "all"

     

    try to connect https to it (it can be from a different subnet because of auto-last-hop).

     

  • Gurdip_Sira_160's avatar
    Gurdip_Sira_160
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    Jul 29, 2014

    Hi,

     

    Https worked, thanks! I was expecting an auto redirect but doesn't matter. :)

     

    Could you elaborate what you mean by "auto last hop"?

     

    I am at the stage where I need to configure VLANs. A general question, to do this, do I also need to create VLANs on the virtual switch? Does a NIC need to be bound to a VLAN?

     

    Also, why does F5 not have any DNS server settings? Just IP/netmask IIRC.

     

    Thanks!