which big-iq version best on esxi ?

Hey neeeewbie,

If you start a fresh BigIP deployment. Then choose one of the latest version. It would be either:

• 17.0 (Includes latest features)
• 16.1.3.2 (its the latest Long-Term Stability build)

You may check the release notes of both images here:

v16.1.3: BIG-IP LTM Knowledge Center (f5.com)

v17.0: BIG-IP LTM Knowledge Center (f5.com)

For ESX related help, your may check out the setup guide below...

VMware ESXi: F5 BIG-IP Virtual Edition Setup

Cheers, Kai

Hello there! Do you have any reason not to go with the latest version?

/Mike

neeeewbieSadly I don't believe F5 keeps a record of builds that work best as they are suppose to support most/all hypervisor OSs. I think Kai_Wilke is spot on with his response but I would always recommend going with the latest version 17.0 rather than the latest long-term 16.1.3.2 for a fresh install, especially if patching and upgrading is a long drawn out process where you are. Just make sure you allocate the minimum recommended resources by F5 otherwise when you start provisioning the BIG-IQ it will crash over and over. Sadly the BIG-IQ is not like a normal VM where you can typically scale back the resources significantly without issue.

BIG-IQ, guys! Not BIG-IP 😋 So version 8.2.something. 

/Mike

Hello,

The recommended version is the latest BIG-IQ 8.2.0.1 release.

https://techdocs.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-iq-centralized-mgmt/releasenotes/related/relnote-supplement-big-iq-centralized-management-8-2-0-1.html