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Jan 08, 2016

Installing F5 BIG-IP LTM on macbook with virtual box

Hi,

i am trying to install BIG-IP LTM on macbook pro with Oracle virtual box.

But, in the downloads section, i do not see any image intended for virtual box. Also, i see two different downloads sections:

First URL: https://downloads.f5.com/esd/ecc.sv?sw=BIG-IP&pro=big-ip_v12.x&ver=12.0.0&container=Virtual-Edition

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.ALL-ide.ova    Image fileset for Citrix XenServer v5.6-v6.0    1150 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.ALL-ide.ova.md5    MD5 file for Image fileset for Citrix XenServer v5.6-v6.0   66 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.ALL-scsi.ova   Image fileset for VMware ESX/i Server v5.0-5.5  1143 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.ALL-scsi.ova.md5   MD5 file for Image fileset for VMware ESX/i Server v5.0-5.5 67 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.ALL-vCloud.zip Image fileset for vCloud Director 1.5/5.1   1096 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.ALL-vCloud.zip.md5 MD5 file for Image fileset for vCloud Director 1.5/5.1  69 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.ALL.qcow2.zip  Image file set for KVM Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS ver 6.3/6.4  1028 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.ALL.qcow2.zip.md5  MD5 file for Image file set for KVM Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS ver 6.3/6.4 68 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.ALL.vhd.zip    Image fileset for Microsoft Hyper-V 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2 1030 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.ALL.vhd.zip.md5    MD5 file for Image fileset for Microsoft Hyper-V 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2    66 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM-ide.ova    Image fileset for Citrix XenServer v5.6-v6.0    1155 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM-ide.ova.md5    MD5 file for Image fileset for Citrix XenServer v5.6-v6.0   66 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM-scsi.ova   Image fileset for VMware ESX/i Server v5.0-5.5  1138 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM-scsi.ova.md5   MD5 file for Image fileset for VMware ESX/i Server v5.0-5.5 67 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM-vCloud.zip Image fileset for vCloud Director 1.5/5.1   1104 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM-vCloud.zip.md5 MD5 file for Image fileset for vCloud Director 1.5/5.1  69 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM.qcow2.zip  Image file set for KVM Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS ver 6.3/6.4  1032 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM.qcow2.zip.md5  MD5 file for Image file set for KVM Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS ver 6.3/6.4 68 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM.vhd.zip    Image fileset for Microsoft Hyper-V 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2 1015 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM.vhd.zip.md5    MD5 file for Image fileset for Microsoft Hyper-V 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2    66 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM_1SLOT-ide.ova  Image fileset for Citrix XenServer v5.6-v6.0    1144 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM_1SLOT-ide.ova.md5  MD5 file for Image fileset for Citrix XenServer v5.6-v6.0   72 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM_1SLOT-scsi.ova Image fileset for VMware ESX/i Server v5.0-5.5  1146 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM_1SLOT-scsi.ova.md5 MD5 file for Image fileset for VMware ESX/i Server v5.0-5.5 73 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM_1SLOT-vCloud.zip   Image fileset for vCloud Director 1.5/5.1   1104 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM_1SLOT-vCloud.zip.md5   MD5 file for Image fileset for vCloud Director 1.5/5.1  75 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM_1SLOT.qcow2.zip    Image file set for KVM Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS ver 6.3/6.4  1020 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM_1SLOT.qcow2.zip.md5    MD5 file for Image file set for KVM Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS ver 6.3/6.4 74 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM_1SLOT.vhd.zip  Image fileset for Microsoft Hyper-V 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2 1024 MB

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.LTM_1SLOT.vhd.zip.md5  MD5 file for Image fileset for Microsoft Hyper-V 2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2    72 Bytes

And there is another downloads section, as mentioned below..

Also, i see another downloads page with version=12.0.0 and container=12.0.0, below are the download images

URL: https://downloads.f5.com/esd/eula.sv?sw=BIG-IP&pro=big-ip_v12.x&ver=12.0.0&container=12.0.0&path=&file=&B1=I+Accept

Product:    BIG-IP V12.x / Virtual Edition
Version:    12.0.0
Container:  12.0.0

Please select the file you wish to download, make sure you have read the appropriate Release Notes before attempting to use the file.

Filename    Description Size

**BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.iso  BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.iso    1719 MB**

README_VE_12_0_0.txt    README_VE_12_0_0.txt    479 Bytes

archive.pubkey.20130729.pem archive.pubkey.20130729.pem 451 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.iso.md5    MD5 file for BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.iso   58 Bytes

BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.iso.sig    BIGIP-12.0.0.0.0.606.iso.sig    256 Bytes

What is the difference between container=VirtualEdition and container=12.0.0 ?

Can anyone please help me in picking the right image/file?

Please help!

Thanks in advance! -Venkat

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