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iControl Overview

iControl is the first open API that enables applications to work in concert with the underlying network based on true software integration.

Utilizing SOAP/XML to ensure open communications between dissimilar systems, iControl helps F5 customers, leading independent software vendors ( ISVs ), and Solution Providers realize new levels of automation and configuration management efficiency. Whether monitoring network-level traffic statistics, automating network configuration and management, or facilitating next generation service-oriented architectures, iControl gives organizations the power and flexibility to ensure that applications and the network work together for increased reliability, security, and performance. Further, iControl has proven itself as a valuable technology that can help reduce the cost of managing complex environments.

You can investigate the power of iControl further by browsing through the iControl Wiki, which is effectively a live copy of the SDK, and is a great online resource for scoping projects and researching.


  
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Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control Plug-in for BIG-IP LTM Beta

If you’re an OEM user and an F5 customer, we’ve got an updated version of the OEM Grid Control Plug-in for BIG-IP in beta testing right now. It’s been in limited beta for a while, but we wanted to make certain that both TMOS 9.x and 10.x were supported before we talked about it publicly.
The plug-in, jointly developed by F5 and Oracle, allows you to monitor your BIG-IP like any other infrastructure in the Oracle Enterprise Manager, and if you’re part of the beta program, you can downloa...
11/18/2009 5:56:56 PM | Read More...
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Cloud, Standards, and Pants

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11/12/2009 12:05:44 PM | Read More...
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DevCentral Top5 11/06/2009

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11/7/2009 12:18:16 AM | Read More...
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Authoring an F5 Management Pack PowerShell Agent Task in SCOM 2007 R2
1. Overview
This article describes a step-by-step procedure on authoring a custom PowerShell agent task targeting the F5 Management Pack in System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2. I will use the Authoring Console shipped with the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Authoring Resource Kit (downloadable here) to create the override management pack defining the agent task. The procedure for authoring an agent task with SCOM 2007 SP1 would be similar, with the difference that the ...
11/3/2009 12:48:00 AM | Read More...
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pyControl Apps #2 - Deleting BIG-IP Routes

Last time out I built the foundation of a route management application which grabs the routing table from the BIG-IP utilizing the python implementation of iControl called pyControl.  This time, we'll extend the application with a route deletion function.

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