Hi,
In F5 you can only use one authentication method at a time. And we are talking about access to F5 (GUI and CLI). You can use (GUI: System ›› Users : Authentication):
- local
- Tacacs
- Radius
- client cert LDAP
- LDAP
- AD
- And Finaly you can use APM (APM based)
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ltm/manuals/product/ltm-implementations-12-1-0/48.html
And in this case you can mix what ever you want as long as it's supported by F5 APM.
Last important point. Even if you have an external auth implemented, ROOT and ADMIN account remain in F5 as local. suppose your directory is no longer reachable by F5 you can always authenticate using these local accounts.
Regards
Nimbostratus
