Spidey_29396
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Hi All, I have bigiq and we need the to manage a lot of F5, i have management VLAN, do i need to create selfip of BigIQ and connect it to management vlan? or the management VLAN will do?
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natheCirrocumulus
The preferred method of discovering bigip devices is over the management vlan. So if your bigiq and bigips are on the same mgmt vlan that should be fine.
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- nathe
The preferred method of discovering bigip devices is over the management vlan. So if your bigiq and bigips are on the same mgmt vlan that should be fine.
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Spidey_29396Thanks Nathan. If the management VLAN will be use, what is the purpose of the traffic interface of BigIQ?
- natheGood question. I imagine one would be used in a HA Active/Active pair but other than that not entirely sure. Be good to know myself.
- Spidey_29396Thanks Nathan for sharing your idea.
Andy_Cohen_4986Actually, according to the BIG-IQ documentation:
"Each managed device must be configured with a communication route from its self IP address or management IP address to a BIG-IQ system self IP addresses. Otherwise, discovery will fail.”
However, it does also point out that “F5 recommends that you use a BIG-IP self IP address for discovery.”
Therefore it would seem to me that the recommended/preferred route of management of F5 devices by BIG-IQ is over the "traffic" interfaces, and not over the Management network.
- natheI believe this recommendation has changed. From https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-iq-device/manuals/product/bigiq-device-management-4-5-0.html it states "The preferred address for discovering a BIG-IP device is its management IP address." This is the latest version of BIG-IQ
- Spidey_29396
Thanks Nathan and Andy!