Manual Chapter :
How do I start managing BIG-IP devices from BIG-IQ?
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 7.0.0
How do I start managing BIG-IP devices from BIG-IQ?
To start managing a BIG-IP device, you must add it to BIG-IQ.
If you only want to do basic management tasks (like software upgrades, license management, and UCS backups) for a BIG-IP device, you do not have to discover and import its service configurations.
There are a few ways you can add BIG-IP and BIG-IP VE devices to your BIG-IQ system so you can start managing them.
- Add a BIG-IP or BIG-IP VE device located in your network, specify its configuration options, and import its services all in one step in a process calledonboarding.
- Add a BIG-IP VE device located in a third-party cloud environment, then onboard it.
- Add a single BIG-IP device located in your network, and discover and import its services in a separate procedure. When you do this, you can manage any differences for shared objects between BIG-IQ and the BIG-IP device you’re adding, on an object-by-object basis.
- Import BIG-IP devices located in your network in bulk, using a CSV file.You cannot add multiple BIG-IP devices with SSLO services. These BIG-IP devices must be added individually.
