Importing BIG-IP Devices with LTM Conflicts to a Silo

Importing Devices with Conflicts to a Silo

Add BIG-IP devices with LTM service conflicts to a silo on BIG-IQ

Before you can add BIG-IP devices to BIG-IQ, keep these things in mind:

• The BIG-IP device must be located in your network and running a compatible software version. Refer to https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14592 for more information.
• The BIG-IP management address must be open (typically this is on port 22 and 443), or any alternative IP address. Ports 22 and 443 and the management IP address are open by default on BIG-IQ.

The first task in the conflict resolution work flow is to discover and import devices with conflicts to a silo.

This figure illustrates the work flow for using a silo to resolve conflicts triggered by importing a BIG-IP device.

1. At the top of the screen, click Devices.

2. Click the Add Device(s) button.

3. For the Discovery Type setting, select Add BIG-IP device(s) and discover and import services in one step.

4. To create a snapshot of the BIG-IQ configuration before importing services, select the Snapshot check box.

   Important: Clear this check box if you are adding devices that are in an access group you just created. If you don’t, BIG-IQ won’t be able to add the device(s).

5. Clear the Do not import a service if it contains a shared object conflict between this BIG-IP device and BIG-IQ check box.

6. Click the Add Device(s) button.

7. For IP Address, type the IPv4 or IPv6 address of the device.

8. Click the + button to add another IP address.

9. Type the user name and password for these devices.

10. In the Port box, type the management port for this BIG-IP device.

    The port number must be between 4 and 65535. In many cases, it’s the default port 443.

    Note: Chrome and Safari browsers don’t allow access to web applications running on port 65535. So if you use port 65535 as the management port, you won’t be able to access the BIG-IP device’s interface from BIG-IQ when using Chrome or Safari. You can still discover and manage BIG-IP devices that are using port 65535.

11. For the Target Silo setting, select Use an Existing Silo and select it, or select Create a New Silo and name it.

    When you select a silo other than Default, BIG-IQ displays only the LTM service. You cannot import services other than LTM to a silo.

12. If this device is configured in a DSC group or you are creating a new DSC group, for the Cluster Properties, specify how to handle it:

    • Initiate BIG-IP DSC sync when deploying configuration changes (Recommended): Select this option if you want this device to automatically synchronize configuration changes with other members in the DSC.

    • Allow deployment when DSC configured devices have changes pending ( Not Recommended): Select this option if you want to deploy changes to this device even if there are changes pending for devices in the DSC group.

      Note: This option is not recommended, because it can lead to unpredictable results.

    • Ignore BIG-IP DSC sync when deploying configuration changes: Select this option if you want to manually synchronize configurations changes between members in the DSC group.

13. Click the Discover & import button

You can now review and address any LTM service conflicts.