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Planning a BIG-IQ Centralized Management Deployment
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Planning a BIG-IQ Centralized Management Deployment
Which type of BIG-IQ solution do you want to deploy?
There are two license types for a centralized management solution, one
is a regular BIG-IQ Centralized Management license for device management and the other
is a free license for using BIG-IQ as a data collection device (DCD) when you install it
on a BIG-IQ 7000 series platform.
When you install BIG-IQ as a license manager or as a DCD on a BIG-IQ virtual edition, no
license is required.
BIG-IQ can function in one of three modes. In the user interface,
these modes are referred to as system personalities.
- BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- In this mode, you can manage BIG-IP devices and all of their services (such as LTM, AFM, ASM, and so forth), from one location. BIG-IQ can manage up to 1000 (physical, virtual, or vCMP) BIG-IP devices In this mode, you have access to all BIG-IQ features. Using BIG-IQ helps you more efficiently manage your BIG-IP devices. That means you and your co-workers don't have to log in to individual BIG-IP systems to get your job done. Instead, you can discover, upgrade, deploy policy changes, manage licenses, and more, from just one place. From BIG-IQ, you can manage a variety of tasks from software updates to health monitoring, and traffic to security. And because permissions for users are role-based, you can limit access to just a few trusted administrators to minimize downtime and potential security issues. You can also allow users to view or edit only those BIG-IP objects that they need to do their job. This system personality requires a license.
- BIG-IQ Data Collection Device
- In this mode, the BIG-IQ functions only as a DCD. You cannot access any device or license management features. A DCD helps you to manage and store alerts, events, and statistical data from your managed BIG-IP devices. Gathering and analyzing data helps you make intelligent decisions about you network. This system personality does not require a license.
- License Manager
- In this mode, the BIG-IQ functions only as the license administrator for un-managed devices. You cannot access any device management or data collection features. BIG-IQ can handle licensing for up to 5,000 un-managed devices. This system personality does not require a license.
Here's an example of how BIG-IQ can fit into a data center. This
topology does not include any data collection devices, so statistical analytics and
event or alert management are not represented.
Centralized Management network topology
Data
collection device
The next diagram illustrates a simplified example of how
DCDs are incorporated into your BIG-IQ Centralized Management solution.BIG-IQ Centralized Management network topology with
DCDs
What elements make up a BIG-IQ solution?
A BIG-IQ solution can involve a number of different elements. The topology for these elements depends on your needs, and on whether you include data collection devices (DCDs) in your solution. A typical solution can include the following elements:
- BIG-IQ
- BIG-IP devices
- BIG-IQ data collection devices (optional)
- Remote storage
BIG-IQ
Using BIG-IQ, you can centrally manage your BIG-IP devices,
performing operations such as backups, licensing, monitoring, and configuration
management. Because access to each area of BIG-IQ is role-based, you can limit
access to users, thus maximizing work flows while minimizing errors and potential
security issues.
BIG-IP device
A BIG-IP device runs a number of licensed services designed around application availability, access control, and security solutions. These components run on top of F5
Traffic Management Operating System (TMOS). This custom operating system is an event driven operating system designed specifically to inspect network and application traffic and make real-time decisions based on the configurations you provide. The BIG-IP software runs on both hardware and virtual environments.
BIG-IQ data collection device
A
data collection device
(DCD) is a specially provisioned BIG-IQ system that you use to manage and store alerts, events, and statistical data from one or more BIG-IP systems. Configuration tasks on the BIG-IP system determine when and how alerts or events are triggered. The alerts or events are sent to a BIG-IQ DCD, and the BIG-IQ retrieves them for your analysis. When you opt to collect statistical data from the BIG-IP devices, the DCD periodically (at an interval that you configure) retrieves those statistics from your devices, and then processes and stores that data.
The group of data collection devices that work together to store and manage your data are referred to as the
data collection cluster
. The individual data collection devices are generally referred to as nodes
. Remote storage device
The remote storage device is necessary only when your deployment includes a DCD and you plan to store backups of your events, alerts, and statistical data for disaster recovery requirements. Remote storage is also required so that you can retain this data when you upgrade your software.
Quorum DCD device
If you want BIG-IQ to
automatically failover to a peer BIG-IQ in a high availability (HA) configuration, you
must identify a DCD to serve as a quorum device
. The
quorum device is used to determine which BIG-IQ in the HA configuration is active. If
communication is disrupted between the active and standby BIG-IQ in the HA pair, the
BIG-IQ that can communicate with the quorum device becomes active. The quorum device is
a DCD, so it can be included in a DCD cluster. But because it is a DCD, not a BIG-IQ, it
cannot be not used as a standby BIG-IQ in an HA configuration. Before you deploy BIG-IQ
Before you begin to deploy a BIG-IQ system, you should complete these preparations.
- Determine the deployment scenario that works best for your needs.
- Create the interfaces, communications, and networks needed to support your deployment scenario
- Configure your network (including switches and firewalls) to permit BIG-IQ network traffic to flow based on the deployment scenario you choose.
- Assemble the passwords, IP addresses, and licensing information needed for the BIG-IQ cluster components.
Things to consider when
planning a deployment
To successfully deploy a BIG-IQ solution, you might need to coordinate with
several people in your company.
If you use BIG-IQ virtual editions, you might need to coordinate with the people who manage
your virtual environment, so they can provision the virtual machines with the required amount of
CPUs, memory, and network interfaces. Further, you’ll need to coordinate with the people who
manage the storage for the virtual machines to make sure each virtual machine is provisioned with
the necessary storage to support the BIG-IQ environment. You also might need to provide the
virtual environment team a copy of the BIG-IQ virtual machine image (available from https://downloads.f5.com),
depending how they operate.
If you use BIG-IQ 7000 devices in your network, you need to coordinate with the people who
manage the data center where the BIG-IQ devices are housed to make arrangements for the devices
to be racked, powered on, and connected to your network.
There are also several tasks to coordinate with your networking team:
- IP address allocation for the BIG-IQ nodes, depending on your deployment model.
- Creation of networks, VLANs, and so on dependent on your deployment model.
- Any routing configuration required to ensure traffic passes between the BIG-IQ nodes and the BIG-IP devices.
- Additional networking configuration required to support the BIG-IQ system's operation.
Finally, you may need to coordinate with your network firewall administrators, depending on the
network configuration at your company. The BIG-IQ software needs to communicate between BIG-IQ
nodes and BIG-IP systems; and, if there are firewalls in the network path, firewall rules
probably need to be configured to permit that traffic. For additional detail about required
network ports and protocols, refer to
Open ports required for data collection device cluster deployment
on support.f5.com
.Network Requirements for a BIG-IQ Centralized Management
Deployment
Determining the network configuration needed for your deployment
There are three common deployment scenarios for the BIG-IQ system. The scenario most appropriate for you depends on what you want to do.
What functions does your deployment need to perform? | Which hardware components and networks do you need? | Which deployment type should you choose? |
|---|---|---|
Manage and configure BIG-IP devices. For example, take backups, license virtual editions, and configure local traffic and security policies. | Simple management and configuration | All you need is one or more BIG-IQ system and the BIG-IP devices you want to manage. This configuration uses a single management network. |
Manage and configure BIG-IP devices. Collect and view Local Traffic, DNS, and Device statistical
data from the BIG-IP devices. Collect, manage, and view
events and alerts from BIG-IP devices provisioned with the APM, FPS, or ASM
components. | You need one or more BIG-IQ systems, data collection devices, and an external storage device. This configuration requires a single management network and an internal BIG-IQ cluster network. | Advanced management and configuration |
Manage and configure BIG-IP devices. Collect and view Local Traffic, DNS, and Device statistical
data from the BIG-IP devices. Collect, manage, and view
events and alerts from BIG-IP devices provisioned with the APM, FPS, or ASM
components. Separate network traffic to support large,
distributed deployments of the F5 BIG-IQ Centralized Management solution for
improved performance, security, and interactions in multiple data center
environments. Managing Disaster Recovery Scenarios .) | You need one or more BIG-IQ systems, data collection devices, and an external storage device. This configuration requires an external network, a management network, and an internal BIG-IQ cluster network. | Large-scale, distributed management and configuration |
Network environment for simple management and configuration
To deploy a simple management and configuration environment, all you need is one or more BIG-IQ systems and the BIG-IP devices that you want to manage. The number of BIG-IQ systems you need depends on how much redundancy your business requires. A second system provides high availability failover capability. You can also add data collection devices (DCDs) to this configuration.
The simple management and configuration uses a single management network. The BIG-IQ system uses traffic on the management network to do these things:
- Enable bidirectional traffic between the BIG-IQ systems and the BIG-IP devices.
- Enable traffic between the BIG-IQ systems. If you use a secondary high availability BIG-IQ system, this traffic keeps the state information synchronized.
- Provide access to the BIG-IQ user interface. You can also use it to access the BIG-IQ system using SSH if you need to use the command line interface.
The number of devices of each type that will best meet your company's needs depends on a number of factors. Refer to the
BIG-IQ Sizing
Guidelines
on support.f5.com
for details.This figure illustrates the network topology required for a simple management and configuration deployment and includes the optional DCDs needed for analytics or alert and event monitoring.
Centralized Management network topology
Use the form to record the IP address for each device in the BIG-IQ deployment.
Device type | Management IP address(es) |
|---|---|
Primary BIG-IQ system | |
Secondary BIG-IQ system | |
BIG-IP devices |
Network environment for advanced management and configuration
To deploy the advanced management and configuration environment, you need BIG-IQ systems, data collection devices (DCDs), and an optional external storage device for backing up alert, event, and statistical data. The optimal topology for this configuration uses a single management network and a DCD cluster network.
With the addition of the DCD cluster, you can manage alerts and events on your managed devices as well as monitor performance analytics.
The number of devices of each type that will best meet your company's needs depends on a number of factors. Refer to the
BIG-IQ Sizing
Guidelines
on support.f5.com
for details.The BIG-IQ system uses traffic on the management network to do these things:
- Enable bidirectional traffic between the BIG-IQ systems and the BIG-IP devices.
- Enable traffic between the BIG-IQ systems. If you use a secondary high availability BIG-IQ system, this traffic keeps the state information synchronized.
- Provide access to the BIG-IQ user interface. You can also use it to access the BIG-IQ system using SSH if you need to run manual commands.
The DCD cluster network is used to replicate data to maintain the BIG-IQ Centralized Management cluster.
It is
best practice to isolate the traffic between BIG-IQ cluster nodes
for performance and improved security.
This figure illustrates the optimal network topology for an advanced management and configuration deployment.
Centralized management and enhanced monitoring network topology
Use the form to record the IP addresses for the devices in the BIG-IQ deployment.
Device type | Management IP addresses | DCD cluster IP addresses |
|---|---|---|
Primary BIG-IQ system | ||
Secondary BIG-IQ system | ||
Data collection device management IP addresses | ||
BIG-IP devices | ||
Remote storage device |
Network environment for large-scale, distributed management and configuration
To deploy a large-scale, distributed management and configuration environment, you need BIG-IQ systems, data collection devices, and an optional external storage device for backing up alert, event, and statistical data. This configuration needs a management network, a DCD cluster network, and an internal (or traffic) network.
The BIG-IQ system uses traffic on the management network to do these things:
- Enable traffic between the BIG-IQ systems. If you use a secondary high availability BIG-IQ system, this traffic keeps the state information synchronized.
- Provide access to the BIG-IQ user interface. You can also use it to access the BIG-IQ system using SSH if you need to run manual commands.
The DCD cluster network is used to provide communication between the BIG-IQ system and the DCD nodes, and to replicate data that maintains the BIG-IQ Centralized Management cluster.
It is best practice to
isolate the traffic between BIG-IQ cluster nodes for performance and improved
security.
The internal (traffic) network is used to route bidirectional traffic between the BIG-IQ Centralized Management cluster and the BIG-IP devices.
With the addition of the DCD cluster, you can manage alerts and events on your managed devices as well as monitor performance analytics.
The number of devices of each type that will best meet your company's needs depends on a number of factors. Refer to the
BIG-IQ Sizing
Guidelines
on support.f5.com
for details.This figure illustrates the network topology required for this deployment.
Centralized management, enhanced monitoring, and improved performance network topology
Use the form to record the IP addresses for the devices in the BIG-IQ deployment.
Device type | Management IP addresses | DCD cluster network IP addresses | Internal network IP addresses |
|---|---|---|---|
Primary BIG-IQ system | |||
Secondary BIG-IQ system | |||
Data collection device management IP addresses | |||
BIG-IP devices | |||
Remote storage device |
Determine the resources required for deployment
The CPU, RAM, and disk space requirements for the devices in your BIG-IQ deployment are determined by a number of factors, including:
- How many BIG-IP devices your BIG-IQ deployment manages, and which services are provisioned on the managed BIG-IP devices?
- Does your BIG-IQ deployment collect statistics data from your managed BIG-IP devices??
- Does your BIG-IQ deployment collect alerts and events data, from the managed BIG-IP devices?
When you deploy the BIG-IQ software, you can choose 95 GB or 500 GB of disk space. If you choose 500 GB, only 95 GB of the 500 GB is allocated initially. You must allocate extra disk space beyond 95 GB before you can use it. Usually, the extra storage space is for DCDs. However, there are also situations in which BIG-IQ devices can use the extra space. For example, you might want to store a large number of UCS backups. Or, your business needs might require you to store multiple versions of the BIG-IQ software so you can upgrade back and forth between BIG-IQ versions.
Deployment type | Device Type | CPU | RAM | Disk Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|
BIG-IQ deployment with statistics collection enabled, as well as alerts and events. | BIG-IQ | 8 See When do the BIG-IQ devices need additional resources? | 32 GB See When do the BIG-IQ devices need additional resources? | Generally, 95 GB; or 500GB if extra space is needed. |
DCD | 8 | 32 GB | Initially, 500 GB. VE disk space can be extended further as needed. | |
BIG-IQ deployment with alerts and events enabled. | BIG-IQ | 4 See When do the BIG-IQ devices need additional resources? | 16 GB See When do the BIG-IQ devices need additional resources? | Generally, 95 GB; or 500GB if extra space is needed. |
DCD | 4 See When do the DCDs need additional resources? | 16 GB See When do the DCDs need additional resources? | Initially, 500 GB. VE disk space can be extended further as needed. | |
BIG-IQ deployment without statistics collection, alerts, or events. | BIG-IQ | 4 or 8 See When do the BIG-IQ devices need additional resources? | 16, 32, or 64 GB See When do the BIG-IQ devices need additional resources? | Generally, 95 GB; or 500GB if extra space is needed. |
CPU and RAM pairings other than those listed above have not been tested.
When do the BIG-IQ devices need additional resources?
When the number of managed BIG-IP devices in your BIG-IQ deployment exceeds the specified thresholds, F5 recommends that you allocate 8 CPUs and either 32 or 64 GB of RAM to your BIG-IQ devices.
The following table lists the threshold for each BIG-IP service. For example, if your BIG-IQ deployment manages more than 32 BIG-IP devices provisioned with Access, allocate additional resources to your BIG-IQ devices.
A BIG-IQ managing devices... | Needs 32 GB to manage more than: |
|---|---|
provisioned with Access | 32 devices |
provisioned with ADC | 80 devices |
provisioned with ASM | 40 devices |
provisioned with DNS | 100 devices |
provisioned with FPS | 50 devices |
deployed in a VMware service scaling group | 100 devices |
deployed in an AWS or Azure service scaling group | 50 devices |
This is a rough approximation. Depending on the number of objects on each BIG-IP device. When your managed BIG-IP devices are provisioned with multiple modules, the RAM requirement increases.
When do the DCDs need additional resources?
For a broader consideration of the factors that can impact the CPU, RAM, and disk space requirements for DCD devices, refer to the
BIG-IQ Centralized Management DCD Sizing Guide
.For work flows that describe how to manage your disk space, refer to the
BIG-IQ Centralized Management: Data Collection
Device Disk Space Management Guide
on support.f5.com
. Network requirements for BIG-IQ system deployment and BIG-IP
device management
The BIG-IQ system and data collection device require
bidirectional communication with the BIG-IP devices in your network to successfully
manage them. The ports described in the table must be open to allow for this required
two-way communication. You might have to contact a firewall or network administrator to
verify that these ports are open, or to have them opened if they are not.
The
BIG-IQ needs this interface to: | Destination Port | Protocol | Source
IP Address | Destination IP Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Enable BIG-IQ auto fail- over high
availability. | 5404
& 5405 2224 *See table note 4. | UDP TCP | Management IP address or internal self IP address of
BIG-IQ, the BIG-IQ data collection device, and the BIG-IQ
quorum data collection device. *See
table notes 1 and 2. | Management IP address or internal self IP address of
BIG-IQ, the BIG-IQ data collection device, and the quorum
data collection device. *See table
notes 1 and 2. | These
ports must be open for bidirectional communication between
all three BIG-IQ components in an auto fail-over high
availability configuration. |
Enable
BIG-IQ manual fail-over high availability. | 5432 | TCP | Management IP address or internal self IP address of the
active BIG-IQ. *See table note
1. | Management IP address or internal self IP address of the
standby BIG-IQ. *See table note
1. | For
communication from the active BIG-IQ to the standby
BIG-IQ. From the BIG-IQ standby to the BIG-IQ active
console. |
Route
Local Traffic, Device, and DNS statistics data from BIG-IP
devices to the BIG-IQ data collection devices. | 443
(SSL) | TCP | Management IP address or external self IP address of the
BIG-IQ data collection device. *See
table notes 1 and 2. | Management IP address or self IP address of the BIG-IP
device. *See table note 1. | The port
configuration depends on the software version of the
BIG-IP devices from which you collect data.
|
Maintain
BIG-IQ cluster synchronization. | 443
(SSL) | TCP | Management IP address or internal self IP address of
BIG-IQ. *See table note 1. | Management IP address or internal self IP address of
BIG-IQ. *See table note 1. | From the active BIG-IQ console to
the standby BIG-IQ console. From the BIG-IQ standby console to
the BIG-IQ active console. |
Maintain
internal node-to-node communication to data consistency
and replication across clusters when data collection nodes
are used. | 9300 *See table note 4. | TCP | Management IP address or internal self IP address of
BIG-IQ and BIG-IQ data collection device. *See table notes 1 and 2. | Management IP address or internal self IP address of
BIG-IQ and BIG-IQ data collection device. *See table notes 1 and 3. | Full
Mesh That is, all BIG-IQ console and data collection
devices can originate a connection for this
purpose. |
Communicate data for Web Application Security. | 8514 | TCP | Management IP address or self IP address of the BIG-IP
device. *See table note 1. | Management IP address or self IP address of the BIG-IQ
data collection device. *See table
notes 1 and 3. | From
BIG-IP devices to BIG-IQ data collection devices. When you
have multiple data collection devices, you need to make
sure data can pass to all devices in the cluster. This
traffic uses the syslog protocol documented in RFC
5424. |
Data
collection communication for Fraud Protection Service. | 8008 | TCP | Self IP
address of the BIG-IP device. *See
table note 1. | Management IP address or self IP address of the BIG-IQ
data collection device. | From
BIG-IP devices to BIG-IQ data collection devices. When you
have multiple data collection devices, you need to make
sure data can pass to all devices in the cluster. This
traffic uses the syslog protocol documented in RFC 5424.
|
For
access to events. | 9997 | TCP | Management IP address or self IP address of the BIG-IP
device. | Management IP address or self IP address of the BIG-IQ
data collection device. *See table
notes 1 and 3. | From
BIG-IP devices to BIG-IQ data collection devices. When you
have multiple data collection devices, you need to make
sure data can pass to all devices in the cluster. This
traffic uses the syslog protocol documented in RFC 5424.
|
Provide
management access to the BIG-IQ user interface or API
(port 443) or shell access to BIG-IQ (port 22). | | TCP | Client
IP address |
Management IP address or self IP address for all BIG-IQ
instances in the cluster. | From the
client workstation to the BIG-IQ device. |
1: Whether you use the management IP
address or the self IP address depends on your network configuration.
2: For clusters with multiple data
collection devices, traffic must be able to originate from any device in the
cluster.
3: For clusters with multiple data
collection devices, the destination can be any device in the cluster.
4: This destination port is configurable.
Daemons running on BIG-IQ
Before you install or upgrade BIG-IQ Centralized Management,
it's important to take inventory of the status of the running daemons. Then after you upgrade,
you can verify that they're in the same state, and make any necessary modifications. To view the
daemons, type the following command:
admin@(ip-10-1-1-4)(cfg-sync Standalone)(Active)(/Common)(tmos)# show /sys service
.Daemon | Example of status |
|---|---|
admd | down, Not provisioned |
alertd | run (pid 6579) 22 hours |
apmd | down, Not provisioned |
asm | down, Not provisioned |
autodosd | down, Not provisioned |
avrd | down, Not provisioned |
bigd | run (pid 5338) 22 hours |
bigiqsnmpd | run (pid 5035) 22 hours |
captured | down, Not provisioned |
cbrd | run (pid 6117) 22 hours |
chmand | run (pid 5678) 22 hours |
clusterd | down, Not required |
cman | cluster is running |
corosync | (pid 22585) is running 22 hours |
csyncd | run (pid 5038) 22 hours |
datasyncd | down, Not provisioned |
dnscached | down, Not provisioned |
dosl7d | down, Not provisioned |
dosl7d_attack_monitor | down, Not provisioned |
dwbld | down, Not provisioned |
elasticsearch | run (pid 5041) 22 hours |
errdefsd | run (pid 6112) 22 hours |
eventd | run (pid 5043) 22 hours |
evrouted | run (pid 6583) 22 hours |
f5_update_checker | down, No action required |
fpuserd | down, Not provisioned |
fslogd | down, Not provisioned |
grafana | run (pid 6107) 22 hours |
gtmd | down, Not provisioned |
guiserver | run (pid 6105) 22 hours |
gunicorn | run (pid 6587) 22 hours |
hwpd | down 22 hours, normally up |
icontrolportald | run (pid 5337) 22 hours |
iprepd | run (pid 6113) 22 hours |
istatsd | run (pid 6109) 22 hours |
lacpd | down, not required |
lind | run (pid 6116) 22 hours |
mcpd | run (pid 6110) 22 hours |
merged | run (pid 6938) 22 hours |
mgmt_acld | down, Not provisioned |
monpd | run (pid 6578) 22 hours |
named | run (pid 4855) 22 hours |
nokiasnmpd | down, Not enabled |
ntlmconnpool | run (pid 6111) 22 hours |
pabnagd | down, Not logging node |
pacemakerd | (pid 23004) is running 22 hours |
pccd | down, Not provisioned |
pgadmind | run (pid 7310) 22 hours |
pkcs11d | down, Not required |
restjavad | run (pid 4853) 22 hours |
rethinkdb | run (pid 15058) 21 hours, 1 start |
scriptd | run (pid 5344) 22 hours |
sdmd | down, sdmd is not provisioned |
searchd | run (pid 5343) 22 hours |
sflow_agent | run (pid 6937) 22 hours |
shmmapd | down, Not provisioned |
snmpd | run (pid 5674) 22 hours |
sod | run (pid 4810) 22 hours |
statsd | run (pid 5336) 22 hours |
syscalld | run (pid 6939) 22 hours |
tamd | run (pid 5679) 22 hours |
tmipsecd | run (pid 5341) 22 hours |
tmm | run (pid 6581) 22 hours |
tmrouted | run (pid 6581) 22 hours |
postgres | run (pid 7311) 22 hours |
postgres | run (pid 6580) 22 hours |
webd | run (pid 6941) 22 hours |
wr_urldbd | down, Not provisioned |
zrd | down, Not provisioned |
zxfrd | run (pid 5034) 22 hours |
Passwords required for BIG-IQ system deployment
To install and configure a BIG-IQ system or data collection device (DCD) cluster, you use the default passwords for all of the devices. For DCD clusters, if you intend to schedule regular snapshots of your logging data (as recommended), you need root access credentials for the machine on which you plan to store these snapshots.
User Name | Default Password | Access Rights/Role |
|---|---|---|
admin | admin | This user type can access all aspects of the BIG-IQ system from the system's user interface. |
root | default | This user has access to all aspects of the BIG-IQ system from the system's console command line. |
Licenses required for BIG-IQ system deployment
The licensing requirements for installing and configuring a
BIG-IQ Virtual Edition (VE) depend on how you intend to use it.
- To use a BIG-IQ VE to manage BIG-IP devices, you need a license.
- To use a BIG-IQ VE as a license manager, you do not need a license.
- To use a BIG VE as a data collection device (DCD) you do not need a license.
If you are installing and configuring a BIG-IQ DCD on a BIG-IQ 7000 Platform, you need a
license.
BIG-IP device configuration requirements for viewing statistics in
BIG-IQ
Before you can enable statistics collection for centralized management, you
must ensure that the BIG-IP device has the proper configuration. The proper configuration
varies depending on the version of the BIG-IP device. The minimum supported BIG-IP device
is version 12.1.0. BIG-IQ has limited visibility for BIG-IP devices prior to 13.1.0.5.
For details about how to configure statistics visibility, based on the BIG-IP version, see
Enabling statistics collection during device discovery
.For details on how to access statistic information, based on the BIG-IP version and
service, refer to
Statistics compatibility and visibility
.
