Manual Chapter :
Additional Requirements for a BIG-IQ Solution
Applies To:
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0, 8.0.0
Additional Requirements for a BIG-IQ Solution
Port requirements for a BIG-IQ solution
The BIG-IQ systems and data collection devices require bidirectional
communication with the BIG-IP devices in your network to successfully manage them. The
ports required 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 ports required for your BIG-IQ solution depend on a number of
factors such as the services running on the devices you manage, the BIG-IP version running
on those devices, and the number of subnets configured on your network.
For further information on how to configure ports for BIG-IP interfaces,
refer to: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K15612
Check the status of daemons running on BIG-IQ
Before you install or upgrade BIG-IQ , it's important to
take inventory of the status of the running daemons. After you upgrade, you can verify the
daemons' state, and make any necessary modifications. To view the daemons, type the
following command in the BIG-IQ command line:
admin@(ip-10-1-1-4)(cfg-sync Standalone)(Active)(/Common)(tmos)# show /sys service
.For further information about the daemons that run on BIG-IQ,
refer to: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14736
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. |
When you log in to the BIG-IQ for the first
time, you must change the default admin password before proceeding to the user
interface. When you change the admin password as part of this initial login, BIG-IQ also
resets the root password to match it. During initial setup, you can change them both
again.
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 from
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
on support.f5.com
.For details on how to access statistic information, based on the BIG-IP
version and service, refer to
Statistics compatibility and
visibility
on support.f5.com
.For details on how to configure the connection between your BIG-IP
devices and your BIG-IQ data collection cluster, refer to
Connecting Devices to a Data Collection Device Cluster
on support.f5.com
.
