Manual Chapter :
Getting Started with BIG-IQ Virtual Edition
Applies To:
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 8.3.0, 8.2.0, 8.1.0
Getting Started with BIG-IQ Virtual Edition
What is BIG-IQ Virtual Edition?
BIG-IQ Virtual Edition (VE) is a version of F5 BIG-IQ Centralized
Management that runs as a on specifically-supported hypervisors. BIG-IQ VE emulates
a hardware-based BIG-IQ system running a VE-compatible version of BIG-IQ software.
BIG-IQ VE running on Google Cloud Platform provides
a platform that you can use to manage licenses for your BIG-IP devices. For additional
information on using BIG-IQ as a license manager, refer to:
Deploy BIG-IQ to manage licenses for BIG-IP VE devices
on support.f5.com
.BIG-IQ VE compatibility with Google Cloud Platform
Google Cloud Platform
The BIG-IQ Virtual Edition (VE) software includes support for a growing
list of public and private cloud platforms. For a list of the supported platforms, refer to
the BIG-IQ Virtual Edition Supported Platforms
matrix.
BIG-IQ VE is compatible with the Google Cloud
Platform (GCP) hypervisors. This workflow follows the GCP interface as of March 2022.
This BIG-IQ version only supports the
Instance types
identified
in this guide. Installation attempts on unsupported platforms might not be
successful.Hypervisor guest definition requirements
The
GCP
virtual machine guest
environment for the BIG-IQ Virtual Edition (VE), at minimum, must include:- a 64-bit virtual machine instance with at least 4 virtual cores (up to 16 are supported in this release)
- at least 32 GB RAM (64 GB has been tested, F5 recommends at least 2 GB per virtual core)
- 1 virtual network adapter card (NIC) (up to 8 are supported)F5 recommends three or more network adapters for most topologies, but the minimum requirement is one.
If you do not supply at least the minimum virtual
configuration limits, it produces unexpected results.
The resources required for a BIG-IQ virtual
machine depend to some degree on what you intend to do with it. Refer to
Determine the resources required for deployment
on
support.f5.com
for
details.Determine your image and resource requirements
The following table lists
the minimum resources for deploying a BIG-IQ.
Deployment type |
Device Type |
CPU |
RAM |
Disk Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|
License Manager. |
BIG-IQ |
4 |
32 Gb |
120 Gb |
