Manual Chapter :
About basic device management
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BIG-IQ Centralized Management
- 8.4.0
About basic device management
After you add BIG-IP devices to BIG-IQ Centralized Management and discover
and import their services, you can start managing those devices.
Using the device list (go to ) you can view, filter and sort your discovered BIG-IP devices. You can
also view details about the managed device, such as:
- Status - whether your device is active and running or is experiencing connectivity issues.
- Health - This is based on performance thresholds for CPU, memory, and disk space usage
- Device name (hostname)
- Type - the physical or logical BIG-IP device setup. This can include configurations such as hardware, BIG-IP virtual edition, vCMP etc.
- IP Address
- Cluster Display Name (if applicable)
- Silo (if applicable)
- Statistics collection status - displays whether this setting was enabled or not for the device
- Data Collection Device
- Stats Services- the service modules that have statistics collection enabled
- The last statistics collection period
- Create an instant backup of the device's configuration.
- Change the boot location of the device.
- Edit cluster properties.
- Log directly into the device from BIG-IQ.
- Reboot the device from BIG-IQ.
- Access details about the health of the device.
- Access statistics for the device (if applicable).
- Access services licensed for the device.
